Insight San Diego Welcomes
Rick Avery
Half-day
Chanting as a Joyous, Embodied Practice
Saturday, November 1, 2025, 1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Description
Is your meditation practice a little dry? Do you want to improve your concentration? Do you want to learn a time-tested practice grounded in embodiment and an expression of Sangha? if any of this appeals to you, please join me in learning some basic Buddhist Chants.
Besides practicing chanting, we will contemplate if there is deeper personal meaning for you in the words themselves that have been with us for 2,600 years. We will also discuss as a community how we might integrate chanting into our daily lives. However, the overall goal is to generate some joy, dare we say "fun," while deepening our understanding of the Buddhist path.
Teacher Bio
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).
Teacher dāna info: Rick receives no compensation for his time and sharing of his knowledge. Following the Buddhist tradition of dāna you may donate to Insight San Diego's Seeds of Compassion Fund. The goal of the Seeds of Compassion Fund is to support the development and offering of novel approaches to sharing the Buddha's teachings of mindfulness, compassion, generosity, and liberation with the larger community. https://www.insightsd.org/make-a-donation (40% of dana to ISD will go to Seeds of Compassion)
Information
Saturday, November 1, 2025, 1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Date & Time:
Location:
First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego, Bard Hall
4190 Front Street, San Diego, CA 92103
Registration Info:
Check-in from 1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Parking passes will be provided.
The cost to attend the half-day is $10.
Your registration fee goes toward non-teacher expenses. In lieu of dāna or teaching fees, proceeds from this activity are donated to Insight San Diego's Seeds of Compassion program.
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 10/15/2025.
Please review our COVID policy prior to attending.
Additional Info:
For questions about this event, please contact Steven at steven@insightsd.org.