

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Half-Day Retreat: Being Enough: Self-Compassion as a Path to Healing Our World 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 am – Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Being Enough: Self-Compassion as a Path to Healing Our World

In this half-day retreat, Ofosu Jones-Quartey (Born I) invites participants into a spacious and accessible exploration of self-compassion as a lived spiritual practice. Through a balance of guided and silent meditation, periods of optional gentle movement, and a Dharma talk rooted in Buddhist teachings, we will explore how learning to rest in our inherent worth can become a foundation for personal healing and collective care.

Drawing reflections from his acclaimed book Lyrical Dharma, Ofosu weaves together contemplative practice, lived experience, and poetic insight to offer a retreat that meets participants exactly where they are, whether new to meditation or returning to practice.

This retreat is open to all and designed to support nervous system regulation, self-kindness, and a deeper sense of belonging in ourselves and in the world.
 
About Born I:
Ofosu Jones-Quartey, also known as Born I, is a mindfulness teacher, musician, poet, and educator whose work lives at the intersection of Buddhism, hip-hop, and healing. He has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over a decade in retreat centers, schools, and community spaces across the country, offering accessible practices grounded in compassion and lived experience.

He is the author of Lyrical Dharma, published by Parallax Press, which was recently named one of the Top Spiritual Books of 2025 by Spirituality &amp; Practice and features a foreword by Alice Walker. His accompanying album, Komorebi, translates Buddhist teachings into contemplative hip-hop, offering listeners a musical doorway into presence, healing, and self-acceptance.

Ofosu’s teaching style is warm, poetic, and deeply human, inviting practitioners to remember their inherent worth and to meet life with courage, kindness, and curiosity.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kansas-city/half-day-retreat-being-enough-self-compassion-as-a-path-to-healing-our-world/200029762034948
- **Event Categories**: art, meditation, health-wellness, literary-art, entertainment, music, dance, fine-arts, live-music, spiritual
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 62

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Kansas City
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 707 W 47th St, Kansas City, MO, United States, Missouri 64112
- **lat**: 39.04209
- **long**: -94.59522
- **full address**: 707 W 47th St, Kansas City, MO, United States, Missouri 64112

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Temple Buddhist Center (https://allevents.in/org/temple-buddhist-center/4983825)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 707 W 47th St, Kansas City, MO, United States, Missouri 64112
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Temple Buddhist Center
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, meditation, health-wellness, literary-art, entertainment, music, dance, fine-arts, live-music, spiritual
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Half-Day Retreat: Being Enough: Self-Compassion as a Path to Healing Our World  ?
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