Are you stuck in a certain thought pattern? Rearguing the same issue with your spouse/child/co-worker? Afraid to go where your heart is guiding you? This workshop led by Dr. Sharon Montes and based on the book Loving What Is by Byron Katie, will help you to get out of these ruts and access your stockpile of energy and personal power by releasing you from limiting core beliefs such as “I don’t deserve to get my needs met,” or “If I don’t do it, it won’t ever get done!”   You are offered the opportunity to “Judge Your Neighbor” and complete a “One-Belief-At-A-Time” meditation in words. You will leave with knowledge, skills and materials to apply The Work in your own life.

SHARON MONTES, MD practices at the Wellness Center at Evergreen Cove and is the former medical director for the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine. She is a graduate of the ten-day School for The Work and has facilitated The Work with individuals and groups since 2007.

On the practice of generosity (dana)

In many traditional cultures, teachings have been offered in an open-handed manner.  That is, they are offered free of charge, and in a way that makes the teachings equally accessible to all who desire to learn and grow from them.  This way of offering teachings is done purely from a place of generosity, with no expectation of reciprocal exchange of any kind. The benefit of making teachings available to all is quite obvious; it is the natural extension of having benefited from them ourselves.

This donation-based system of offering classes asks that participants pay at a level that is appropriate for them.  What is appropriate?  This is where the practice of generosity can become truly transformative as we are asked to confront our relationships with the concepts of value, generosity, and support.