Seeker's Path

Parenting as Practice

A Journey Through the Four Noble Truths for Families

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About the Course

Tools and Practices for Navigating the Modern Challenges of Raising a Family

Parenting today comes with real constraints — limited time, limited community, limited resources, and often, limited access to the kind of spiritual support that helps us feel steady rather than stretched thin. Many parents are doing the most important work of their lives with the least amount of margin.

This four-week course uses the framework of the Four Noble Truths to help parents and caregivers find more peace and ease — both in caring for themselves and in caring for their children. In this course, we'll explore how this foundational Buddhist teaching speaks directly to the everyday reality of caregiving: the truth of struggle, its roots, the possibility of relief, and a workable path forward.

By the end of the program, participants will have a deeper understanding of where suffering comes from — and simple, sustainable tools to meet it with more steadiness, presence, and heart.

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Facilitators

Jessica Larson

When

Mondays November 2 - 23rd

7 pm - 8 pm MT

where

Online

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WHAT YOU’LL GAIN

Learn specific, effective, and easy-to-access techniques designed to fit into real life.

Mindful Pausing

The act of stopping for a few seconds during a stressful moment.

Shamata

A meditation practice to help stabilize the mind and invite us into more calm, ease, and clarity.

Support Anchors

Using repeatable focal points—such as the breath, physical sensations, or intentional pauses—that help you stay grounded in the present moment, regulate your emotions, and avoid reactive or automatic responses during stressful interactions with children.

Loving Kindness

A heart-centered meditation that uses silent, positive phrases to build patience, lower stress, and soften emotional reactivity.

Body Scan

A mindfulness exercise where you focus your attention progressively on different parts of your body, from your toes to your head or head to toes.

Self Compassion

A meditation practice designed to help release harsh self-judgment, soothe physical and mental stress, and treat your parenting mistakes with the same warmth, patience, and forgiveness you would naturally offer to a good friend.

TIERED PRICING SYSTEM

Tuition

HOW IT WORKS

We offer a tiered pricing system for course registration.

Supported: The community will supplement this reduced fee for those with limited financial resources who will benefit from participating in this course.

Suggested: For those with sufficient financial resources who can pay fair value for the experience.

Sponsored: For those with the financial resources and the desire to support access for others.

Online Only

Supported -$25
Suggested -$50
Sponsored -$75

OUR PROMISE

No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you would like to apply for a grant to attend this course, please contact​ kmorris@namchak.org.

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Who is this Course Suited for?

The ideal participant is a parent or someone in a parenting role who knows the value of Buddhist practice yet feels unsure about how to apply it to care for their children and themselves effectively and compassionately. The ideal participant has young children and is seeking spiritual community support in navigating the challenges of parenthood.

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meet your Facilitator

Jessica Larson

May love become the habit of this world, not the exception.”

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