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The Applied Mindfulness Conference:
A conversation among practitioners innovating at the front lines of professional and personal life

With Keynote Speaker: Mr. Richard Reoch, President of Shambhala

May 30 – June 1, 2008 

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How often have we found ourselves negotiating a difficult problem or resolving a conflict using techniques and insights acquired through mindfulness practice?  Can you now imagine actively functioning in your professional and personal life without these tools?  The answers to these questions motivate many mindfulness practitioners to work to extend the benefits of mindfulness to others who may never have considered its applicability to their business, professional, or personal activities.

This unique conference will provide a forum for people interested in the application of mindfulness meditation to share their experiences, insights, and suggestions for taking mindfulness practice out into the world.  The conference will:

• Assemble people who are applying mindfulness outside of the traditional “spiritual practice” settings to discuss ways for strengthening and better organizing such efforts.

• Attract people interested in exploring how to introduce mindfulness meditation into the wider world, especially in business (e.g. leadership, strategy, conflict resolution), the professions (e.g. law, medicine, law enforcement, education), and other organizational settings (e.g., government, schools, hospitals, colleges, prisons).

• Develop a sense of community of similarly motivated people through the give and take of a participatory conference and begin to form groups and task forces of people interested in exploring applied mindfulness topics.

• Explore the issues and challenges of extending mindfulness into various settings (e.g., using different styles of language when presenting mindfulness, managing people’s expectations, and applying various presentation formats).

• Identify and cultivate opportunities for reaching out to organizations and groups potentially interested in Applied Mindfulness.

• Develop curricula and reading lists for the further education and training in mindfulness meditation and applied mindfulness.

• Explore modes of communication, such as an on-line community, for sharing experiences and resources.

•  Create the foundation for organizing and conducting an annual Applied Mindfulness Conference at Karme Choling.

$195 Program fees include 3 meals per day served by the Karme Choling kitchen.

This program is being held at Karmê Chöling Shambhala Meditation Center in Barnet, Vermont.  To register please email registration@tailofthetiger.org with your name, address, phone number, email address, name of the program and choice of accommodations. You will be contacted for deposit information and confirmation of registration.

In an effort to make our programs accessible to all, we offer an interest free payment plan. This plan allows you to pay 50% of the total prior to or at the time of registration and give post-dated check or credit card authorization for the remainder of the balance for up to six month post program. If you are interested in this payment option, please let the registration department know when you confirm your registration.