Embodied Ethics: Session 8 - Beyond Materialism: Embracing Ethical Happiness
Channel: SF Dharma Collective
Date: 2023-05-25

Embodied Ethics: Cultivating Secular Ethics Through Meditation with Teague O'Malley

Many of us are deeply unsatisfied with the current paradigms of destructive capitalism, divisive politics, and living in a materialistic society that prioritizes individual liberty over the well-being of others and our planet. We yearn to live in a more just and sustainable world. We long for meaningful change but creating a constructive path forward can seem overwhelmingly out of reach.

But change IS possible and begins within each of us. Like ripples expanding through the world, together we can create a more conscious and constructive society by practicing and embodying ethical ways of being. Secular ethics provides a framework for skillful living free from religious dogma and oppressive systems. By embracing principles such as compassion, altruism, generosity, gratitude, and embodied awareness, we can each make a unique contribution to creating a more just, peaceful, and harmonious world.
 
Teague O’Malley (he/him/tig) is a meditation teacher and contemplative artist, weaving together evidence-based methodology with his creativity and open heart.

Bringing together modern science with ancient wisdom and experiential art, Teague supports others in realizing a sense of steadiness, presence, and well-being in their own lives — no matter what conditions may be arising.

Teague is qualified to teach “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction” (MBSR) by The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is also a certified teacher of the Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) and The Breathing Class programs. Teague draws upon these professional trainings, with a deep immersion and personal practice in the wisdom traditions they originate, to deliver a platform of personal transformation, stress resiliency, and secular ethics.

Teague is currently supporting the development and pilot teaching the Mindfulness-Based Queer Resilience (MBQR) research study at Brown University School of Public Health, Mindfulness for Health Equity Lab.

website: teagueomalley.com (launching June 2023)
instagram: @illustrated_intentions 

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