As part of our preparations, some of us attended the Meditation Trilogy with Russell Delman Dec 31, 2015, Jan 1 and Jan 2, 2016
160102 Here are some Informal notes from call with Russell Delman January 2, 2016.
* 75 people on the call today.
* Warm hearted gentle cultivation of the present living moment
* Be willing and have the courage to sit with thoughts that arrive.
* Touch our thoughts with warmth also.
* We practice a caring attitude to the one that is sitting here and all that arises.
* We limit the external sources when we are sitting,
* We are really here to dedicate ourselves.
1. BASIC GOOD WILL – connecting with our caring – basic good will – learning to care for life as it appears
2. EMBODIED CONNECTION – embodied connection to our infinite being
we are not only separate – separate has a value to autonomous self – but first we are inter-beings, interconnected, inter dependent – without the earth or the air we do not live – we are implicitly and immediately part of our our world – we are originally relationship – we begin as relationship – the unity of oneness is not some kind of goal it is something that when we deeply enter our bodies, and let go of some ideas about separateness, we find that we are never fundamentally alone – especially for the Western world where the individual is emphasized we may have lost some of the beauty. South African word “abuki” (spelling?) we know we are connected to all of life – Carol might have noted the word as Carol was on the call December 31, 2015 where Russell spoke about this.
3. GIFT OF THE AUTONOMOUS SELF .. we are the completion – in non theistic ways we are live experiencing itself – without you life does not experience the song of the bird – we embody the gift of life and know the being alive in this moment – and knowing that we are alive in this moment.
STRUGGLING WHILE SITTING
* Russell notes that struggling is okay – expereince the gratitude of the gifts of being warm, well fed, breathing, gift of being alive – to have the GRATITUDE for this – and to include the HOMELESS feeling for those who do not have all this – how can the INCLUSION of this homelessness be .. (fruitful) .. can we get BIG ENOUGH INSIDE to have the gratitude and the joy and also see the SUFFERING around us .
* When I am uncomfortable .. feel connected to others who are suffering .. experiencing pain is the most isolating feeling in the world as no one experiences it exactly as you do .. knowing that someone is with you in this struggling may be helpful to others and to the world .. for Russell this WIDENS the expereince of pain
* Russel realized this morning .. disappointed .. how could I be more magnanimous with my struggle .. then realized that this too is part of living the whole life .. sometimes things are too much and that is part of practice too. OPEN OUR HEARTS to the struggle too – coming back to the place of disappointment and be with that too.
* Sometimes finding a way to be with the struggle .. sometimes may find that it is just too much pain .. that is part of it too .. we can even use these moments, perhaps later, to open our hearts further, to feel our interconnection further, to feel our autonomous self even more.
STANDING and in sitting also .. PREPARATION for PRACTICE:
- Feeling the ground force .. the upward force ..
- if you are sitting in a chair – then have your feet well grounded
- if you can be self supporting for your vertical axis which is KEY to the
- connecting of consciousness to the great above and the great below
- Thumbs a little below your naval, lightly touching
- The breathing
- Basic sense of sitting
- Breath coming into the lower abdomen
- Let the sensations of the body be a grounding for all the movements of the mind
- Notice thoughts, gently, lightly, maybe with a smile.
- Once settled in we like to have the eyes open lightly open, so the connection is one, it is one world of our livingness as we sit in this moment.
- You are the PLACE where life becomes conscious of itself, in this breath, in this time.
Preparations for workshop with David Rome January 24, 2016 hosted by The Focusing Institute
Book by David Rome:
Your Body Knows the Answer: Using Your Felt Sense to Solve Problems, Effect Change, and Liberate Creativity. October 7, 2014
Book for which David Rome is one of the Editors:
Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma: Integrating Contemplative Practices 1st Edition, 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page Copyright Page
EDITORS
ABOUT THE EDITORS
Workshop to be led by David Rome January 24, 2016 hosted by The Focusing Institute:
Focusing as a Contemplative Practice: workshop with David Rome Jan 24, 2016
Book by David Rome: Your Body Knows the Answer: Using Your Felt Sense to Solve Problems, Effect Change, and Liberate Creativity. October 2015
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Book for which David Rome is one of the Editors:
Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma: Integrating Contemplative Practices 1st Edition
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Victoria M. Follette, John Briere, Deborah Rozelle, James W. Hopper, and David I . Rome
PART I. FOUNDATIONS
1. Pain and Suffering: A Synthesis of Buddhist and Western Approaches to Trauma
John Briere
2. Healing Traumatic Fear: The Wings of Mindfulness and Love
Tara Brach
3, Cultivating Self-Compassion in Trauma Survivors
Christopher K. Germer and Kristin D. Nefi‘
PART II. ADAPTING CONTEMPLATIVE APPROACHES
4. Mindfulness and Valued Action: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Approach to Working with Trauma Survivors
Jessica L. Engle and Victoria M. Follette
5. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Trauma Survivors
Devika R. Fiorillo and Alan E. Fruzzetli
6. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Chronic Depression and Trauma
J. Mark G. Williams and Thorsten Barnhofer
7. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Buddhist Practice: A New Model of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
Deborah Rozelle and David J. Lewis
8. The Internal Family Systems Model in Trauma Treatment: Parallels with Mahayana Buddhist Theory and Practice
Richard C. Schwartz and Flint Sparks
9. Teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness to Women with Complex Trauma
Trish Magyari
10. Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: A Contemplative Approach to Healing Trauma
Doralee Grindler Katonah
11. Yoga for Complex Trauma
David Emerson and Elizabeth K. Hopper
PART III. NEUROBIOLOGICAL/SOMATIC ISSUES AND APPROACHES
12. Harnessing the Seeking, Satisfaction, and Embodiment Circuitries in Contemplative
Approaches to Trauma
James W. Hopper
13. An Interpersonal Neurobiology Approach to Developmental Trauma: The Possible Role of
Mindful Awareness in Treatment
Daniel J. Siegel and Moriah Gottman
14. Embedded Relational Mindfulness: A Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Perspective on the
Treatment of Trauma
Pat Ogden
PART IV. SPECIAL APPLICATIONS AND POPULATIONS
15. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Underserved Trauma Populations
Mary Ann Dutton
16. Mindfulness in the Treatment of Trauma-Related Chronic Pain
Ronald D. Siegel
17. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Loving-Kindness Meditation for Traumatized
Veterans
David J. Kearney
18. Treating Childhood Trauma with Mindfulness
Randye J. Semple and Laila A. Madni
19. Mindfulness and Meditation for Trauma-Related Dissociation
Lynn C. Waelde
20. Focusing-Oriented Therapy with an Adolescent Sex Offender
Robert A. Parker
21. Intensive Vipassana Meditation Practice for Traumatized Prisoners
Jenny Phillips and James W. Hopper
22. Cognitively Based Compassion Training for Adolescents
Brooke Dodson—Lavelle, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, and Charles L. Raison
Conclusion
John Briere, Victoria M. Follette, Deborah Rozelle, James W. Hopper, and David I . Rome
Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma: Integrating Contemplative Practices 1st Edition Title Page
Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma: Integrating Contemplative Practices 1st Edition Copyright Page
Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma: Integrating Contemplative Practices 1st Edition
EDITORS
Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma: Integrating Contemplative Practices 1st Edition
ABOUT THE EDITORS
About the Editors
Victoria M. Follette, PhD, is Foundation Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her work has focused on treating complex trauma using acceptance and commitment therapy. A Fellow and a past president of the Western Psychological Association, Dr. Follette is coeditor of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Trauma, Second Edition, and Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition.
John Briere, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (USC), and Director of the USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center, National Child Traumatic Stress Network. He is a recipient of the Robert S. Laufer Memorial Award for Scientific Achievement from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Science of Trauma Psychology from Division 56 of the American Psychological Association. Designated a “Highly Cited Researcher” by the Institute of Scientific Information, Dr. Briere has published widely in the areas of trauma, child abuse, and interpersonal violence, as well as the application of mindfulness to trauma therapy.
Deborah Rozelle, PsyD, is a certified therapist and Approved Consultant in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). She trains and consults widely on psychological trauma, trauma therapy, and their relation to contemplative practice. Dr. Rozelle is on the faculties of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science in New York City. She is a long-time practicing Buddhist and has a clinical practice in Lexington, Massachusetts.
James W. Hopper, PhD, is Clinical Instructor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. His work as a consultant, clinician, and researcher has focused on the effects of child abuse and sexual assault, the nature of traumatic memories, the psychology and biology of trauma, and the brain bases of meditation and other spiritual practices. Dr. Hopper trains and consults with a wide range of organizations and professionals.
David I. Rome, BA, is a teacher, writer, and editor focusing on applications of contemplative methods in personal and social change. He has directed the development of the Garrison Institute’s Transforming Trauma Initiative as well as programs applying contemplative methods in K-12 education and environmental change work. Mr. Rome is the developer of mindful focusing, a contemplative technique integrating focusing and Buddhist mindfulness-awareness practices, and is a senior trainer with the Focusing Institute and Shambhala International.
Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma: Integrating Contemplative Practices 1st Edition
CONTRIBUTORS
Thorsten Barnhofer, PhD, Charité Clinic, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Tara Brach, PhD, private practice, Great Falls, Virginia
John Briere, PhD, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, and USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Los Angeles, California
Brooke Dodson-Lavelle, MA, Emory—Tibet Partnership, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Mary Ann Dutton, PhD, Center for Trauma and the Community, Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
David Emerson, E-RYT, The Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute, Brookline, Massachusetts
Jessica L. Engle, BA, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada
Devika R. Fiorillo, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Victoria M. Follette, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada
Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada
Christopher K. Germer, PhD, Department of Psychology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Moriah Gottman, BA, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Doralee Grindler Katonah, PsyD, MDiv, Department of Psychology, Sofia University, Palo Alto, California, and private practice, Woodland, California
Elizabeth K. Hopper, PhD, The Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute, Brookline, Massachusetts
James W. Hopper, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
David J. Kearney, MD, Department of Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington
David J. Lewis, PhD, private practice, Brighton, Massachusetts
Laila A. Madni, BA, Department of Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, San Diego, California
Trish Magyari, MS, private practice and Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
Kristin D. Neff, PhD, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, PhD, Department of Religion, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Pat Ogden, PhD, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, Boulder, Colorado
Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, PhD, Emory—Tibet Partnership, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Robert A. Parker, PhD, private practice, White Plains, New York
Jenny Phillips, PhD, private practice, Concord, Massachusetts
Charles L. Raison, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
David I. Rome, BA, writer, Garrison, New York
Deborah Rozelle, PsyD, Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, New York, New York
Richard C. Schwartz, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Randye J. Semple, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Daniel J. Siegel, MD, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD, Department of Psychology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Flint Sparks, PhD, private practice, Austin, Texas
Lynn C. Waelde, PhD, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, California
J. Mark G. Williams, DPhil, Oxford Mindfulness Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Prince of Wales International Centre, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
Focusing as a Contemplative Practice: workshop with David Rome Jan 24, 2016
from https://www.focusing.org/eShop/product_display.asp?ProductCode=W-160124-FCP
Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 11:00am – 1:00pm in EST An Interactive Online Class Facilitated by David I. Rome
(no special computer skill or equipment required)
Contemplative practices open us to experiences and insights of a different order from what our everyday consciousness can produce. They go to a deeper or more primal level than conceptual mind. Focusing by its very nature is such a practice.
In this session, David will lead us in an exploration (including an experiential opportunity) of the contemplative dimensions of Focusing and how they both overlap and differ from more traditional techniques like meditation and prayer. Is Focusing a spiritual practice? Not necessarily, but it can be. We will look at how spiritually-oriented Focusing differs from, or goes beyond, Focusing as a psycho-social technique, and how subtle shifts in intention and process during Focusing can orient us to more transpersonal dimensions of life.
This 2-hour class is offered by David Rome as a fundraiser for the Institute. It is our hope to offer this as one in a series of short, pay-what-you-can classes on “Body and Spirit.” A recording of the class will be made available to those who register, whether or not the live class is attended.
Times worldwide: Click this link for your time
Registration closes January 14, 2015.
The video link will be an easy to use format called Zoom. You will need to have a computer/mobile device. Calling in by phone is also possible but not preferred. We will send Zoom instructions (simple) in advance of the class.
David I. Rome is the developer of Mindful Focusing, an integration of Eugene Gendlin’s Felt-Sense Focusing and Buddhist mindfulness-awareness practices (www.mindfulfocusing.com). He is the author ofYour Body Knows the Answer: Using Your Felt Sense to Solve Problems, Effect Change, and Liberate Creativity (Shambhala Publications, 2014). David currently serves as board president for The Focusing Institute. Earlier in his career, David studied Buddhism and trained in meditation and other contemplative practices with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, whom he also served as private secretary for many years.
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