from the journal, Soc Work Health Care. 2009 May-Jun;48(4):462-70
Brenner MJ.
Department of Social Work, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA. mark.brenner@bridgew.edu
The use of Zen Buddhist meditation in clinical practice has received specific attention from mental health disciplines in the West. A study was undertaken to examine the influence of a personal practice of Zen on the [...]
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Posted in Zen Tradition on Jul 25th, 2009
from the journal, J Altern Complement Med. 2009 May;15(5):585-92
Chiesa A.
Institute of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. albertopnl@yahoo.it
OBJECTIVE: Despite the growing interest in the neurobiological and clinical correlates of many meditative practices, in particular mindfulness meditations, no review has specifically focused on current evidence on electroencephalographic, neuroimaging, biological, and clinical evidence about an important traditional [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, Zen Tradition on Feb 12th, 2009
“Thanks for listing upaya’s programs. We are doing some very interesting work here, and am grateful that you have included us in your excellent blog. Warmly, Roshi Joan.”
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(Aug 14, 2009 — Aug 19, 2009 at the Upaya Institute and Zen Center, http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?id=196)
Using the Five Buddha Family Mandala as a base, we explore practices, processes, and perspectives on how the capacity for servant-leadership is culitivated by bearing witness to the charnel grounds of life. This brave practice forms the base for socially-engaged practice, social change work, and peacemaking.
Servant-leadership [...]
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(Aug 05, 2009 — Aug 09, 2009 at the Upaya Institute and Zen Center, http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?id=193)
This exceptional program explores through teaching, interactive sessions, and meditation the neurological basis of social intelligence. Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) is a way of thinking about the experience of being human and how we develop well-being in our lives and the life of the world through the [...]
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(Jul 10, 2009 — Jul 12, 2009 at the Upaya Institute and Zen Center, http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?id=280)
This retreat is for professional and family caregivers, those with life-threatening illness and those wishing to explore approaches to end-of-life care and issues related to dying and death. Participants will explore our views of pain, suffering, mortality, and freedom from suffering; perspectives on our encounter with [...]
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(May 29, 2009 — May 31, 2009 at the Upaya Institute and Zen Center, http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?id=187)
In this weekend retreat, Dr. Wallace focuses on two methods for cultivating meditative quiescence, or shamatha. In addition to exploring the important neuroscience research being done on Dr. Wallace’s Shamatha project, he will teach, shamatha, the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is an effective approach [...]
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(Apr 26, 2009 — May 03, 2009 and Oct 11, 2009 — Oct 18, 2009 at the Upaya Institute and Zen Center, http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?id=184)
This revolutionary and practical training program for health care professionals gives essential tools for work with dying people and their families. Designed for physicians, nurses, social workers, hospice workers, and clergy, the training covers core issues related to dying, death, and grieving; ethical issues [...]
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(From the Upaya Institute and Zen Center; conference held in Jan 2009, http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?id=170)
Upaya’s 2009 program on neuroscience and meditation explores two core Buddhist practices: compassion and open presence (shikantaza in Zen, dzogchen in Vajrayana, choiceless awareness in Theravada). In recent years, neuroscientific studies of Buddhist meditators who practice the cultivation of compassion and non-referential presence, and [...]
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