Brent Beresford
Brent Beresford’s (they/them) greatest teachers are their children, showing them how unreasonable their expectations are, and encouraging the practice of relationship and community. Their work has been in engaging the power of relationship, accompanying individuals and groups since 2002. They have endeavoured to transmit teachings of Dhamma in various forms since 2013, through mindfulness-based approaches and the practice of Insight Dialogue. Brent aspires to lean into the darker places, finding “how the dark too blooms and sings.” A person of mixed racial heritage, they also identify as gender nonconforming.
Brent is inspired to explore the living Dhamma with folks. Taking the large perspectives allowed through Dhamma, these must break down the rigidity found in colonized and patriarchal values, as well as integrate the ways we understand trauma to impact the nervous systems, both individual and collective. Their work as a psychologist, integrating Somatic Experiencing, greatly influences these aspirations. Brent is in-training to become an Insight Dialogue teacher under the mentorship of Phyllis Hicks, Beth Faria, and Jan Surrey.
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Events with Brent Beresford
Open Dates
Please join us on select Mondays from 12:30-2:00pm ET // 6:30-8pm CET to cultivate a space to learn, share, and deepen in this relational practice of meditation. This is a group meant for people who self-identify as BIPOC/BAME/Global Majority. Together we will explore the teachings of the Buddha using Insight Dialogue guidelines. We will cultivate internal and interpersonal awareness, wisdom, care, and resilience to meet the challenges of our lives. To join this sangha, please fill out this form https://forms.gle/yqFNQHHJ6KQJWhzn7, and we will communicate with you to offer all the information you need. Please note that it is our intention to…
Thursday/ Jeudi: Groupe de Pratique du Dialogue ConscientOpen Dates
et aussi Jean Turcotte and Cindy Lafontaine Le dialogue conscient est une pratique qui cultive les qualités atteintes dans la méditation à travers les interactions avec d’autres personnes. Notre intention est de former une communauté autour de la pratique du dialogue conscient, dédiée au chemin d’une vie remplie de douceur et de sagesse, en relation avec les autres et avec le monde dont nous faisons partie. Pour bâtir une réelle communauté ensemble, vous êtes chaleureusement convié.e.s à pratiquer avec nous aussi souvent que vous le pouvez, mais il n’y a pas d’attente à ce que vous participiez chaque semaine. Nous…
Sunday, Monthly: Beyond the Mask: An Insight Dialogue-based Deconstruction of Dominant MasculinityOpen Dates
This practice group is open to all who identify within the male spectrum, including but not limited to transgender and cisgender men, as well as non-binary and gender nonconforming individuals. While meditation experience is highly recommended, Insight Dialogue experience is not necessary, as we will introduce this practice and (re)visit its bases together. Please join us in discovering how this practice might allow us to see more clearly together. Like us, you may have noticed how our gender conditioning can cause harmful consequences, how inhabiting masculinity in different ways brings discomfort, and how there is freedom that is available in…