Thursday evenings from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm - beginning with an orientation on June 8th. (First class is June 15th)
Daylong Class (a required part of the 8 week program)
Sunday, July 9th 9:30 am - 5 pm
Have you ever noticed that even when your formal practice is going well you can hit the skids when it's time to communicate with others? Developing an interpersonal mindfulness practice helps us be more fully present with others and oneself.
Our lives are webs of social relationships and communication. In all relationships, we find joys and tensions, the wish for things to be different, appreciation, longing and stress. Often, we engage out of habit, being pulled by likes and dislikes, assumptions and judgments. Developing interpersonal mindfulness leads to being more fully present and caring with others and oneself. The heart and mind relax with the recognition of this shared human experience. We will explore the roots of interpersonal stress and the possibilities for release and transformation. This class is based upon the practice of Insight Dialogue.
This 8 week class is an opportunity to experience how mindfulness can deepen our understanding of ourselves, others, create attunement, and enhance our relationships. Through guided meditations, talks, participatory exercises, and small group discussions we will experience the power of mutually established mindfulness and explore integrating the relational aspects of mindfulness and wisdom into our daily lives. These practices lead to greater clarity about the nature of suffering and its release. The wholesome impact on relationships is immediate and lasting.
If you teach or are training-to-teach any 8-week MBP, you may find this course particularly supportive of both your practice and teaching skills.
Learning Objectives
To deepen the practice of mindfulness meditation.
To learn guidelines for increasing awareness in our interactions.
To recognize habitual ways we react to stress and anxiety in relationships.
To cultivate wholesome, and release unwholesome, mind states and actions.
To learn ways of listening to oneself and others more deeply.
Prerequisites
Participation in MBSR/MBCT course or other MBP
or if you have not completed an 8-week MBP, but have prior meditation experience, you are welcome to speak to the teacher regarding program participation.
Join us to explore how mindfulness may support you in living life more fully, with greater ease and joy.
Note: The bulk of the class time will be spent reflecting and practicing in dyads (pairs) in breakout rooms, using the Insight Dialogue Guidelines.
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