Choosing Love in Perilous Times, with Tara Brach & Jonathan Foust
Online and The Catholic University of America
620 Michigan Avenue Northeast Washington, DC 20064
Sunday, December 7
9:30 – 4:30
The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression… we begin to move toward freedom.” - bell hooks
We are living in shadow times marked by violence, injustice, climate collapse and growing division. Many find that with each new crisis they are almost surprised not to be more disturbed. Rather, the response is often anxiety, overwhelm or numbness. Some part of us knows: we’re in a collective trance.
It is natural and healthy to feel outrage, fear and heartbreak. When met with presence, though, these very emotions become gateways to new possibilities —they awaken you to a more fierce and tender love for life.
Staying connected to that love takes intention. It means returning again and again to your direct, embodied experience. It means choosing love—not as a sentiment, but as a path of inner freedom and outward transformation.
In this daylong gathering, we’ll explore meditation, relational practices, movement, and the healing power of community. Together, we’ll strengthen our capacity to stay awake, open-hearted and engaged in a way that serves our precious, hurting world.
We hope you’ll join us!