|  Gestalt
as a Western
Form of Zen
Gary Mueller
Gestalt is first and foremost a way of Being and a powerful,
provocative way of understanding and working with the body,
speech, and mind. By focusing on details of moment-to-moment
experience and on the interplay between the individual and
the environment, Gestalt therapy and practice seeks to develop
mindfulness, satisfaction, self-support, and clear boundaries.
This workshop includes readings, lectures, discussions, and
experiential somatic exercises on the nature of Being and
Ego. Designed to examine issues in authentic living and to
present centeredness, it will acquaint students with the experience
and practice of Zen as a way of Being, as well as prepare
students for further studies in existential therapy.
| Gary
Mueller, PhD, has been practicing psychotherapy
for 32 years. His credentials include extensive
training in Gestalt psychology, bioenergetic analysis,
and the Enneagram, as well as certification in
Core Energetic Therapy by John Pierrakos, MD.
He brings two decades of shamanic apprenticeship
with Native Americans and 38 years of Zen and
Tibetan Buddhist study and meditation to his work
with the human spirit. Gary, who lives in Boulder,
Colorado, is the founding director of the Institute
for Consciousness and Energetic Studies and a
senior adjunct professor at Naropa University.
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