Proactive Mindfulness

Cherionna Menzam-Sills: Exploring pre- and perinatal experiences 01.11.2021 45:21 ↓

This conversation starts with a guided, experiential exploration. Then we talk about early developmental experiences, with a perspective informed by trauma therapy and mindfulness.

Elliot Jurist on the process of mourning 01.10.2021 29:17 ↓

We talk about the process of mourning and how it relates to the human condition

Jan Winhall: Treating trauma & addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal model 01.10.2021 35:47 ↓

Jan Winhall describes how therapists can respectfully understand addiction and treat trauma responses with deep embodied listening.

Peter Afford: A neuroscience perspective on the felt sense 01.09.2021 43:09 ↓

Peter Afford & Serge Prengel we discuss the felt sense as the experience of living (i.e., interacting) from a neuroscience perspective.

Ron Purser: Beyond McMindfulness 01.08.2021 58:38 ↓

Ron Purser & Serge Prengel talk about the limitations of "McMindfulness" and discuss what it feels like to explore a new sense of self in the context of interaction.

Monica Gomez Galaz & Özlem Mavis: A felt sense of faith 01.07.2021 42:26 ↓

We explore faith as a human experience. That is, it need not be attached to any religious narrative.

Mark Schenker on addiction, part 1: What is addiction 01.06.2021 35:15 ↓

Mark Schenker defines addiction and talks about his integrative model

Suzanne Noel: What Sustains Me 01.05.2021 25:42 ↓

Suzanne Noel talks about what sustains her: swimming, riding a motorbike, and connecting with others.

Bruce Gibbs reflects on his experience with meditation & Focusing 01.04.2021 28:49 ↓

Bruce Gibbs talks about what his practices of meditation and Focusing have in common, what is different about them, and how they can enhance each other.

Merete Holm Brantbjerg: What Sustains Me 08.03.2021 47:38 ↓

Merete Holm Brantbjerg talks about the deeply satisfying bodily experience of finding what sustains her.

Susan Rudnick: Mindfulness within a broader context 01.03.2021 23:52 ↓

Susan Rudnick talks about mindfulness within the broader context of Buddhism and the Zen tradition.

Merete Holm Brantbjerg: A gentle exploration of stress 01.02.2021 35:59 ↓

In this conversation with Merete Holm Brantbjerg, we explore experientially what happens in our body when we get stressed.

Gregory Kramer: A Whole Life Path 01.12.2020 27:25 ↓

Gregory Kramer talks about integrating Buddhist wisdom with our everyday life.

Francesca Maximé: Embodied anti-racism 01.11.2020 48:41 ↓

Francesca Maximé talks about how to find mindful, embodied responses to racialization and racism.

David Allen: The implicit pressures that shape our clients 01.10.2020 29:05 ↓

David Allen discusses how, to be effective, therapy has to address the implicit pressures that shaped our clients and continue to shape them.

Richard Gillett: The high cost of divisiveness and how to deal with it 01.10.2020 40:23 ↓

we talk about how personal and social divisiveness manifests and its huge costs to our physical and mental well-being.

Understanding social myth: Why it’s so hard to find common ground & how to do it 01.09.2020 15:18 ↓

A myth is anything but a quaint story. It is an organizing principle that makes it possible for a society to coalesce and function as a society.

Harbert Rice: How a felt sense functions in a group 01.08.2020 40:14 ↓

In this conversation, you will learn how a felt sense functions in a Quaker Meeting’s gathering circle.

Victoria Ramos: Dance with the Divinity which is you (a guided meditation) 16.07.2020 16:20 ↓

In this guided meditation, I will share with you how you can experience each breath as a gift from the Divine.

Deb Dana: How the nervous system affects our daily life 01.07.2020 28:53 ↓

The nervous system is where our experience begins. In this conversation, Deb Dana describes how it works and how it affects our daily life.