Applied Mindfulness Conference

July 22 - 25, 2010

The Applied Mindfulness Conference is an opportunity for practitioners to engage other practitioners - educating, inspiring, and exploring how we can best share our contemplative disciplines with others. This year's conference will include workshops, panel discussions, social networking opportunities, and several speakers, and will address bridging cultural differences, building community, resolving conflict, communicating emotional content and energies, working in business and organizations, and applying mindfulness in the helping professions.

The Mindful Diplomat
With Robert Birkenes

Reflecting on his experience as a senior US diplomat in Baghdad, Robert Birkenes will discuss how the practice of mindfulness informed his efforts in helping tribal leaders and military personnel bridge cultural differences and resolve conflicts. Robert will also discuss how his experiences reflect principles of mindfulness that others can apply in other life situations.

The Voice of Emotional Resilience: How mindfulness promotes healthy emotional communication
With Susan Piver

Communicating is not just about sharing what we think or know or understand but most importantly, it is about sharing how we feel. Too often when we leave the emotional content of our communications unattended, we can end up misunderstanding one another, creating unnecessary confusion and mistrust. During this plenary session, Susan will use exercises and discussion to reveal how the personal journey of investigating our emotions gives rise to a natural voice of candor, openness and emotional confidence.

Building a Mindful Community
With Susan Skjei

Building a healthy community requires members to foster trust, respect differences, and share a common vision of human dignity. Yet, building community also requires that we work skillfully with conflict, misunderstanding, and fear. During this two part session, Susan will guide participants through a series of exercises designed to strengthen our natural human openness, encourage collaboration, and demonstrate how the power of mindfulness can help build healthy, sustained communities.

More details to follow.

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Tuition: $295.00 Program fees include 3 meals per day served by the Karmê Chöling kitchen.

Registration is closed for this program.

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.