Fearless Work

With Michael Carroll

November 12 - 15, 2009

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The unfolding economic downturn has presented many of us with difficult challenges and distressing choices. And given the stark reality in America that 3.9 million jobs and $7.1 trillion in household wealth evaporated in 2008 alone, it is little wonder that we find ourselves hoping for the best and fearing the worst. But maybe our distress at work requires us to find something more than just a new "more secure" job - maybe we need to reawaken our spiritual confidence.

Drawing on material from his forthcoming book, Fearless Work; Confident Life, Michael Carroll will cover such questions as:

· How did we become so frightened by our lives to begin with?
· How can we engage conflicts at work and in life while more artfully bringing the best out of difficult situations?
· How can the ancient Eastern principles of Ziji, Shih and, Lha, Nyen & Lu and others offer us guidance in living an "enlightened" life?
· What are the "fierce facts of life" and what does the story of "Yankee the cat" have to do with finally overcoming fear?
· What is the practice of rousing "sudden presence" and how can it dispel doubt and confusion?
· How can mindfulness-awareness meditation train our minds so we can rediscover our natural confidence?

Participants in this three-day retreat will have opportunities to practice mindfulness-awareness meditation, attend lectures, participate in group contemplative exercises and discuss the role work plays in cultivating a spiritual life.

Tuition: $350 Program fees include 3 meals per day served by the Karme Choling kitchen.

About Michael Carroll

Michael Carroll, author of Awake at Work and The Mindful Leader, is founding director of AAW Associates, and teaches mindfulness at seminars and program centers throughout North America and Europe. As a business consultant, he has been engaged by such companies as Gartner Group, Procter & Gamble, Oxford Health, AstraZeneca, Aramark, and the Walt Disney Company.

This program is being held at Karmê Chöling Shambhala Meditation Center in Barnet, Vermont.  To register please email registration@tailofthetiger.org with your name, address, phone number, email address, name of the program and choice of accommodations. You will be contacted for deposit information and confirmation of registration.

In an effort to make our programs accessible to all, we offer an interest free payment plan. This plan allows you to pay 50% of the total prior to or at the time of registration and give post-dated check or credit card authorization for the remainder of the balance for up to six month post program. If you are interested in this payment option, please let the registration department know when you confirm your registration.