Amma ThanasantiSHINE: Enhancing Positive Emotions Through Meditation
A 2-hour experiential workshop exploring how to cultivate and sustain positive emotional states using mindfulness practice.
SHINE stands for: Sense, Hold, Inquire, Nourish, and Extend.
Our brains have a natural negativity bias—we’re wired to notice and remember what’s wrong as a survival mechanism. While this kept our ancestors safe from predators, in modern life it can leave us stuck in patterns of stress, hypervigilance, and chronic activation.
This is especially challenging now, when we’re being inundated with heartbreaking and scary news. Our negativity bias means we can become preoccupied with danger, missing the positive feelings that are often present alongside the difficulty.
Amma developed SHINE specifically to support us during these times. Inspired by Michelle McDonald’s RAIN practice (which Tara Brach has used extensively to work with difficult emotions), SHINE offers tools for actively working with positive experiences—teaching our nervous systems to notice and sustain the goodness that’s available even in hard times.
Through guided practice, you’ll learn to sense, hold, inquire into, nourish, and extend experiences of goodness, joy, safety, and connection—practical skills for working with the brain’s negativity bias by intentionally cultivating positive emotional states.
What you’ll learn:
- How the brain’s negativity bias affects your daily experience
- Why getting stuck in negative patterns creates hypervigilance
- Practical tools for rewiring toward positive emotional states
- How to work with your nervous system to enhance wellbeing
- Simple practices you can use daily to strengthen resilience
No prior meditation experience required.
Equitable Pricing Based on Country of Residence
We believe meditation practices that support wellbeing should be accessible across different economic contexts. Following the country groupings used by the World Psychiatric Association, we offer the following fee structure for all international participants.
If you are currently residing in any country listed below AND earning wages in the local currency, please use the country pricing that corresponds to your location:
Group I Countries: $48 Group II Countries: $35 Group III Countries: $20 Group IV Countries: $5
Please check the [Country Classification] to see your country’s grouping. If your country is not listed, please email us at info@awakeningtruth.org.
Additional Support for Marginalized Communities
We recognize that economic hardship and barriers to access affect many communities regardless of country grouping, including BIPOC individuals, LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities, single parents, and low income.
If you are experiencing financial hardship or belong to a marginalized community, please contact info@awakeningtruth.org to inquire about availability of discounted slots. We have a limited number of spaces available at reduced rates to support equitable access.
If you live in a Group I country (United States, Canada, most European countries, Australia, etc.), the standard fee is $48.
For questions about country groupings or financial accessibility, please contact info@awakeningtruth.org and we will be happy to assist you.
