Mindfulness, Willingness and Radical Acceptance

Do you sometimes feel blocked or suffer from a sense of hopelessness?

Do you sometimes suffer from stress or anxiety?

Do you have trouble to focus and concentrate?

Have you ever considered getting Mindfulness
into your life?

Mindfulness may be the answer to your concerns.

Psychological research of the last years has proven that regular practice of mindfulness can diminish the intensity of anxiety or stress related symptoms and prevent depression.

Through mindfulness, you will be able to develop your concentration and your ability to be in the present moment. Through regular practice you will be able to regain a sense of being more grounded and emotionally stable, be more focused and obtain a clearer perspective on the issues and situations that concern you.

If you believe that you might benefit from the practice of mindfulness we invite you to join our 8 weeks Mindfulness program which will be conducted by David Lawson and Isabel Thompson.

Participants will be provided with hand-out materials and information about useful resources concerning the topic.

Program Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

- Describe and practice the three States of Mind and how each relates to the cultivation of Wise Mind.

- Define and practice the three “What” skills (Observe, Describe, and Participate).

- Define and practice the three “How” skills (Nonjudgmentally, One-Mindfully, and Effectively).

- Describe and practice two distress tolerance principles—Radical Acceptance and Willingness and their relationship to mindfulness practice.

-Conduct practice sessions in private with mindfulness.

Practical Information:

Venue: Central Geneva

Time: 7 pm to 8.30 pm

Dates:

1.            Tuesday 25th of October

2.            Tuesday 1st of November

3.            Tuesday 8th of November

4.            Tuesday 15th November

5.            Tuesday 22nd November

6.            Tuesday 29th November

7.            Tuesday 6th December

8.            Tuesday 13th December

This will be a closed group event and the number of participants will be limited to 12. Further details will be sent on enrollment.

Getting To Wise Mind

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 @ 19:30
Geneva

This glocals.com event is also open to a limited number of non-members.
If you are interested to join us please contact me.


The Getting to Wise Mind Activity is open to all glocals.com members. It is a small open group (members can come and go) with about 10 to 15 participants.

The idea is that at our group meetings we each read a story from any book or inspiration of our own choosing. It can be very short, just a paragraph if you want. If you don’t want to read anything, that’s also just fine! 

We then ask the following questions to the group: 

What does this story say about yourself?
How is it relevant to you and your life?

We each take about 5 minutes to reflect and share. 

You might be amazed at what everyone comes up with being relevant to them-selves! 

It's not all work though - we're especially mindful to good wine and eating! 

The location details will be announced shortly.

Looking forward to welcoming you to next meeting. 
David


Mindfulness in its totality has to do with the quality of awareness that a person brings to everyday living; learning to control your mind, rather than letting your mind control you. 

Mindfulness as a practice directs your attention to only one thing, and that one thing is the moment you are living in. 

When you recognize the moment, what it looks like, feels like, tastes like, sounds like – you are being mindful. 

Further, mindfulness is the process of observing, describing, and participating in reality in a non-judgmental manner, in the moment and with effectiveness. At the same time, mindfulness is the window to acceptance, freedom, and wisdom.

davidlawson.ch was created on the verge of leaving some of the things in psychotherapy that I loved and stepping into a new life, both professionally and personally. i am aware that the new collaborative ways of working, represented the end of something, a kind of closing a circle of a way of working that I started so long ago and I knew I had to move on from. though in taking them to a conclusion they showed me glimpses of a future I wasn't expecting, a future I now feel very excited about.

gradually over the years, http://www.mentalfitness.ch has found its shape, and continues to thrive on today.

in launching this personal site, I thought it would be easy, but it turned out to be the hardest, most testing move that I have made since mental fitness was founded in 2002. even now, i still have an uneasy relationship with it, though I hope that the struggle with this move gives hope and the desire that brought them about.

if you're in the psychotherapy and counselling world (and for your sake i hope you're not...) you probably know about david smail. unlike many people in the psychotherapy world he actually seems to have a good understanding of what's wrong with the profession (adherence to old and anachronistic models) as well as what could be done to help it. in case you're curious, here's his website: http://www.davidsmail.info/index.htm

thanks

david