Develop @ City – Listening with Compassion

It was a pleasure to run a workshop with you about listening with compassion.

According to the Abbot of the Upaya Zen Center, Roshi Joan Halifax

“Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others. Ironically, in a time when we hear the phrase “compassion fatigue” with increasing frequency, compassion as we are defining does not lead to fatigue. In fact, it can actually become a wellspring of resilience as we allow our natural impulse to care for another to become a source of nourishment rather than depletion.

Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us as well. Findings from recent research studies suggest that compassion plays a significant role in reducing physiological stress and promoting physical and emotional well-being.” 
(https://www.huffpost.com/entry/compassion-_b_1885877)