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What is the SF Love Dojo?

SF Love Dojo aims to take back the word love from the purely romantic, and highlight its deeper significance, rooted in affection, nurturance and compassion, for self and other.

A dojo is a practice hall, typically for martial arts, but in this case, an inner practice space for love, compassion, kindness, community and belonging. The love dojo is where we generate an attitude of friendliness for our inner lives and friendliness for others as well, through the cultivation of mindfulness and compassion.

SF LoveDojo will offer classes in:

  • Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC)
  • Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT)
  • Transcending the Suffering of Loneliness

Dr. Chandra is also available to speak on a variety of topics blending compassion, psychology and creative expression.

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Where to find us

San Francisco, Bay Area and Beyond

Compassion Videos

Brief videos and teachings on compassion and self-compassion in daily life.

Workshops, lectures and classes

Find out more about mindful self-compassion, compassion cultivation and other workshops

About

Dr. Ravi Chandra is a psychiatrist and author in San Francisco.

Calling in with Compassion

There are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
Victor Hugo
At the most fundamental level, our nature is compassionate. Cooperation, not conflict, lies at the heart of the basic principles that govern our human existence.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
If you want to be happy, practice compassion. If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso
Without compassion, there is no survival, no survival of anything recognizably human or remotely desirable. (From Facebuddha: Transcendence in the Age of Social Networks.)  
Ravi Chandra, M.D.
Compassion, kindness and empathy take us a long way to our best selves. (From Facebuddha: Transcendence in the Age of Social Networks.)
Ravi Chandra, M.D.

Upcoming Events

Contagious Compassion Zoom ongoing! MSC in Fall 2020!

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Upcoming: Contagious Compassion Zoom, and MSC!

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Compassion Videos

SF Love Dojo Ep 1: The American Identity Crisis

SF Love Dojo Ep 2: Immigration, fear of disintegration, and lovingkindness

SF Love Dojo Ep 3: Understanding Anger, Generating Compassion

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