MINDFULNESS:

A PATHWAY TO PRESENCEPerspectives, Practices & Application

In Mental Health & Community

CONFERENCE

th th7 to 9 October, 2016 at

Yashada, Baner, Pune, India

9.00 to 9.30 Registrations9.30 to 10.00 Intentions, Introduction, InaugurationInauguration by Venerable Geshe Dorji Damdul10.00 to 11.15 Wisdom based Mindfulness (a Buddhist perspective) Speaker: Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul11.15 to 11.45 Tea Break11.45 to 1.00 Wisdom based Mindfulness (a Buddhist perspective) Speaker: Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul1.00 to 1.45 Lunch Break1.45 to 2.00 Mindfulness Practice2.00 to 2.45 Mindfulness in Psychotherapy Speaker: Sandy Dias Andrade2.45 to 3.00 Mindfulness Practice3.00 to 3.45 Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) Speaker: Dr Jo Nash3.45 to 4.00 Mindfulness Practice4.00 to 4.30 Tea Break4.30 to 7.00 Parallel Sessions Cognitive Defusion � Dr Jo Nash Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy: Listening with Presence & Touch � Zia Nath & Angelina Richa Kaushish Buddhism & Psychology � Dr Prof Mahesh Deokar & Dr Neelam Oswal7.00 to 7.30 Closing Circle

th thSchedule : 7 October to 9 October, 2016th

7 October Friday

7.30 to 8.30 Parallel Sessions Vipassana Meditation � Dr Nikhil Mehta Yoga - Dr Rajlaxmi8.30 to 9.00 Breakfast9.00 to 9.15 Opening Circle9.15 to 10.00 Mindfulness based Interventions for mental well being - Dr Steven Hickman (online)10.00 to 11.15 The Body, Trauma & Mindfulness (online) Dr Raja Sevlam11.15 to 11.45 Tea Break11.45 to 1.00 Contemporary research in Mindfulness: issues and challenges � Sandip Ravindra1.00 to 2.00 Lunch2.00 to 2.15 Mindfulness Practice2.15 to 3.15 Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Mindfulness (online) Bruce Stevenson3.15 to 3.30 Mindfulness Practice3.30 to 4.15 Focusing and Self as Presence (online) Fiona Parr4.15 to 5.00 Tea Break5.00 to 6.00 Mooji: Direct Experience with BEING6.00 to 7.00 Closing Circle

th8 October Saturday

th9 October Sunday

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Conference Fee

7.30 to 8.30 Parallel Sessions Vipassana Meditation � Dr Nikhil Mehta Yoga - Dr. Rajlaxmi 8.30 to 9.00 Breakfast9.00 to 9.30 Opening Circle9.15 to 10.15 Beyond Mindfulness - NithyaShanti10.15 to 11.15 Learning To See -K B Jinan11.15 to 11.45 Tea Break11.45 to 1.30 Parallel Sessions Learning To See � K B Jinan The Waldorf way � Shefali Kosta A new pedagogy for non-cognitive skills - Mindfulness based EQ - Ravi Pradhan 1.30 to 2.30 Lunch 2.30 to 4.00 Panel Discussion (Application of Mindfulness in Community) Pranita Madkaikar Facilitated by Randhir Khare, Asavari Gupchup (JBC), Kavita Saju (Bapu Trust), Narendra4.00 to 4.30 Tea Break4.30 to 5.30 Mindfulness In corporate sector : Anu Aga and Arul dev5.30 to 6.30 TBA6.30 to 7.00 Closing Circle7.00 to 8.00 Dinner

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Venue: Yashada, Baner Road, (near Pune university) Pune, India.

VolunteerVolunteers to help out before and during the conference are very welcome. Apply for volunteering.

A three day space for contemplation, application and exploration with lead trainers, teachers and peers.

The focus of the Conference will be on honouring various perspectives on mindfulness, philosophical as well as theoretical, and to bring together various evidence-based mindfulness approaches in therapy, counselling and community under one roof.

Through this diversity we hope to get a sense of that ONE TASTE, of `beingness' or Presence and touch into the essence of the practice of mindfulness that becomes the impetus for ourselves and the people we serve.

What better way to commemorate World Mental Health Day than through this exploration of Mindfulness. Evidence based applications, research in the �eld, has proved beyond doubt, what has been known from the wisdom traditions, that indeed there are many bene�ts from the practice of Mindfulness.

The concept and application of Mindfulness has pervaded every �eld. However, to really understand Mindfulness and the essence of the practice we need to include the wisdom perspectives. The secular practice of Mindfulness does not exclude but includes the deep wisdom that comes from Buddhist and other wisdom orientations.

So the conference includes perspectives from wisdom traditions as well as an exploration of research based applications in mental health, counselling, psychotherapy and community with leading trainers and practitioners from around the world through in person and online interactive sessions.

At the heart of `understanding' Mindfulness is also the practice and a direct experience. So the conference includes the practice of Mindfulness.

All are welcome to the conference, from those who are curious about mindfulness, practitioners who want to deepen and widen perspective, professionals who want to include this dimension for themselves and in their work, students, teachers, community workers, organizational thought leaders.

It is also an opportunity to interact with one another and to come together of community.

We are honoured to have Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul inaugurate the Conference and start theconference with a session on Wisdom Based Mindfulness from the Buddhist tradition.

Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul, Director,Tibet House,New Delhi,Cultural Center of His Holiness The Dalai LamaVen. Geshe Dorji Damdul travels widely within India and abroad to teach Buddhist philosophy, psychology, logic and practice. He was appointed as of�cial translator for H.H.the Dalai Lama.He has been involved with translating many texts from Tibetan to EnglishSession: Wisdom Based Mindfulness

SOME SPEAKERS

Dr. Jo NashDr. Jo Nash has a PhD in Psychotherapy studies from the University of Shef�eld, UK, and 30 years' experience working in the mental health �eld as a mental health worker, trainer, researcher and lecturer. She is an ACT trainer and therapist, besides being trained in MBCT. She is an avid student of the wisdom of Jiddu Krishnamurthi and Nisargadatta Maharaj.Session: Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) : A mindfulness based intervention

Raja SevlamSenior Trainer in Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing (SE) professional Trauma Training programs and developer of Integral Somatic Psychotherapy (ISP). Among many in�uences, he also draws from Advaita Vedanta.Session (online): Trauma, Body, Psychotherapy and Mindfulness

Bruce StevensonA psychotherapist in Internal Family Systems (IFS), Bruce Stevenson has also trained as an integrative psychotherapist. He has also been a Buddhist monk for �ve years. He has also been a student of A.H.Almaas in California. Session (online): Internal Family Systems (IFS), Buddhism & Psychology

Dr. Steven Hickman Dr. Hickman is the Founder and Executive Director of the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. He has taught over 60 MBSR courses and has been a trainer in other Mindfulness-Based Interventions. He has been a trainer of teachers in MBSR, Mindful Self-Compassion and MBCT. Session (online): Mindfulness based interventions for mental well being

Sandy Dias AndradeSandy Dias Andrade is a psychotherapist practicing for over �fteen years. She is also the founder and director of the Just Being Center. She is trained in mindfulness based interventions, Integrated Somatic Psychotherapy and other interventions that has include the body, mind, soul and spirit in psychotherapy. She has developed the Presence Oriented Psychotherapy training for psychotherapists who wish to bring a Presence orientation to their work. Session: Mindfulness in Psychotherapy

K B Jinan K B Jinan is an activist, designer and educationist. He has been working with traditional artisans in various parts of India. In the process he has been addressing his own de-colonizing and de-schooling process. Born in 1959 in Trichur district of Kerala, he did his Engineering in 1983 and post graduate in product design in 1989 from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Session: Learning to See

Other Speakers include:NithyaShanti; Sandip Ravindra (professor and researcher at SNDT Pune); Dr Prof Mahesh Deokar (Head of Department of Pali, Pune University); Dr Neelam Oswal (Clinical Psychologist); Zia Nath (Craniosacral Practitioner & Founder of Quanta Health Care Solutions); Angelina Richa Kaushish(Craniosacral Practitioner); Dr Nikhil Mehta (Vipassana teacher); Fiona Parr (Focusing Practitioner and Trainer); Shefali Kosta (Founder Teacher at Swadhaa School); Asavari Gupchup (Arts based therapist); Kavita Saju (ABT and project leader at Bapu Trust); Narendra (Community worker), Dr. Rajlaxmi (Sr. Iyengar Yoga teacher and Gynaecologist)