DESCRIPTION
This year-long program, based on the book A Year to Live by Stephen Levine, is designed for people of all ages, regardless of life stage. In community, we will focus on waking up and living life more fully through the exploration of death as spiritual practice.

In our largely death-denying modern culture, few are encouraged to actively contemplate the inevitability of our death, or that it could happen at any time. The Buddha recommended that we do just that, not to frighten us, but to use death as an object of contemplation to help us awaken to the fragile, fleeting, and precious nature of our lives.

Ultimately, this is a year-long practice in forgiveness, gratitude, and letting go. Through guided meditations, inquiry, and small group discussions, we will be guided, with the support of community, through a process of living this year as if it were our last. All are warmly welcome!

PROGRAM INCLUDES

• Format: Online
• Teachings: Monthly (12) large group sessions (recorded)
• Community support: Monthly (12), self-organized home group sessions with home group sangha (required, each group will determine a time that works for everyone during the January session)
• Q&A sessions (monthly, optional, recorded)
• Home practice: Guided meditations, readings, reflections (estimated 5-7 hours/month + monthly home groups + daily meditation)
• Access: Video and audio recordings

PROGRAM OUTLINE

• Session 1: The Prognosis
• Session 2: Fear of Death and Dying
• Session 3: Softening to Fear
• Session 4: Practicing Dying
• Session 5: Life Review—Making Peace
• Session 6: Building an Altar—Service
• Session 7: Who or What Dies?
• Session 8: What Comes Next?
• Session 9: What to Do With This Body?
• Session 10: A Will, a Memorial, and an Epitaph
• Session 11: We are Not Alone
• Session 12: Saying Good-bye

IMPORTANT! If you are unable to make this Participation Commitment at this time, please wait and join us for a future iteration. Please review the Dharma Trainings website for A Year to Live for more details.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Scholarships are limited and are reserved for those truly experiencing financial hardship. Scholarship sliding scale: $50-$500. Financial assistance for training programs is generally offered once per year, per person. We generally offer financial assistance for training programs once per year, per person.