Cultivating Emotional Balance Teacher Training (CEBTT)

July 18th – August 24th, 2010

Phuket, Thailand

Taught by Dr. Paul Ekman and Dr. B. Alan Wallace

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Dr. Paul Ekman and Dr. Alan Wallace will both teach during the first two weeks of this six-week training, with Dr. Ekman taking the primary role during this period as he provides instruction in the theory and practices of Cultivating Emotional Balance drawn from modern psychology. During this time, Dr. Wallace will offer instruction in meditative practices for refining attention skills. During the final four weeks of this training, Dr. Wallace will first teach Buddhist theories and practices pertaining to the cultivation of mindfulness as a means for gaining experiential insight into the nature of the body, feelings, mental states and processes, and phenomena at large. This will include guided meditations and daily periods of group discussion. He will then teach Buddhist theories and practices pertaining to the meditative cultivation of loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity for the remainder of the training. Participants will be expected to devote 1-2 hours daily to studying books and articles relevant to each phase of the training, attend lectures and join in group discussions, and meditate between 4-6 hours daily.