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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
Compassionate Contemplative Care 2 – Being with Dying
Participants are introduced to multiple aspects of providing practical, emotional and spiritual support to men and women with cancer, AIDS, or other terminal illnesses. No prior experience, or employment, in health care is necessary. Through reflection and the application of simple Buddhist teachings, participants learn methods on how to be present and open to what is happening in the moment. They also explore their own relationship to death and dying. We welcome participants from all disciplines, cultures, and spiritual traditions who can bring curiosity to our contemplative care methods.
Fee: $250 – Register
To Be Determined; Spring 2008
Five Precepts for Being with Change & Transition
Transition and change are a natural part of our daily lives. At Zen Hospice, the precepts of Welcome Everything, Push Away Nothing - Bring Your Whole Self to the Experience - Don't Wait - Find a Place of Rest in the Middle of Things and Cultivate Don't Know Mind form a central philosophical approach for the practice of end-of-life care. This workshop explores the alchemy of turning change and transition into growth. Participants leave this session with practical methods for integrating change into their daily challenges. Appropriate for patients and families, as well as all clinical, administrative, and facility staff.
Dates TBA
Reflection and Renewal for Grief Professionals
As grief professionals, we are acutely aware of the fragility of life and inevitability of death. However, we rarely give ourselves space to breathe deeply and integrate the intensity of our experiences with the bereaved. Attending to the grief process of client after client requires setting aside time for reflection, discovery, and the sharing of the impact of our work in daily life. This workshop offers practical ways to deepen our sense of aliveness and meaning in our daily work. Participants will have an opportunity to identify and share their personal and professional experiences of loss, grief and transformation; their ideas of authentic service; and their ways of sacred connection. Particularly designed for therapists, bereavement coordinators, social workers, volunteers, grief counselors, physicians, nurses, and others in the end-of life and bereavement impacted professions.
December 13, 2008, 9am - 4pm
Healing for Grief and Loss
As end-of-life caregivers, we are acutely aware of the fragility of life and inevitability of death. However, we rarely give ourselves space to breathe deeply and integrate the intensity of our experiences at the bedside. In order to truly serve others, we need time to face our own mortality, express our feelings, and tell our stories of the mystery of healing into life and death. This gathering of like-hearted clinicians will feature time-honored traditions that have been used by generations of healers worldwide, such as sharing stories, singing songs of inspiration, and attending to the body’s wisdom.
Dates TBA
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