“Practice for Everyday Life”
Mindfulness, Compassion and the 6 Paramitas
Mondays
September 21st - November 16th
7:00-8:30p ET
With Lama Tsering Ngodup & Noel Coakley
In Person at JP Centre Yoga or Live Via ZOOM
RECORDINGS AVAILABLE FOR ALL SESSIONS
to those who can't participate live and for review
$333 for the full 8-session course
Payment plans and tiered pricing options available below*
SCHEDULE: 8 Sessions
9/21, 9/28
10/5, (no 10.12 class), 10.19, 10.26
11/2, 11/9, 11/16
Course Description
Whether you’re brand new to meditation or have been practicing for years, this eight-week series offers an opportunity to establish, deepen, and sustain a meaningful practice in the midst of everyday life.
We’ll begin with foundational practices of mindfulness and compassion, including shamatha, lovingkindness, and tonglen, before exploring the six paramitas—generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyful effort, meditation, and wisdom. Each session will include direct meditation practice, teaching, and small- and full-group discussion, with an emphasis on bringing the teachings into daily life.
Rather than simply learning about these qualities, we’ll experiment with living them—taking one practice into the week and returning to explore what we discover together. Short selections from Noel’s forthcoming book, Wake Up Sleepy Buddha, will accompany the course.
No previous meditation or Buddhist experience is necessary. Experienced practitioners are equally welcome to use the series as an opportunity to return to the foundations, practice in community, and bring fresh attention to familiar teachings.
OUR TIERED PRICING
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Reflects the lower end of the average Boston market rate. It is intended for those who are able to support our studio at the true cost of our offering.
Priced at Market value this tier is suited for people with a stable income and access to food, housing and healthcare, the ability to build savings and afford leisure activities
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Provides a 15% discount as a more comfortable option for anyone who cannot afford the standard rate.
USE PROMO CODE: Supported
This tier is suited for people with unstable/reduced/low income that creates some stress about meeting basic needs.
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Provides a 25% discount for those in need of greater financial assistance.
USE PROMO CODE: SupportedPlus
This tier is suited for people with unstable or inadequate income that sometimes prevents access to food, housing and healthcare.
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Provides a 50% to practitioners who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Color.
USE THE PROMO CODE: WellnessEquity
We don’t assume that all who identify as BIPOC require or want financial support to access courses. For those who do, we see this as a step we can take towards offering reparations within a healthcare system that has predominantly failed communities of color.
We ask that this code is not used by white allies.
Course Facilitator:
Noel Coakley
BCCP Founder, Psychotherapist, Meditation Teacher
Noel (he/him) is a mental health counselor and former school teacher (special ed.). He has been practicing meditation since 1996, initially with Indo-Tibetan traditions and then Yundrung Bön. Noel has been fortunate to learn from over 100 teachers, including HH the Dalai Lama and HH the 34th Menri Trizin.
Beyond his professional life, Noel is a loving father, husband, brother, musician, and friend to his dog, Clementine.
Lama Tsering Ngodup
BCCP Founder, Psychotherapist, Meditation Teacher
Lama Tsering Ngodup Yodsampa is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher, an interfaith chaplain at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and spiritual caregiver and meditation teacher at Veterans Affairs in Bedford, Massachusetts.
Lama Tsering was born in Tibet and, at an early age, experienced the tragedies and struggles of refugees in Nepal and India after escaping the communist Chinese occupation of Tibet. He received school and college education in India provided for Tibetan children under the direction of HH Dalai Lama. In the 1970s, he opened and ran a restaurant called The Lost Horizon for travelers, adventurers, and spiritual seekers in Kathmandu, Nepal. He then taught Tibetan language and culture and religion in School For International Training, in Nepal. He also served as interpreter for the Tibetan Buddhist meditation master and scholars at the Kamalashila Institute for Buddhist Studies and Practice in Germany.
In 2000, under the spiritual direction of Late 14th Kunsig Shamarpa Rinpoche of Karma Kagyu tradition, Tsering came to the US to translate and teach Buddhist philosophy and meditation. Shamarpa is one of the highest lineage holders of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Today, Tsering is founder and spiritual director of the Bodhi Tree Institute for Tibetan Buddhist Study and practice and regularly leads study groups and meditation in the Mahayana path. He has four units of CPE training and is a certified field education supervisor for chaplain interns from Harvard Divinity School.