Nondual Psychotherapy: Listening and speaking from no-mind
Peter Fenner, Ph.D.

6 CEUs (MFT, LCSW)


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Rudolph Bauer, PhD - Diplomate in Clinical Psychology; Consultant, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis; has written over 30 papers on psychotherapy topics. Postdoctoral studies: Gestalt, Phenomenology, psychoanalytic psychotherapy. He is Director of The Gestalt Psychotherapy Training Center of Washington, DC, and Co-director of The Washington Center for Consciousness Studies. He sees individuals and groups in private practice, and teaches courses to psychotherapists in meditation and the phenomenology of awareness. He has studied for over 30 years with Masters of Dzogchen Tibetan Buddhism and Daoist Qi Gong.
 

FRIDAY EVENING SPIRITUAL TALK

The Heart of Awakening: Experiencing Embodied Awareness
Loch Kelly. MDiv., LCSW

Big Mind
Diane Musho Hamilton

2 CEUs (MFT, LCSW)

Diane Hamilton has practiced meditation for over 20 years. She began her studies at Naropa Institute in 1983 with Trungpa Rinpoche. The most important thing she learned from him was to “Be yourself. The world will give you feedback.” She had the extreme good fortune to become a Zen student of Genpo Merzel Roshi in 1997. In 2003, she received ordination, with her husband, as a Zen priest. She is also a facilitator of the Big Mind, a process developed by Roshi to elicit the insights of Zen in Western audiences. In 2004, she met remarkable Ken Wilber, and has been working for the Integral Institute as a teacher since then.

Diane was the Director of the Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution for the Utah State Courts from 1994 -1999 where she established the first mediation programs in the judicial system. She received the Friend of the Court and the Judicial Administration Award in 1998, the Utah Council on Conflict Resolution Peacekeeper Award in 2001 and the Peter W. Billings Award from the Utah State Bar for Outstanding Work in Dispute Resolution in 2003. She was a founding member of the Utah Council on Conflict Resolution, and serves of the Board of Trustees of Utah Dispute Resolution. Diane has taught mediation at the University of Utah Law School, Brigham Young University and the UU Communications Institute. As a meeting facilitator, she has facilitated many meetings and dialogues, including environmental disputes, public policy issues, dialogues on race relations and religious issues. Her list of clients includes the Western Governor’s Conference, US Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service, Army Corps of Engineers, Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, Iomega Corporation, Outdoor Retailers Association, Utah Governor’s Office, the University of Utah, UU Medical School, the Racial and Ethnic Fairness Task Force for the Judiciary, and the Utah Supreme Court.
 

The Body’s Sense of the Truth
John J. Prendergast, PhD

2 CEUs (MFT, LCSW)

John J. Prendergast, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at CIIS and maintains a private practice in San Rafael. He studied for many years with the European sage, Dr. Jean Klein, as well as with Adyashanti, and has published several articles on transpersonal psychology. He is the senior editor of and a contributing author to both The Sacred Mirror: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy (with K. Bradford) and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, vol. 2 (with P. Fenner & S. Krystal).

Re-Patterning - Deep Transformation through Non-Dual Wisdom:
Tuning Into and Influencing the Life-Patterns and Epistemological Confusions of our Clients
Peter Wrycza, PhD

2 CEUs (MFT, LCSW)

Peter Wrycza, PhD, (formerly UK) began exploring non-dual wisdom in 1970 with meditation, subsequently researching the role of higher states of consciousness in literary creativity. He is founder of the Nirarta Centre for Living Awareness in Bali, where he lives, and the International Academy for Transformational Coaching and Leadership in Indonesia and Russia. Author of Living Awareness, he runs retreats and offers personal and professional development seminars internationally. His Re-Patterning process supports deep transformation through the resolution of epistemological confusions, which split source awareness and divide the body energetically.
 

Transforming Self, Transforming World
David Loy

2 CEUs (MFT, LCSW)

David R. Loy is Besl Chair Professor of Ethics/Religion and Society at Xavier University in Cincinnati. His books include Nonduality: a study in comparative philosophy (1988), Lack and Transcendence: death and life in psychotherapy, existentialism and Buddhism(1996), A Buddhist History of the West: studies in lack (2002), The Great Awakening: a Buddhist social theory (2003), and Money, Sex, War, Karma: notes for a Buddhist revolution (2008). He is qualified as a Zen teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage.
 

Realization Process: Attuning to Essence in Relationships
Judith Blackstone, PhD

2 CEUs (MFT, LCSW)

Judith Blackstone, Ph.D., developed Realization Process and has taught it in workshops and teacher trainings throughout the United States and Europe, and at Esalen Institute since 1987. She is a psychotherapist in New York City and Woodstock, NY, and is on the faculty of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. She is the author of The Enlightenment Process, Living Intimately, The Subtle Self, The Empathic Ground, and “Intersubjectivity and Nonduality in the Psychotherapeutic Relationship” in Listening from the Heart of Silence (Paragon House, 2007) and the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology (2006).
 

Tapping Into the Source for Transforming Trauma:
An Introduction to EMDR and Resource Tapping From a Non-Dual Perspective
Laurel Parnell, PhD

2 CEUs (MFT, LCSW)

As a psychologist, teacher and author with over thirty years experience as a meditator and spiritual practitioner, Laurel Parnell has been actively integrating psychological and spiritual work throughout her career. She served on the faculty of the California Institute for Integral Studies and John F. Kennedy University and presents at conferences in the United States and abroad. An innovator and expert in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) she has trained thousands of clinicians in the United States and abroad. She is the author of four books; Tapping In, A Therapist's Guide to EMDR, Transforming Trauma: EMDR, and EMDR in the Treatment of Adults Abused as Children. Her article, “Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Spiritual Unfolding” was published in The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology.
 

Nonduality and Neuroscience—promises and perils
Zoran Josipovic, PhD

1 CEU (MFT, LCSW)

Zoran Josipovic, Ph.D. is a research scientist and an adjunct professor at the Center for Neural Science and Psychology Dept., New York University. His main interests are the nature of consciousness and its relation to the brain, global versus local theories of consciousness, and the functioning of anti-correlated neural networks. Zoran is a long-term practitioner of meditation in the nondual traditions of Dzogchen, Mahamudra and Advaita Vedanta. He has also worked as a psychotherapist and a bodyworker and has taught meditation at Esalen Institute for many years.
 

Integral Awakening Practice and the Soul Centric Developmental Wheel: Transcendent and Descendent Paths of Spiritual Awakening Using the Voice Dialogue Method.
Jonathan Gustin, MFT

1 CEU (MFT, LCSW)

Jonathan Gustin, MFT teaches twin paths in spirituality: the path of transcendence, where we go beyond the boundaries of our everyday personalities to experience non-separation from all of life, and the path of decendence, a burrowing down into our depths where we encounter soul, the essence of our specific life purpose.

Jonathan is the founder of Green Sangha and San Francisco Integral Life Practice, where he teaches meditation and integral spirituality. He is a psychotherapist and integral mentor in private practice in San Francisco and San Rafael. www.jonathangustin.com

Zen and the Art of Mandalas:
Tools for Nondual Inquiry and Expression
Prema Maja Rode, PhD

1 CEU (MFT, LCSW)

Prema Maja Rode holds a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology and is the Creative Director of Open Gate Sangha, the organization that supports the Zen-inspired teachings of Adyashanti. She is the managing editor of Adyashanti’s books and publications, and her music and poetry have been a highlight at his silent retreats since 1999. Prema began drawing mandalas, facilitating creative processes, and exploring nondual teachings in the early 90’s. Her nondual creative expressions take many forms including drawing, collage, poetry, singing, graphic design, and even rap music.
www.shivalotus.com
 

The Interface between Spiritual Teaching and Psychotherapy in the Unfolding of Spiritual Awakening – Panel Discussion
Dorothy Hunt, LCSW; Loch Kelly, MDiv., LCSW; Marlies Cocheret de la Morinière

2 CEUs (MFT, LCSW)

Dorothy Hunt, LCSW, currently serves as Spiritual Director of Moon Mountain Sangha, Inc., teaching at the request and in the spiritual lineage of Adyashanti. She is the founder of the San Francisco Center for Meditation and Psychotherapy and has practiced psychotherapy since 1967. Dorothy is the author of Only This!, and a contributing author to both The Sacred Mirror and Listening from the Heart of Silence. www.dorothyhunt.org

Loch Kelly, MDiv., LCSW, is the founder of the Natural Wakefulness Center in New York City. He is a non-dual teacher who was asked to teach by Adyashanti and Mingyur Rinpoche. Loch has practiced spiritual psychotherapy and taught meditation for 25 years. Loch offers a unique experiential way of sharing the direct-path approach to recognizing true nature. www.lochkelly.org

Marlies Cocheret de la Morinière works as a counselor and a certified Hakomi Practitioner in private practice in Santa Cruz, CA. She works with individuals, couples and groups in the USA, Canada, and the Netherlands. Invited to teach by Adyashanti, Marlies is dedicated to the service of others in the deep process of truth. With love, directness, and humor, she invites our spirituality down from the clouds right into this human body experience.
www.marliescocheret.com