Join us this Sunday at Mountain River Sangha for group meditation and a great speaker.
POLLY YOUNG-EISENDRATH, Ph.D., is a psychologist, writer, speaker and Jungian analyst who has published 15 books including The Self-Esteem Trap, The Cambridge Companion to Jung, and Women and Desire. Her most recent book, The Present Heart: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Discovery, is a meditation on the healing power of love – based on her experience with her spouse who died from early onset Alzheimer’s disease — that attempts to answer the question “What is love, anyway?”
Polly came to psychology and psychoanalytic training through the doorway of Buddhist practice, taking formal Zen vows in 1971. As a psychoanalyst and a mindfulness teacher, Polly is optimistic about the gradual emergence of a fresh view of the human mind from the dialogue between psychoanalysis and Buddhism. Along those lines, Polly directs Enlightening Conversations, a non-profit organization that sponsors conversational conferences between esteemed psychoanalysts and Buddhists teachers in different cities in the US.
Polly maintains a full-time clinical and consulting practice in central Vermont. She is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont and Clinical Supervisor at Norwich University.
Young-Eisendrath.com
Mountain River Sangha is an ecumenical gathering of people who share in weekly group meditations and presentations. We start with 30 minutes of silent meditation, followed by a brief silent break, then a presentation, and conclude with tea-and-cookie fellowship. We are based in Buddhist traditions, but welcome people of all backgrounds and practices. No meditation experience necessary.
Mountain River Sangha meets 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM, Sundays, at Open Sky Studio, 8 B Main Street (above Cubbers).
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