Sunday International Sangha Online Offering
Awakening the Heart:
a Four Week Journey into
the Four Brahmaviharas
with Kristina Baré
Every Sunday from October 5 – 26, 2025
(Oct 5, Oct 12, Oct 19, Oct 26)
ONLINE from 10 am – noon (Mountain Time)
This four-week online Insight Meditation course, offers a deep dive into the transformative Buddhist teachings of the Four Brahmaviharas—Loving-kindness (Metta), Compassion (Karuna), Sympathetic Joy (Mudita), and Equanimity (Upekkha). These powerful qualities of the heart provide a foundation for cultivating peace and clarity within ourselves and in our interactions with the world. Through guided meditation, dharma talks, and group discussion, participants will explore how these practices can serve as antidotes to the suffering, division, and anxiety prevalent in the times we live in. Each session builds progressively, helping to foster greater emotional resilience and connection.
The full course will run on Sundays—October 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2025, from 10am mdt to noon mdt. It includes a special online retreat on the weekend of October 18-19, 2025, offering an immersive experience to deepen your practice and integration of these teachings.
Marcia Rose and all of us here at The Mountain Hermitage are very grateful that Kristina was able to adjust her own teaching schedule to teach this online offering. Thank you in advance for your understanding and support!
Registration is necessary in order to receive the zoom link and related materials. There is a limit of 15 participants, so early registration is encouraged!
While it is preferable that you attend all 4 sessions, we understand that life happens. Please let us know if you are not able to attend one or more sessions. The sliding scale fee for this 4 week course participation is $45 – $100. This being said, no one will be turned away from lack of funds and any amount over $45 is a tax-deductible donation.
This fee does not include Dana offerings to Kristina or to The Mountain Hermitage. Kristina relies on Dana for her livelihood so please consider offering Dana to her.
Registration Form PDF – please print and fill this out, then mail it, along with your payment, to : The Mountain Hermitage, PO Box 807, Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557
Or you can click on this Registration Form WORD DOC and fill it out on your computer, then email it to hermitage@mountainhermitage.org.
Once we receive your registration form, you will receive the zoom link, etc… Please join us ON TIME for these sessions. The ‘virtual door’ will be closed very soon after we begin each sit. Thank you for your interest in participating in the Sunday International Sangha offerings from Kristina! We look forward to seeing you in October.
Kristina Baré is an insight meditation teacher, therapist, and Somatic Experiencing practitioner. She has practiced primarily in the Burmese lineages of Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw (insight meditation) and Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw (samatha and loving-kindness meditation).
She enjoys supporting students in deepening samadhi, loving-kindness and insight. Opening the door to an expansion of the heart and to liberating wisdom. In support of the Buddha’s teachings, Kristina also draws on knowledge from western psychology and Somatic Experiencing. She invites a kind, patient, and embodied approach as a base for samadhi and insight meditation practices.
Kristina graduated from a four year Dharma Teacher training program mentored by Marcia Rose, Sally and Guy Armstrong. She teaches insight meditation retreats in Canada, Spirit Rock CA and Insight Meditation Society MA. She lives in Victoria, BC from where she offers dharma support to students via zoom in North America and Europe.
To give you a sense of Kristina’s teaching style, please click on the below link of a YouTube video interview with Kristina and Jon Kropp.
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