65th Annual Conference

Friday, February 22

Afternoon Workshops

2:45-6:00 P.M.

Workshop 60

The Practice of Mindfulness and its Affect on Group Process

Chair:

William Sell, M.A., CGP, Executive Director, Living Well Transitions, Boulder, Colorado
 

This workshop will combine the practices of Mindfulness Meditation and Group Process to demonstrate how meditation can directly affect the group. Mindfulness/Awareness meditation will be taught and two separate sessions of meditation will be followed by two demonstration groups. Participants will experience first hand the usefulness of meditation for the group leader, the group member and the whole group process.
experiential-demonstration-didactic-sharing of work experiences
 

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the ability to practice mindfulness/awareness meditation.
2. Describe the technique of both object and aspiration based mindfulness/awareness meditation.
3. Integrate a mindfulness/awareness practice with the experience of group process.
 

Course References:

1. Boyce, B. (2005). Two Sciences of Mind. The Shambhala Sun. pp. 34-43.

2. Germer, C., Siegel, R., Fulton, P. (2005). Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. New York: The Guilford Press.

3. Trungpa, C. (1984). Shambhala: The sacred path of the warrior. Boston: Shambhala.