Introduction to Meditation
Mindfulness and their application to therapy
This talk is designed for people in the caring professions such as doctors,
nurses and therapists.
Content and structure
Scope and plan of the talk
What is meditation? What is mindfulness?
Painful experiences
Physical pain. Mental – emotional pain, past pain, present pain, future pain,
difficult life situations, difficult emotions
Eckhart Tolle’s concept of ‘the pain body’
The mindfulness approach
One day at a time, one moment at a time
Now breathing – now living – now sensing
Resources
Full Catastrophe Living Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle
A Path with Heart Jack Kornfield
This talk is designed to be only 30-40 minutes long, leaving time for questions and answers with the audience within a one hour slot.