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Science and Self-Compassioon (5/8) Untangle and Be Free (5/29) Past Workshops |
MARC offers several workshops throughout the calendar year which are designed to be experiential and educational. Many of these are Continuing Education credit eligible.
Past workshops incude An Integrative Journey to the Mind with Dr. Daniel Siegel, The Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation and Its Effects On Anxiety And Emotion Regulation, with Dr. Philippe Goldin and The Worry Solution with Dr. Martin Rossman.
Upcoming Workshops
The Science and Practice of Self-Compassion with Diana Winston and Rory Reid, Ph.D.
People of all ages suffer from overly self-critical thought patterns. These patterns can be detrimental to mental and physical health. Although these thoughts may
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| Diana Winston |
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| Rory Reid Ph.D. |
In this workshop, Diana Winston and Dr. Rory Reid will explore the scientific aspects and application of mindfulness and self-compassion practices. We will learn practical skills to better care for ourselves and others.The event is offered as part of the UCLA Health Campus Initiative/ MindWell programs, Innergy, and Creative Minds.
Open and free to the public.
About the Instructors:
Diana Winston is the Director of Mindfulness Education at MARC and has been teaching mindfulness since 1993. She is the co-author (with Susan Smalley, Ph.D.) of Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness (2010). She has brought mindful awareness into schools, hospitals, and nonprofits, as well as to adolescents, seniors, leaders, teachers, activists, and health professionals in the US and Asia. Diana is also a member of the teacher's council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. She spent a year as a Buddhist nun in Burma and has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1989.
Dr. Rory Reid is an assistant professor and research psychologist who specializes in working with patients who struggle with various forms of difficulties with self-control and addictive behaviors. His current work is related to investigating mindfulness and self-compassion in helping individuals with internalized shame and problems with pathological gambling, sexual addiction, and substance abuse disorders. He has published numerous research articles, authored and co-authored books, and appeared on televisions and radio to educate the public on mental health issues.
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Wednesday, |
12.15pm- 1:30pm |
UCLA Neuro-Psychiatric Institute (NPI) Auditorium, |
Rory Reid Ph.D. and Diana Winston | FREE |
Untangle and Be Free: Thoughts and Emotions as a Path to Freedom
with Shinzen Young
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Every day, every person has emotional experience - be it pleasant or unpleasant, subtle or intense, well-defined or ill-defined. Can we experience painful emotions such as anger, fear and sadness without suppressing them, but also without suffering from our entanglement with them? Is it possible to deepen the fulfillment we receive from positive emotions such as joy, humor and love? How do painful emotions relate to compulsive behavior patterns? Is there a way in which any emotional experience can become a spiritual experience?
In this program, we will explore these questions experientially. Shinzen will teach you a simple, systematic technique for mindfully tracking your emotional experiences. Once you have learned this technique, for the rest of your life, you will have something tangible and productive to do whenever you encounter emotional experience. The technique involves breaking emotion into three manageable pieces: body sensations, mental image, and mental talk.
About the Instructor:
SHINZEN YOUNG is an innovative mindfulness meditation teacher known for his Science of Enlightenment CD's, and Break Through Pain book & recordings. He was trained in Asian monasteries and has taught for 40 years. Shinzen has often been interviewed on KPFK, Harvard Medical School has been studying his techniques using brain scans - the findings of which are now being presented at various conferences. Shinzen founded Vipassana Support International (which has local monthly day-long sits - as well as Shinzen's residential retreats in this country & others: www.shinzen.org ) and the Basic Mindfulness Program www.basicmindfulness.org. His YouTube channels include ShinzenYoung & ExpandContract.
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Wednesday, |
7-9pm |
UCLA Neuro-Psychiatric Institute (NPI) Auditorium, (Room#C8-183) Semel Institute |
Shinzen Young | $20** |
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Mind Whispering: A New Map to Freedom From Self-Defeating Emotional Habits
with Dr. Daniel Goleman and Tara Goleman
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| Tara Bennett-Goleman |
Dr. Daniel Goleman and Tara Goleman illuminate how mind whispering can change confusion of the mind into clarity, using an innovative application of mindfulness synergistic with Western methods for behavior change. They offer a transformative map of modes of being, from the self-defeating to the liberated, and how to traverse this inner terrain, shifting our patterns of thinking and feeling, acting and interacting. Tara's unique approach to healing emotions, which grew out of her years of meditation practice and work as a psychotherapist, and Daniel's explorations in his myriad books on Emotional Intelligence provide a powerful educational experience, blending ancient and contemporary approaches for transforming dysfunctional emotional habits.
In this innovative synthesis of Buddhist psychology and the neuroscience of habit change - combining a new dimension of cognitive therapy with an investigative awareness and a reparative compassion- we will explore the many ways we can shift from or transform disturbing modes of being, releasing ourselves from powerful habits of reactivity. Mindfulness is an ancient awareness tool which, when integrated with these approaches, enhances their effectiveness and sustains their continuity, leading to a more genuine connection with ourselves and with each other. Offering tools to be continued in daily life and applied in one's professional work, this workshop is helpful for healthcare professionals or anyone who wants an in-depth experience of this revolutionary approach.
Co-Sponsored with the Lifespan Learning Institute
About the Intructors:
Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., is a psychologist and science journalist best-known for his book Emotional Intelligence. For many years a reporter the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times, he previously was a visiting faculty member at Harvard. His most recent book, Leadership: the Power of Emotional Intelligence (MoreThanSound) collects his key writings, including his Harvard Business Review articles, which are among the most-requested. Daniel Goleman co-founded the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning at the Yale Child Study Center (now at the University of Illinois at Chicago), and co-directs the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations, based at Rutgers University.
Tara Bennett-Goleman, M.A., is an internationally known author, psychotherapist, and workshop presenter. Aaron Beck calls her a "pioneer in the integration of mindfulness and cognitive therapy." Her book Emotional Alchemy was a New York Times best-seller and has been translated into 25 languages. Her new book, Mind Whispering: A New Map to Freedom from Self-Defeating Emotional Habits, breaks fresh ground. This synthesis draws from Buddhist psychology, the neuroscience of habit change, cognitive therapy and practices and principles from horse-whispering, and offers a fresh perspective on everyday modes of being that can trap us in suffering or deliver us to connection and clarity. She and her husband Daniel Goleman present workshops together based on Tara's work.
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Saturday |
9am-5pm | UCLA DeNeve Plaza |
Drs. Daniel & Tara Goleman |
$155 (lunch included) |
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*CE credit: 6.5hrs, for details click here |
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Taming Our Survival Instinct
with Marc Schoen Ph.D.
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Thanks to technology, our lives have become more comfortable than ever before. Yet paradoxically, we have become far less tolerant of being uncomfortable, which is leading us to be much more susceptible to reacting to our world in a fearful manner. And as we wrestle with a sinking "discomfort threshold," we increasingly find ourselves at the mercy of our survival instinct's fight or flight reactions. Designed to keep us out of danger and never meant to be engaged 24/7, it is now instead placing us in harm's way - with grave consequences. Rarely are we required to recruit this instinct today because seldom do we find ourselves in situations that are truly life-threatening.
Course objectives:
* What you can do to better manage the discomfort and fear in your life.
* How to strengthen your resilience to adversity
* Boosting decision making and performance under pressure
Note: Dr. Schoen's latest book Your Survival Instinct is Killing You will be available for purchase.
About the Instructor:
Marc Schoen, Ph.D. is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA Geffen School of Medicine where he teaches a courses to medical students on Hypnosis and Medicine and on Performance and Decision Making Under Pressure. He is the author of Your Survival Instinct is Killing You (Hudson Street Press, March 2013).
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Thursday |
7-8.30pm |
UCLA Neuro-Psychiatric Institute (NPI) Auditorium, (Room#C8-183) Semel Institute |
Marc Schoen Ph.D. |
$25* |
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Past Workshops
- Mindful Awareness & Stress Management with Diana Winston, Robert Bilder Ph.D., George Slavich Ph.D. April 23, 2013
- Intuitive Healing and Mindfulness with Judith Orloff, M.D. March 16, 2013
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Intuitive Healing and Mindfulness with Judith Orloff, M.D. March 16, 2013
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Classical Mindfulness: Intensive Training for Treatment of Anxiety Disorders, with Lobsang Rapgay, Ph.D, December 7 & 8, 2012
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Breaking Bad Habits: The Neuroscience and Psychology of Transforming our Lives with Dr. Elisha Goldstein, November 3, 2012
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Brain Plasticity and Meditation, with Drs. Eileen Luders & Marvin G. Belzer, July 11, 2012
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The Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation and Its Effects On Anxiety And Emotion Regulation, with Philippe Goldin, Ph.D., May 2012
- An Integrative Journey to the Mind with Daniel Siegel, M.D., May 2012
- Mindfulness, Meditation, and Imagination: Creating Resiliency in Children with Charlotte Reznick Ph.D., April 2012
- Becoming Focused, Aware and Self-Directed: The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD with Dr. Lidia Zylowska, March 2012
- The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Drs. Dan Siegel and Tina Bryson, October 14, 2011
- Intuition, Emotional Healing, and Mindfulness, with Dr. Judith Orloff, October 1, 2011
- Introduction to Classical Mindfulness based CBT for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorder with focus on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with Lobsang Rapgay, Ph.D, August 2011
- Mindfulness and the Healing Professions: Deepening the Skill of Compassion with Dr. Matthew Brensilver, July 2011
- Mindfulness, Neuroscience and Creativity: An Interactive Exploration, June 2011
- The Worry Solution: An Exclectic Approach to Anxiety and Stress, March 2011
- HypnoMeditation: Transforming Fear into Safety with Dr. Marc Scheon, December 2010
- Mindfulness and Psychotherapy: Deepening our Capacity to Notice and Manage Counter-Transference with Dr. Matthew Brensilver, November 2010
- The Healing Power of Children's Imagination: Nine Therapeutic Tools with Dr. Charlotte Reznick, October 2010
- Letting Everything Become Your Teacher: The Healing Power of Mindfulness with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, October 2010
- Intuition and Mindfulness: Awaken the Power of Intuition for Health and Healing with Dr. Judith Orloff, October 2010
- The Mindful Therapist with Dr. Dan Siegel, July 2010
- HypnoMeditation and Retraining your Mind and Body's Response to Negative Thinkingwith Dr. Marc Schoen, May 2010
- Hypnomeditation & Sleep Enhancement with Dr. Marc Schoen, April 2010
- Introduction to Hypnomeditation with Dr. Marc Schoen, March 2010
