Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Ireland 2012

I'm so happy to share the work in Ireland with the SHEP community of counselors and psychotherapists in Cork.



This June taught there the EFA (emotional first aid) course from the SE school, and advanced work in MBSE (Mindfulness based Somatic Experiencing).
Such an amazing group of people, with curiousity and genuine interest in personal development. A group that inspires me in the work they do in their community and with their kindness and honest inquiry.


Another training will happen this October, if you know of anyone that would like to join.




At the same time Sogyal Rinpoche was at Dzogchen Beara and I was so lucky to sit on his week long retreat. The subject was Compassion and the practice was Tonglen. I do love that practice, and recommend it wholeheartedly.


Sunday, March 18, 2012

Mind-Body perspectives in Trauma therapy: SE and MBSE; JuDitta Ben-David M.A. SEP

Workshop: 10 - 12 May 2012 - House in Clil
An intro to Perspectives and Techniques in Trauma 
therapy
based in the Mind - Body Paradigm

Besel van der Kolk, Peter Levine, and Pat Ogden, from the pioneers in trauma therapy and research, both emphasis that Trauma is not the event, but in the holistic perception of it within the mind-body organism - "The Horror beyond Words". The Body is the Portal, and Mindfulness based techniques are the Vehicles to gentle heightened awareness, tracking and untangling what is 
Implicit and in a bind.


...one of the most exciting scientific discoveries the last twenty years is: How we focus our attention shapes the structure of the brain!...and- that we can grow these new connections throughout our lives, 
not just in childhood. (D. Siegel)


Training: 
Basic skills in Somatic Experience (SE), Focusing and Mindfulness will be taught embedded in Body oriented Psychotherapy and Neuroscience research - as well as an understanding of the inherent relationship to the age old wise Buddhist Dharma.

Juditta Ben-David MA SEP: Body oriented Psyhotherapist, Contemplatice psy, and Mindfulness instructor (Tovana). Lecture at the Tel Hai College trauma dept., Wingate Institute, and Megged school for Advanced Psychotherapy (More info here)
077-6639903  for registration    houseinclil@gmail.com

Going Abroad:  Trainings in Somatic Experiencing (SE) MBSE, and emotional first aid (EFA) will be held also in Ireland and Turkey (April - May 2012)
See: ToWo goes to Turkey: Earthquake Relief  www.facebook.com/towogroup

Friday, March 16, 2012

"Focusing & Mindfulness" - House in Clil

23 - 24 March 2012

Practice the art of "Listening Within" and "Contact your own inner Wisdom".

We invite you for this weekend to the House in Clil, which is nestled in the foothills of the Western Galilee, surrounded by olive trees and carobs, where wide open skies overlook the mediterranian sea.



There is another way to communicate and that is to just live your practice, just by being a mindful person,you are communicating something and expressing something.....   
SAYADAW U JOTIKA

FocusingFocusing is direct access to a 
             Bodily Knowing. A Felt Sense.
As in ancient times, philosophy now has a practice derived from it.. and there, following the entry into the implicit, surprising new steps of change, thought, and action come about. 
Check the book "Focusing" by Eugine Gendlin. the focusing institute 
The root and influence on many new Psychotherapy techniques these last 20 years.

MindfulnessMindfulness is the practice of paying attention 
to one thing in the moment without judgment in order to meet the present with acceptance and equanimity.
What a delightful practice to augment personal inquiry, and to deepen the understanding of Focusing.

Chen Ein-Habar: Certified Focusing instructor. 
052-346480
Juditta Ben-David: Body oriented Psychotherapist, Contemplative psy, and Mindfulness instructor (Tovana).
077-6639903

            - Hours in this Workshop can be used towards a Certificate in Focusing -