Events
Inner Peace ~ Outer Peace
Meditation and Peacebuilding Forum II
Friday 22nd March, 2024, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
The Old Warden’s Lodge, Trinity College, University of Melbourne.
This follows our inaugural Meditation and Peacebuilding Forum: Learning and Opportunities (see here) held in June 2023, and speaks to the reflections and feedback from that special day, and is a heartfelt response to the call of these critical times.
Faith leaders and individuals from all faiths, meditation teachers, meditators, and all interested in building pathways to peace, are warmly invited. We welcome you to come with the integrity of your own practice to sit together for a silent meditation as a healing space for all the suffering in our world is held collectively.
There is power in collective meditation, and wisdom dictates that the more demanding the times, the more the need to deepen meditation, prayer, and connection.
Following the meditation, there will be reflection and dialogue around shared peace-building going forward as the next steps. Spaces are limited, so we ask that you do register your attendance via Eventbrite, thank you.
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‘Integrating meditation into peace-building – at every level – is our possibility frontier.’
Meditation Australia presents The Inner Pilgrimage Self-Care Series.
This is a special invitation to engage in deep exploration, reflection, listening and nurturing of the inner being. This pilgrimage will focus on ‘the return’ to the Self and also the Sacred.
Facilitation will make use of a variety of practices – from silent to guided meditation, reflection, journaling and story-telling – and each session will give time to connect and share with fellow travellers in an intimate space.
This series of wisdom and self-care workshops will be offered throughout the year and will be suitable for all meditation teachers regardless of length of experience.
This first one will be offered online Wednesday 27th March, 6.00 – 7.00pm and facilitated by Meditation Council member, Dr Kalvinder Shields.
Please note this is a live event, no recording will be made to share afterwards.
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We have seen the pressure that the mental health system is under, for both practitioner and client, these times are unprecedented. We also know how effectively meditation can support a mental health healing process for clients, while offering the opportunity to build insight, stress-management and resilience for psychologists.
That is why we have created Stable Ground – Professional Development sessions specifically and exclusively for psychologists. These sessions have been created by Olivia Downing, who has been a Council member of Meditation Australia, registered Senior Meditation teacher, registered psychologist and member of the APS. She has also been supported by a range of other meditation experts through the design and delivery of this program.
Not just for CPD, the goal of these sessions are three-fold:
- To provide an opportunity for you as a psychologists to experience and learn more about meditation, and how it can support you in your own self-care.
2. To responsibly introduce meditation as an additional therapeutic tool for psychologists providing psychotherapy.
3. To introduce the work of Mediation Australia to psychologists as an additional support for both themselves and your client groups.
You will gain an opportunity to experience meditation for yourself, or refresh an existing meditation practice, and learn how to add the benefits of meditation to your client care.