Upcoming Classes and Events

Cultivating the Inner Life Through Service

Contemplative Practices for Healthcare Professionals and Caregivers

with Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD

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Wednesday, November 11
9 am – 4 pm
Duke Integrative Medicine
Durham, NC
Duke Integrative Medicine

Cost: $140 | Enroll by 10/7 $125

Being with those who are seriously ill is an integral part of clinical practice, yet many clinicians and caregivers lack the specialized training that develops mental qualities and practical skills to assist them in providing mindful and compassionate care. This special one-day seminar is designed as an experiential learning process for clinicians to explore contemplative approaches to caring for those who are seriously ill that cultivate mindful awareness, emotional balance and equanimity. The training provides effective self-care tools developed by Dr. Halifax to reduce burnout and secondary trauma that can be prevalent among professionals working in health care. Lunch will be provided.

CEUs may be available.*

Seminar Objectives:
• Identify contemplative, spiritual and psychological issues related to caring for those who are seriously ill
• Discuss contemplative approaches to work with seriously ill people and their families
• Practice mindfulness and integrate as an approach to stress reduction
• Outline a personal self-care plan

This seminar will be facilitated by Roshi Joan Halifax PhD, a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, and author. She is Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Zen Center, a Buddhist monastery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has worked in the area of death and dying for over thirty-five years and is Director of the Project on Being with Dying. She is Founder and Director of the Upaya Prison Project that develops programs on meditation for prisoners. Her many books include The Human Encounter with Death, The Fruitful Darkness, Being with Dying™: Compassionate End-of-Life Care Training Guide, and Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death.

This program is proudly co-sponsored by the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life and Project Compassion.

Enrollment is limited. Register early by calling 919-660-6826.

*CEU approval currently in progress.