This small group is open to all community members who want to share the experience of doing The Work with others.  After choosing a stressful thought from a list of shared core beliefs, we will practice in circle form by taking turns asking and answering the four questions that are the core of The Work. This meeting provides an opportunity to regularly practice The Work with others in a safe environment. Come to practice, to share a commitment to creating peace with others and to see The Work in action.

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.