Conscientious Embodiment
based on the Leadership Embodiment Work created and developed by Wendy Palmer
Tuesdays: November 28th through January 2nd, 5:30-6:30pm
East Bay Meditation Center
Offered on a Dana/Generosity/Gift Economics Basis
Develop greater capacity to relate to whatever arises, especially when under pressure, from a centered state that accesses “presence, confidence and compassion”. Through simple interactive exercises drawn from Aikido and Mindfulness meditation practices, Conscientious Embodiment offers a laboratory in which we can:
- Observe with compassion our habitual, reactive patterns that arise especially when under pressure.
- Learn a simple practice for accessing a centered state.
- Investigate and cultivate our capacity to access the centered state.
Week 1: Cultivating compassion and kindness toward our habitual patterns.
Week 2: Centering practice for accessing presence, confidence, and compassion.
Week 3: Exploring our patterns of advocating and listening.
Week 4: Exploring our patterns of leading and following.
Week 5: Exploring Tolerating impact, Respectful opposition, and Inquiry.
Week 6: Taking Conscientious Embodiment to the meditation cushion.
Paul Ciske, Ph.D. has a private practice in Oakland called “Your Well-Being”. He uses methodologies for communicating with the nervous system to improve the capacity of his clients to fully participate in life. He has been a student of Vipassana meditation since 1993 and participated in the Senior Student program, Dedicated Practitioner program, and Advanced Practitioner’s Program through Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He is certified to facilitate Leadership Embodiment Courses based on the principles of Aikido and Mindfulness, and teaches T’ai Chi Chih, Joy through Movement. He is a student of Tsoknyi Rinpoche and participates in the Bay Area Pundarika group.
