Is this you?
You have a deep longing for peace.
You understand that your capacity to cultivate peace will contribute to the cultivation of peace at a mass level.
You want to engage in experiential learning in a safe supportive environment with others who are dedicated to positive change.
You might be new to Mindful Compassionate Dialogue, or you might have taken numerous courses with us. Either way, you are ready to dive into learning and practicing subtle ways to attend to our experience which give us access to greater peace.
What's It All About?
In this series, you will have the opportunity to learn and practice the consciousness and skills that offer access to peace in body, mind, and spirit.
We will begin by offering an introduction to agency and a conceptualization of consciousness that includes the phenomena of co-arising and expansive and contracted networks of experience. Then, we will explore relative to mind, body, and spirit.
MIND
We will dive into the concepts and practices that support peace of mind. Specifically we will look at the:
characteristics of reactive thoughts
interplay of thoughts and agency
interplay of thoughts and needs
practices of concentration, clarity, and equanimity.
BODY
Body practices are also essential to cultivating peace. Your body is constantly communicating regarding conflict and harmony. Let’s take a deep look at the ways your body communicates and how to become more attuned to this communication and make choices support peace.
SPIRIT
The vibrancy of life moves through you, in you, and all around you. We can call this vibrancy spirit - a source of life, love and wisdom. Accessing this dimension of life opens the door to peace that goes beyond conditions. Here we will explore how this lives for you and practices that support the continuous unfolding of awareness and openness.
About Mindful Compassionate Dialogue
Mindful Compassionate Dialogue (MCD) naturally supports you in creating the relationships you want by integrating the wisdom and skills of three powerful modalities: Hakomi, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and mindfulness.
Each modality contributes something unique to the process. Hakomi offers clarity about reactivity and healing. NVC provides a method for achieving self-responsibility, skillful communication, and agency. And mindfulness adds the stable attention and clear focus needed to continuously refine your understanding and skills.
MCD is a system meant to provide access to agency, compassion, mindfulness, and wisdom. Personal transformation is achieved through practice with the 12 Relationship Competencies and 9 Foundations, which arise from a central, life-serving intention.
WHAT to expect
In this 4-week series, you will engage in conceptual learning, group dialogue, experiential learning, and skills practice. Practice exercises will be done individually, in pairs, and in small groups.
Details:
Live attendance means:
Arriving on time for each session
Attending and participating in at least 3 of the 4 sessions
Access to the video recording for 4 weeks following the end of the series
Receiving a detailed handout that you can download and keep for later reference
The opportunity to be assigned a study buddy
Ensuring you have consistent access to internet speeds and connectivity that support video conferencing (600kbps/1.2Mbps (up/down) for HQ video; 1.5Mbps/1.5Mbps (up/down) for gallery view)
Facility with using the Zoom video conferencing system. For more technical information about Zoom, you can go here.
Self-paced attendance means:
Access to the video recording for four weeks following the series
Receiving a detailed handout that you can download and keep for later reference
The opportunity to be assigned a study buddy
Facilitation team: Elia Paz and Ceferino Cenizo, with assistance from MCD Guide Sam Einhorn
When: 8:00am - 10:00am PST, Saturdays
Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24
Where: Online video conferencing
Cost: $150.00 USD
Please reach out by email if finances are the only obstacle to joining: info@wiseheartcommunity.org
You may attend live or at your own pace by accessing the materials and recordings. The course will be hosted on Zoom Video conferencing.