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How Not to Be a Hot Mess

Online Program
Dates: Jul 29, 2020 - Sep 02, 2020

Instructor(s): nico hase and devon hase

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In this six week freely offered, pay what you can program, Devon and Craig will take participants through the six core pieces of Buddhist advice outlined in their first book, How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Survival Guide for Modern Life:

1. Meditate

2. Don’t Be a Jerk

3. Give a Little

4. Say What’s True

5. Make Sex Good

6. Stay Clear

Along the way, there will be time to explore together what these basic principles, drawn from traditional Buddhist teachings, yet framed in contemporary terms, might mean for us. For instance, does meditating actually make us less antsy? Does committing to non-harm help us stay stable in the spin? Would a little generosity right now go a long way? How’s our speech? And our sex? And what could help us stay clear, right here, right now, right in the middle of it all?

    About the Instructor(s):
  • nico hase lived in a monastery for six years before earning a PhD in counseling psychology and becoming an Insight Meditation teacher full time. He currently mentors mindfulness teachers, teaches online and in-person retreats, and speaks with students in one-on-one sessions. He and his beloved life partner devon are the authors of How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Survival Guide for Modern Life. Find out more at www.devonandnicohase.com

  • devon hase loves long retreats. Cumulatively, she’s spent four years in silent practice in the Insight and Vajrayana traditions. Since discovering meditation in 2000, she has put dharma and community at the center of her life: she spent a decade bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms and now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock, and other centers around the world. She enjoys supporting practitioners with personal mentoring, and her friendly, conversational approach centers on relational practice and the natural world. Along with her life partner nico, devon co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Buddhist Survival Guide for Modern Life. She continues to spend a good part of the time in wilderness retreat in Oregon, Massachusetts, and elsewhere. For more, visit devonandnicohase.com.