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Meditation as a Healing Response to Trauma

September 17, 2020 by katecoombs Leave a Comment

AN ONLINE SYMPOSIUM AND WORKSHOP HOSTED BY MEDITATIO

The practice of meditation within a cultural and wisdom tradition has been shown to help refugees heal these invisible wounds of trauma.

In 2019, the UN refugee agency reported 26 million refugees and over 4 million asylum-seekers worldwide. We need a public mental health response to help forcibly displaced individuals to heal from trauma.

Meditatio is convening leaders in the field of meditation, mind-body medicine, and global mental health to explore meditation as a healing response to trauma. All those interested in learning about the healing practice of meditation and an effective way of sharing with refugees and other survivors of trauma are welcome to attend.

MEDITATION AS A HEALING RESPONSE TO TRAUMA. AN ONLINE SYMPOSIUM AND WORKSHOP ON THURSDAY 15 AND FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER WITH LAURENCE FREEMAN OSB, DR GREGORY FRICCHIONE, DR RICHARD MOLLINA AND OTHERS

Thursday: Symposium – The Art and Science of Meditation as a Healing Response to Trauma

Presenters
Laurence Freeman OSB, Director of World Community for Christian Meditation and of Bonnevaux Centre for Peace, Marçay, France
Gregory Fricchione MD, Associate Chief of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Director of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine and the Chester M. Pierce Division of Global Psychiatry at MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
Richard Mollica MD MAR, Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT) of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts
Ashok Gurung MA, Biomedicine, Researcher, Co-Founder Bhutanese Community of Pittsburgh, Mental Health First Aid instructor and meditation group leader, Pittsburgh, PA

Friday: Workshop – Developing a Meditation Support Group for Refugees and Asylum-seekers

Presenters
Timothy Kelly MA MSW, Meditatio Council, Program Specialist, Office of Refugee Resettlement, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Marie Carlson PhD, Clinical Psychologist at the Center for Survivors of Torture, Austin Texas
Ailsa Adamson, Project Manager of Methodist Asylum Project (MAP) in Middlesbrough, England
Giovanni Felicioni, Associate Director, Bonnevaux Centre for Peace, Marçay, France
Odile Boekwa, Center for Survivors of Torture, Meditation Support Group, Austin, Texas

Register to attend HERE

A Faith Response to Climate Change

August 18, 2020 by katecoombs Leave a Comment

Can we face the reality of the science on climate and species extinction while holding on to faith, hope and love? This day will tell the truth about the science, grieve for all that is lost and explore what God and the future may be requiring of us now.

JOIN US ON SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER AND LEARN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Ruth studied Chemistry at Oxford and worked in the semiconductor industry in Somerset, Paris and California. She co-founded Operation Noah and is Information Officer for the national charity Green Christian. With others, she started Christian Climate Action in 2012, which uses non-violent direct action in the face of climate breakdown.

Meditation and Earth

July 13, 2020 by katecoombs Leave a Comment

Meditation & Earth by Deborah Guess helps us to engage with the growing crisis of environmental destruction and climate emergency faced by the entire world. At its heart is the recognition that – collectively and individually – we need to change our habits. We are invited to look, with increased urgency, at how meditation can help us to save the planet.

Available now! Click on the image to order your copy.

Meditation in Schools

July 9, 2020 by katecoombs Leave a Comment

There is now a substantial evidence base reporting the benefits and complexities of meditation programs in schools. Much of this evidence has been collated in a comprehensive scoping review undertaken by Anne Graham at the Centre for Children and Young People at Southern Cross University, Australia, on behalf of the WCCM. The full evidence review is available along with an infographic summary capturing some key findings for schools. Christian Meditation in Schools: evidence of the benefits. Follow the links here:

Full report in English

Summary document in English

Summary document in Spanish

Summary document in Portuguese

This research was launched at the Meditatio Online Seminar A Gift for our Times on Tuesday 30 June 2020. More about that coming soon!

The John Main Seminar 2020

June 18, 2020 by katecoombs Leave a Comment

The John Main Seminar 2020 organized by the Community in Mexico will be held online, from 19 (2 pm, Mexico) to 22 October (4 pm, Mexico). This change in plan is just one of the innumerable changes Covid 19 has forced on the world. But the theme of this year’s Seminar is acutely relevant to the crisis we are passing through, something never before confronted by humanity: where and how can we find the wisdom to survive and flourish? ‘One Heart, One Hope – Indigenous wisdom, and the future of humanity‘ will offer ancestral as well as new answers to this question.

The keynote speaker will be Alex Zatyrka SJ, doctor in theology from the University of Innsbruck. He has spent many years with indigenous peoples in Mexico and Bolivia and has learnt their languages. Drawing from their wisdom and together with panelists representing indigenous peoples from three continents, he will help us explore these themes.

Please note that simultaneous translation to Spanish will be provided.

VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER HERE