The title of the retreat is "Protecting and ServingThe US Dept.of Justice funds the same training under the title "Health Realization." Training has been happening in Mpls. for several years through the UofM. Training gives participants a very good set of tools to add to their kit bags. For those wishing to use their personal power to affect change, it's not to be missed. Health Realization is not a religious concept, nor does it espouse any particular religion. However, participants come to it with their values and language and, when speaking of how they are learning to cope better, often use the language of their various religions to explain the changes they sense happening in themselves and their growing strength.
Without Stress or Fear" and it is being led by Tich
Nhat Hanh and others from the Plum Village and Maple
Forest monasteries. The retreat is non-sectarian and will focus around the
practice of mindfulness.From the materials I was sent:
"This retreat is open to everyone who wants to learn the practice of mindfulness, to bring the qualities of ease, solidarity, fearlessness, joy and kindness into their daily life. In this non-sectarian retreat there will be a close focus on those with the aspiration and enthusiasm to serve their community and society."
Mindfulness as a practice focuses on trying to be very
present in the moment. To plan for the future and
learn from the past without losing yourself in dreams or regrets.
To be as aware as possible of your emotional state, how things are effecting you and how you are effecting others.
Mary Dailey also talked of this concept in her first book and she called it "re-membering." Dailey's background is Irish Catholicism. I sometimes think of it as the "don't let the b**tards get you down theory" or the "don't hook into someone else's madness exercise." Kids, those urchins with their facile minds, can usually catch onto this much more quickly than adults. It's an excellent set of tools to learn and give to your kids.
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