Kristin Barker

The Myths of Modern Mindfulness:

Implications for Teaching Eco-Awareness

Kristin Barker

Co-founder and Director, One Earth Sangha

Wednesday, July 15

11am - 12pm EDT/ 5pm - 6pm CEDT/ 8am - 9am PDT

Mindfulness has tremendous power to help facilitate collective healing and transformative action. However, research shows that simply being present does not automatically make individuals more eco-friendly. In this session, Kristin will describe myths of modern mindfulness and how they relate to the historical narrowing of the scope of mindfulness to personal stressors (as opposed to collective, societal or global stressers), how this narrowing interferes with the goals of Eco-Awareness, and how teachers can work skillfully with these aspects. Practicing Eco-Awareness requires deliberate turning towards one's own challenging emotions such as eco-anxiety as well as integration with civic and environmental values to move towards transformative action. Specific tips for mindfulness teachers will be given and explored through reflection, discussion, and Q and A.

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About Kristin Barker

Kristin Barker is co-founder and director of One Earth Sangha whose mission is to cultivate a Buddhist response to ecological crises. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leader program and now teaches with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (DC). As a co-founder of White Awake, Kristin has been supporting white people since 2011 with a Dharma approach to uprooting racism in ourselves and in our world. With a background in software engineering as well as environmental management, she has worked at several international environmental organizations. She is a GreenFaith Fellow and serves on the advisory board of Project Inside Out as well as the steering committee for Interfaith Power & Light DMV. Kristin was born and raised in northern New Mexico and currently lives in Washington DC, traditional lands of the Piscataway peoples.

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