Ani Palmo is available to speak at your school, business, club or church on any of the topics listed on this page or on a subject of your choosing. She has participated in interfaith panels and spoken at various schools, universities, clubs and churches about Buddhism in general and about her personal journey.
In these sessions we explore a variety of subjects, including:
- Calm Abiding Under Pressure
- How to Be Happy
- Overcoming Anger
Ani Palmo will also lead guided meditations each session, including:
- Calm Abiding
- Clarity of Mind
- On Love
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Ani Palmo will design a talk that is unique and suitable for your situation. Give us a call or send an email!
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CALM ABIDING UNDER PRESSURE
Calm Abiding Under Pressure
We all feel better when our body and minds are calm and at ease. Yet, too often we find ourselves feeling anxious and short-tempered as the stresses of life, work, and family obligations build one upon the other.
In this session, Ani Palmo will be offering ways to calm the mind and create the space for stillness, even under stress.
Guided Meditation: Calm Abiding
THE COMPASSIONATE HEART: Overcoming Obstacles to Practicing Compassion
THE COMPASSIONATE HEART: Overcoming Obstacles to Practicing Compassion
Most everyone has the desire to be compassionate, but sometimes finds it difficult to practice. We may feel overwhelmed by our own problems, or frustrated by the people in our lives. This session is an opportunity to go beyond our inner obstacles toward developing a sincerely compassionate heart.
Join Ani Palmo for a discussion on The Compassionate Heart. She will also be giving instruction for a meditation designed specifically to develop compassion.
Guided Meditation: The Practice of Exchange
UNDERSTANDING IMPERMANENCE: The Key to Wisdom and Well-Being
UNDERSTANDING IMPERMANENCE: The Key to Wisdom and Well-Being
Everything is impermanent–our possessions, relationships, life itself. Coming to terms with impermanence, even celebrating impermanence, is one of the major keys to wisdom and well-being. This is why the Buddha called the contemplation of impermanence the King of All Practices.
Learn how to use your understanding of impermanence to bring more peace and wisdom into your life.
Guided Meditation: Contemplation on Impermanence
TRANSITIONING: Coping with Change in Life and at the End of Life
TRANSITIONING: Coping with Change in Life and at the End of Life
Death is the one thing we can be certain of, and the one thing for which we are least prepared. If we learn how to face the challenges of stress, change, and the unexpected with calm, wisdom and compassion now, we will be prepared for anything we may face in the future.
Join Ani Palmo for this profound, yet practical discussion.
Guided Meditation: Death Awareness
OVERCOMING ANGER: How to Heal Anger into Compassion
OVERCOMING ANGER: How to Heal Anger into Compassion
The biggest obstacles to developing love and compassion are hatred and anger. Yet, these are mere habits we have developed over time. By developing our innate power of wisdom, patience, and compassion we can overcome the destructive force of anger which is harmful both to ourselves and others.
Learn the tools for generating a peaceful heart and becoming a calmer person.
Guided Meditation: Compassion
THE FOUR IMMEASURABLES: Love, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity
THE FOUR IMMEASURABLES: Love, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity
Immeasurable love is to have love for all beings without exception. Boundless compassion is to have no limits on who receives our compassion. Sympathetic joy, an antidote to jealousy, is to generate happiness for others when they are successful and happy. Equanimity, the ability to cultivate non-distinction between those we are close to and those who are distant, is what makes it all possible.
In this session we will discuss how to practice the Four Immeasurables in our lives.
Guided Meditation: Developing Equanimity
WOMEN IN BUDDHISM: Deities, Masters, Nuns and Lay Practitioners
WOMEN IN BUDDHISM: Deities, Masters, Nuns and Lay Practitioners
There have been women practitioners of all kinds in the Buddhist tradition since its inception. Beginning with the first nuns at the time of the historical Buddha, women have demonstrated their skill and deep interest in following the path to enlightenment. Unfortunately, as Buddhism developed in misogynistic cultures, some of the cultural limitations for women carried over into how they were treated regarding spiritual practice.
Fortunately, the situation for women in Buddhism both east and west has changed dramatically over the past few decades. In this discussion, Ani Palmo will discuss the position and evolution of women from the time of the Buddha to the present day and beyond.
Guided Meditation: Developing Equanimity
Previous Speaking Venues
Previous Speaking Venues
Thus far Ani Palmo has spoken at the following venues:
- American Greetings
- Beachwood Middle School
- Beaumont High School
- Church of the Covenant
- Cleveland Institute of Art: Ways of Thought: Buddhism Spring 2018
- Cleveland Museum of Art: Meditation in the Galleries
- Cleveland State University: Women and Spirituality Symposium
- East Shore Unitarian Church
- Delphic Books
- The Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland
- First Unitarian Church (led Sunday service)
- Friends Meeting (Quakers)
- Hospice of the Western Reserve
- John Carroll University
- Lakeland Community College
- Laurel School
- Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, CWRU
- Middleburg Heights Community UCC
- Notre Dame College
- Oberlin College
- Perry Elementary School
- River’s Edge
- Rx Yoga
- Summit County: Lunch and Learn Seminars
- The Tuesday Study Club
- Urban Hope
- Westlake Middle School
- West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church
- Youngstown State University