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Part 1: The Experience of Belonging: Finding Connection Through Mindfulness

Session #: 710-601A
Presenter(s): Tara Brach
Session Length: 5 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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Our most fundamental sense of well-being is derived from the conscious experience of belonging and connection--relatedness is essential to our survival. Yet, much of the confusion and suffering clients bring to our offices--such as their attachment to overwork, consumerism, and the spectrum of addictions--is rooted in their feeling of not being truly connected to anyone, including themselves. In this workshop, we'll explore the use of various meditation traditions to help people feel compassion for themselves and give up trying to armor themselves against pain by controlling their experience. We'll investigate the practice of the three Buddhist gateways, or refuges, for awakening from "the trance of separation and unworthiness"--the meditation on loving relationship, the meditation on moment-to-moment experience, and the meditation on awareness itself--and discuss their practical applications in therapy. Through these exercises, you'll discover how Buddhist practice can help us deepen our connection to our own hearts and bodies, and come home to our truest nature.

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