The Five Invitations – Frank Ostaseski
Tens of thousands of people have been captivated, inspired and transformed by reading The Five Invitations. Discovering what death can teach us about living fully.
Now we are offering a five-part course focused on the material developed in the book. The course will be presented live on Zoom by Frank Ostaseski. Each session will be 2 hours in length.
This course includes new subject matter, tools for being an advocate for ill family and friends, experiential learning and a deeper integration of western psychology and eastern spiritual wisdom.
The Five Invitations are mutually supportive principles, permeated with love, that are reliable guides for living a life of integrity, meaning and purpose. They have proven invaluable for anyone navigating a life transition, coping with loss or serious illness or simply wanting to understand the wisdom that death reveals about what matters most. The invitations are a synthesis of Frank’s 30 years of accompanying more than 1000 people and their families through the process of dying.
Using the Five Invitations as a structure, participants will have the opportunity to interact personally with Frank, and to learn about:
– Don’t Wait: A pathway to fulfillment and an antidote to regret.
– Welcome Everything, Push Away Nothing: To welcome everything is an act of love.
– Bring Your Whole Self to the Experience: Wholeness doesn’t mean perfection. It means no part left out.
– Find a Place of Rest in the Middle of Things: Rest that is not dependent on managing conditions.
– Cultivate Don’t Know Mind: An invitation to empty our minds and open our hearts.
The program may be of particular interests to healthcare clinicians, hospice volunteers, or family caregivers. It may be equally appealing to individuals wanting to explore their personal relationship to death and its wisdom for living fully.
Participants must attend all five live sessions. No drop-ins. Sessions will NOT be recorded.
Dates and time
The sessions will be held on Zoom on the following Tuesday evenings from 7.30 to 9.30 pm (CET), which corresponds to 6.30 to 8.30 pm (GMT) in 2024 on the following dates:
– February 6th
– March 5th
– April 9th
– May 7th
– June 4th
Frank Ostaseski
Frank Ostaseski is an internationally respected Buddhist teacher and visionary cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project, and founder of the Metta Institute. He has lectured at Harvard Medical School, the Mayo Clinic, leading corporations like Google and Apple Inc., and teaches at major spiritual centers around the globe. Frank is the 2018 recipient of the prestigious Humanities Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He has accompanied over 1000 people through the dying process and trained thousands of healthcare clinicians and family caregivers around the world. His groundbreaking work has been featured on the Bill Moyers PBS series On Our Own Terms, highlighted on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and honored by H.H. the Dalai Lama. He is the author of The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully and “Sapere Accompagnare” (Arnoldo Mondadori). The webinar will be held on Zoom on April 24th from 7 to 9 pm CEST (Central European Summer time).
Cost
The participation fee is 50 euros + annual membership card (25 euros) + dana (free offering) for the teachings.
The payment has to be done through bank transfer to:
Associazione Sati Mudita
Iban IT83 E030 6909 6061 0000 0128 339
Bic BCITITMM
Causal: Surname and Name of the participant – 5 invitations
Or through the following paypal account: segreteria@satimudita.com
For further information and enrollments, please fill the form below or write to: segreteria@satimudita.com
