MINDFULNESS IN RECOVERY
with
Andrew Safer, Mindfulness Instructor
Michele Pike, Addictions Counsellor, Eastern Health
Mindfulness is:
The present-moment non-judgmental awareness of whatever arises—thoughts, feelings, sensations, and perceptions.
Location: The Conference Room, Pastoral Centre – West End of Basilica
Cost $150 / Sliding scale is available.
To register, contact:
Andrew Safer: asafer@nf.sympatico.ca or call 722-2716
Michele Pike: Michele.pike@easternhealth.ca or call 752-4329
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Registration Deadline: May 16, 2013
Should anxiety be regarded as an obstacle to our meditation
practice, or as an opportunity to open further on the spiritual path?
In this weekend program, Ken Friedman will talk about how mindfulness practice
deals with the various levels of anxiety that we encounter in our lives—from our
“ordinary” everyday feelings of nervousness up to severe panic attacks—as well as
the heightened forms of neurosis and even terror that one might experience on the
spiritual journey.
In 1981, the renowned meditation master, Chogyam Trungpa, appointed Ken to
work with students in their community who were experiencing extreme states of
mind. Ken will talk about the instructions that he received from Chogyam Trungpa
on how to deal with those challenging situations, as well as what he learned from
the experience.
Ken will also provide instruction about how to deal with the anxiety involved in
facing into death, both in terms of our own fear of physical death and our loved
ones’ fear during their dying process, as well as the unexpected shocks and upheavals
that we experience in our lives.
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MINDFULNESS IN RECOVERY