Cultivating Natural Goodness
Introduction to Metta (Loving-kindness) Meditation
Saturday afternoons, September 5, 12, 19, 26
Insight San Diego Welcomes
Rick Avery
Cultivating Natural Goodness: Introduction to Metta (Loving-kindness) Meditation
Four-Session Class
Saturdays, 1-2:30 pm
September 5, 12, 19, 26, 2026
Is your daily meditation practice feeling a bit dry, lifeless? Are there internal and external events in your life that are heightening your sense of fear? Does your heart feel a little closed? If yes to any of the above questions and you wish to restore your sense of caring and wonder, come join the four-week class on Introduction to Metta, with guidance from the Metta Sutta, the Buddha’s teaching on loving-kindness. We will practice:
1. How to allow this natural state to emerge and open the heart.
2. How the practice of Metta is intimately linked to ethical conduct.
3. Experience how Metta is a foundational practice for all the other sublime states of Compassion (Karuna), Sympathetic Joy (Mudita) and Equanimity (Upekkha).
4. When Metta is integrated into mindfulness practice, it provides an enriching energetic effect on both practices.
Enhance your Metta practice today as a runway to derive maximum benefit to you and all other beings.
Richard (Rick) Avery, LCSW, started meditating over 40 years ago. In his journey to understand his and others’ heart/minds, he has been fortunate enough to have been a psychotherapist, organizational consultant, and clinical instructor for over 50 years. After training at Stanford, he is now a certified Compassion Cultivation Trainer under the auspices of the Compassion Institute. He is also an Assistant Professor, Clinical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry at UCSD Medical School (retired).
CLASS Information
Date & Time:
Saturday afternoons Sept 5, 12, 19, 26. 1-2:30 pm.
Location:
First Unitarian Universalist Church, Hillcrest
4190 Front St, San Diego, CA 92103
Sep. 5 & 12: Bard Hall
Sep. 19 & 26: Room 323
Registration Info:
The registration fee to attend this class is $40. Should finances be an obstacle, please visit our scholarships page for information about financial assistance. To be considered for a scholarship, applications need to be received no later than 8/5/2026.
Additional Info:
Students are asked to bring a notebook and pen.
For or questions, please contact Steven at steven@insightsd.org.