The live online two-session, 4-hour Cultivating Equanimity course will focus on the understanding and cultivation of equanimity as a way of navigating life's inevitable ups and downs. Through a combination of guided reflections, meditations and discussions, you will learn what equanimity is, what it is not, how it can mitigate against compassion fatigue as well as a variety of accessible and straightforward ways to practice it.

A guided equanimity meditation will be provided for practice outside of class. This moment in history poses serious challenges to our equanimity. For many of us, the global crises we face seem unprecedented and the emotional and cognitive hijacking from social media and the 24 hour news cycle certainly is.

Now, more than ever, we need to find our way back to center, to regain perspective and balance, and to move forward with the greatest possible wisdom and clarity.

Margaret Cullen, the instructor, spent three years doing a deep dive into the science, philosophy, psychology, research and religious roots of equanimity. Her book Quiet Strength, which will be published by HarperOne in March of 2026, is available for preorder here.

Schedule

Thursdays, October 16 and 23, 2025

11 a.m. - 1 p.m. PT