Andrew McCart
Dr. Chris Schrodt, MD
Joe Grant
Celtic Spirituality: Welcoming Ancient Wisdom for the Greening of our Days
Tuesday evenings – September 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2021; 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. EST
Modern Taoism: Philosophy and Practice
Tuesday evenings - October 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2021; 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. EST
Cultivating Boundless Love: Strengthening the Buddhist Brahma Vihara Practices
Tuesday evenings – November 2, 9, 16, 23, 2021; 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. EST
$270 regular for the 3 part series
$260 for registrations two weeks prior to class
$100 for individual classes
$90 for registration two weeks prior to each class
Class Description
This twelve-week series is a journey you can take as a whole or you may choose any of these four-week courses individually.
Celtic Spirituality: Welcoming Ancient Wisdom for the Greening of our Days
Tuesday evenings – September 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2021; 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. EST
Instructor: Joe Grant
Ecological destruction reflects a serious sickness of the soul. Over the course of four-weekly sessions, through prayerful engagement, presentation, story, and music, we will explore the roots and the reach, as well as the relevance and recent resurgence of Celtic spiritual traditions with their capacity to ignite re-enchantment and nurture reconnection with the sacred tapestry of life. Come and reclaim age-old wisdom that heals the split between spirit and soil.
Modern Taoism: Philosophy and Practice
Tuesday evenings - October 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2021; 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. EST
Instructor: Dr. Andrew McCart
Taoism is an ancient spiritual and philosophical tradition with profound practical relevance for today. This course will provide an overview of four classic Taoist texts - the Tao Te Ching, The Yellow Emperor’s Classic on Internal Medicine, the I-Ching, and the Tai Chi Classics - to lay a foundation of spiritual philosophy. Each class will also include meditation and movement practices for strengthening the energetic and physical body through Tai Chi and Chi Kung exercises, which circulate energy in the acupuncture system of Classical Chinese Medicine. Exercises such as the Inner Smile, the Six Healing Sounds, the Microcosmic Orbit, and Tai Chi warmups can help you into greater awareness, vitality, and flexibility. Recommended reading: The Alchemist's Tao Te Ching: Transforming Your Lead Into Gold.
Cultivating Boundless Love: Strengthening the Buddhist Brahma Vihara Practices
Tuesday evenings – November 2, 9, 16, 23; 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. EST
Instructor: Dr. Chris Schrodt, M.D.
This course teaches the traditional Buddhist meditation practices called the Brahma Viharas or "Divine Abodes." These practices strengthen the spiritual qualities of Love, Compassion, Equanimity, and Joy, as well as increase your level of concentration, which can be used to deepen your mindfulness practice and insight. Some modern Western psychological techniques will be integrated into the practices to help you with the engagement of these practices, which invite you into an expansive, inclusive love that has no limits.
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Instructor Bios
Joe Grant
A native of Scotland, Joe Grant received a Master of Divinity degree from Catholic Theological Union, Chicago and has served as a minister, teacher, spiritual advisor, and retreat presenter in Europe, the U.S., and Latin America. As Director of Programs for JustFaith Ministries, he created nationally recognized programs for youth and adults, and in 2004 received the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry award for Gospel Values of Peace and Justice. He lives in inner-city Louisville with his wife and family and is a co-founder of CrossRoads Ministry retreat center. Joe has authored numerous books and articles on scripture, justice and spirituality. He blogs at engagedpresence.wordpress.com.
Dr. Andrew McCart, Ph.D
Andrew McCart, PhD is a Senior Instructor of the Healing Tao Association of the Americas. Over the last 20 years, Andrew has studied Taoism in depth with numerous teachers, including 12 Healing Tao Senior Instructors on three different continents. He holds black belts in three martial arts and is a student of multiple healing modalities, including Chi Nei Tsang, Reiki, Acupressure, Cosmic Healing Chi Kung, and Medical Chi Kung. Andrew is a professor of Healthcare Leadership and Health Administration at the University of Louisville and holds a PhD in Public Health and an MBA. More information is available at: http://thetaoblog.com/about/
Dr. Chris Schrodt, M.D.
Dr. Chris Schrodt, MD, is a clinical psychiatrist who has been practicing meditation since the age of 15. He was introduced to mindfulness meditation by Donald Rothberg at the University of Kentucky, and he has completed intensive retreats with many of the leading teachers in the Vipassana tradition, including Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, and Bhante Gunaratana. Dr Schrodt uses meditation techniques from various traditions in working with his patients and meditation students. He continues to study the Abidhamma (Buddhist Psychology) and this understanding as well as those of cognitive-behavioral therapy, hypnosis, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) inform his daily work. In his teaching of mindfulness, he emphasizes applying moment to moment awareness to everyday experiences and activities to cultivate insight.