Organised by the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace, EICSP, Scottish Charity, SC03899, www.eicsp.org, and Blue Morpho Body and Mind Centre, www.bluemorphocentre.co.uk
Event: Day Workshop for Professionals: Zen Psychotherapy: Going beyond Mindfulness.
Facilitator: Dr David Brazier, president of the International Zen Therapy Institute, Dharmavidya of the Amida Order of Pureland Buddhism. Zen master, psychotherapist and author.
Venue: Stockbridge House, 2 Cheyne Street, Edinburgh, EH4 1JB.
Date: Saturday 22 November 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Event: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: The Buddhist tradition includes some of the world's earliest texts on psychology and there has recently be wide interest in what this rich source can offer to contemporary psychotherapy. Current interest in mindfulness is only the tip of the iceberg. Many of the methods common in contemporary psychotherapy are anticipated in the tradition, but commonly with significant differences of emphasis over, for instance, the nature of the self, the modes of conditioning of the mind, the nature of psychological liberation and the relative importance of solitude and relationship. Dr Brazier has studied and worked with this material for several decades and lectures on it in Asia, the Americas and Europe. This day workshop for professionals (and others interested) will introduce significant theory and methodology.
Venue: Stockbridge House, 2 Cheyne Street, Edinburgh, EH4 1JB.
Date: Saturday 22 November 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Event: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: The Buddhist tradition includes some of the world's earliest texts on psychology and there has recently be wide interest in what this rich source can offer to contemporary psychotherapy. Current interest in mindfulness is only the tip of the iceberg. Many of the methods common in contemporary psychotherapy are anticipated in the tradition, but commonly with significant differences of emphasis over, for instance, the nature of the self, the modes of conditioning of the mind, the nature of psychological liberation and the relative importance of solitude and relationship. Dr Brazier has studied and worked with this material for several decades and lectures on it in Asia, the Americas and Europe. This day workshop for professionals (and others interested) will introduce significant theory and methodology.
Cost: £120. For a Registration Form:
Contact: Neill Walker, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 0131 331 4469.
Contact: Neill Walker, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 0131 331 4469.
Event: Individual Sessions with Dr David Brazier.
Facilitator: Dr David Brazier, president of the International Zen Therapy Institute, Dharmavidya of the Amida Order of Pureland Buddhism. Zen master, psychotherapist and author.
Venue: Details confirmed on booking.
Dates: Details confirmed on booking.
Time: Details confirmed on booking.
Event Description: Zen Therapy sessions lie in the middle ground between psychotherapy and spiritual direction. The theoretical basis of the encounter is Buddhist psychology but theory is not generally imparted in the session. The actual process of each encounter depends upon the unique need or personal koan of the individual and has the aim of achieving a deepening of faith in life, release of compassionate energy, and/or some inching toward greater liberation
Venue: Details confirmed on booking.
Dates: Details confirmed on booking.
Time: Details confirmed on booking.
Event Description: Zen Therapy sessions lie in the middle ground between psychotherapy and spiritual direction. The theoretical basis of the encounter is Buddhist psychology but theory is not generally imparted in the session. The actual process of each encounter depends upon the unique need or personal koan of the individual and has the aim of achieving a deepening of faith in life, release of compassionate energy, and/or some inching toward greater liberation
Cost: £40 (1 hour). For a Registration Form:
Contact: Neill Walker, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 0131 331 4469.
Contact: Neill Walker, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 0131 331 4469.
Event: 2-Day Retreat: Teachings on Love and Compassion: Awakening the Heart: Cultivating the Mind.
Facilitator: Dr. David Brazier.
Venue: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 25 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AP.
Date: Wednesday 26 November 2014
Time: 6pm-8pm.
Event Description: Zen Therapy is the application of Buddhist psychology to the work of psychotherapy. Buddhist psychology is concerned with the liberation of the mind from compulsiveness and Zen Therapy is the employment of this knowledge in an inter-personal context. In the Buddhist understanding, compulsiveness or addiction is the basic template not just of substance abuse but of the whole range of mental problems that ordinary people are, in varying degrees, subject to. Life inevitably involves us in conflicts of will and in our flight from these inner challenges we attach ourselves compulsively to whatever seems to promise sufficient distraction. Typically these attachments in due course generate further conflicts thus exacerbating the difficulty, but also creating a self-reinforcing loop that is increasingly hard to let go of.
Facilitator: Dr David Brazier, president of the International Zen Therapy Institute, Dharmavidya of the Amida Order of Pureland Buddhism. Zen master, psychotherapist and author.
Venue: Skye Room, Gillis Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1BB.
Dates: Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 November 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Event: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: A 2-day retreat with meditation and Dharma teachings, discussion, a modicum of ritual, and plenty of opportunity for self-exploration. We shall meet to practice together. Those who do not have previous experience of meditation or Buddhist practice will find this a valuable way to get a taste for this ancient path and those who do have experience will find the approach refreshingly distinctive. Buddhism is a spiritual way that encompasses great diversity yet perennially returns to core values of love, compassion, peace and wisdom. These qualities are not just academic concepts but qualities that may be awakened in us. Once the heart is aroused, the mind naturally finds a way. This being a retreat the emphasis is upon contemplative practice, but conceived in the frame of the importance of actual compassionate action in the world.
Venue: Skye Room, Gillis Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1BB.
Dates: Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 November 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Event: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: A 2-day retreat with meditation and Dharma teachings, discussion, a modicum of ritual, and plenty of opportunity for self-exploration. We shall meet to practice together. Those who do not have previous experience of meditation or Buddhist practice will find this a valuable way to get a taste for this ancient path and those who do have experience will find the approach refreshingly distinctive. Buddhism is a spiritual way that encompasses great diversity yet perennially returns to core values of love, compassion, peace and wisdom. These qualities are not just academic concepts but qualities that may be awakened in us. Once the heart is aroused, the mind naturally finds a way. This being a retreat the emphasis is upon contemplative practice, but conceived in the frame of the importance of actual compassionate action in the world.
Cost: £100. For a Registration Form:
Contact: Neill Walker, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 0131 331 4469.
Biography:
Dr David Brazier, president of the International Zen Therapy Institute, Dharmavidya of the Amida Order of Pureland Buddhism. Zen master, psychotherapist and author. His published work includes nine books, among them, Zen Therapy, Love and Its Disappointment, Beyond Carl Rogers, and Who Loves Dies Well. He is the lead teacher on professional training programmes in Korea, Spain and South America and travels and lectures extensively. He has studied Buddhism for forty five years including periods with Thich Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese), Kennett Roshi (Soto Zen), Saiko Sensei (Shinshu), Chogyam Trungpa (Kargyu) and other leading teachers. He has founded and worked on many social aid projects and gives spiritual direction in various communities but has become known primarily for his work on Buddhist psychology. Between lecture tours he lives at a hermitage in a rural area of central France.
Private invitation-only event: Zen Therapy and Addiction.
Facilitator: Dr. David Brazier.
Venue: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 25 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AP.
Date: Wednesday 26 November 2014
Time: 6pm-8pm.
Event Description: Zen Therapy is the application of Buddhist psychology to the work of psychotherapy. Buddhist psychology is concerned with the liberation of the mind from compulsiveness and Zen Therapy is the employment of this knowledge in an inter-personal context. In the Buddhist understanding, compulsiveness or addiction is the basic template not just of substance abuse but of the whole range of mental problems that ordinary people are, in varying degrees, subject to. Life inevitably involves us in conflicts of will and in our flight from these inner challenges we attach ourselves compulsively to whatever seems to promise sufficient distraction. Typically these attachments in due course generate further conflicts thus exacerbating the difficulty, but also creating a self-reinforcing loop that is increasingly hard to let go of.
Contact: ELCA.