Constanza Calatayud
The Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is a mindfulness and self-compassion skills training program developed by Christopher K. Germer (leader in integrating mindfulness and psychotherapy) and Kristin Neff (pioneer researcher in the field of self-compassion ), With empirical support, t’s designed to cultivate the ability of compassion or unconditional love towards one's self.
The MSC program provides participants with principles and practices that allow them to respond with attention, understanding and kindness in difficult times of life.
Self-compassion is a courageous attitude that protects us from being hurt, including the harm we involuntarily cause ourselves through self-criticism, isolation, thoughtfulness or obsessive self-absorption
The research, continued and rapidly expanding, demonstrates that training in this program increases self-compassion or unconditional love for one's self, compassion for others, fluency, life satisfaction, well-being in everyday life As well as happiness and emotional resilience. It also decreases anxiety, depression and stress while helping to maintain healthy habits like diet and exercise and to have satisfactory personal relationships.
Among the objectives of this workshop it is important to know and learn:
The MSC can be learned even by those who during childhood did not receive enough affection or feel uncomfortable when they are kind to themselves.
WORKSHOP 2. To re-humanise our view: To widen the circle of compassion
Gonzalo Brito
(In Spanish)
Human beings have an instintive capacity for love and compassion, which is reflected in the human body. We are designed to take care of our loved ones which allows the survival of our species. However, this compassionate instinct gets blocked when we go out of our small circle of family and friends, emerging the idea of “us against them.” Which manifest in selfishness, tribalism, nacionalism, racism, classism, etc. This idea is the foundation of war and injustice on an interpersonal and international level.
Facing this situation, the contemplative traditions have developed strategies to transform our sense of tribal beings, to recognise our humanity & interdependence, a perspective from which we can grow cultures of peace.
In this workshop, we will explore empathy, interdependence & humanity. Also we will connect with others to grow universal compassion. This universal compassion goes beyond the instinctive compassion & we can have constructive relationships with others, to generate happiness in both the giver & the recipient.
Tish Jennings
(In English with continuous translation in Spanish)
Tish is a person who has led a beautiful project for compassionate schools in Virginia (USA). He is in the fourth year of a 7 year project.
After the talk. there is a workshop where he will give more focused information which is practical for teachers and educators, including techniques for mindfulness, emotional intelligence and compassion which he uses in their programme.
Teaching is an emotional practice. The social and emotional dynamics play a fundamental role in the learning and behaviour of students.
Based on neuroscience, phycological and education research, and the experience gained in this all one project during recent years. This WORKSHOP gives practical information about how mindfulness can help teachers and educators to manage stress and create a feeling of expeceptional learning and from there revitalize teaching, learning and wellbeing.
Manuel Morata
(In Spanish)
Short introduction into meditation practice.
Meditation as practice to unite people and expand this feeling.
Practice
Meditation posture
Before Meditation
United consciousness
Love towards yourself and others
Developing necessity of affect and detach from selfishness
Concentration and meditation on love
Silence of love, contemplation state
WORKSHOP 5. Mindful and Compassionate leadership
Mounira Latrache y Angel Hernández
(In English and Spanish simultaneously)
To be a mindful and compassionate leader means to influence people in a way that does not involve politics or putting pressure on people - it means to go from the I to the WE and to care about more than just the result of a task - everyone can develop these skills because they are deeply ingrained in us as humans.
Join us for a workshop to develop your emotional intelligence and explore how you can connect with your own compassion in a way that serves yourself the WE, AND the company.
We will do group exercises, explore more of what it means for you personally and come closer to the things you can implement in your daily work life.
José María Márquez (Gopala)
(in Spanish)
The classic technics of pranayama, teach you how to breath consciously.
If we learn to breath, our body and mind can adjust easily to life. Learn to observe how the life energy runs as we breathe. To be aware of your breath to gain control over currents and inner life forces. Simple Exercises adapted for all. From the pranayama we move on the silent meditation to gain calm and balance.
Blanca de La Vega
Five days to dance
(English and Spanish simultaneously)
Are we connected with our bodies? How do we move? Are we aware? In this workshop we will explore the strength and fragility of our body. We will feel every move. We have our home within ourselves, like a snail. What is our home? Is it an open and fresh place? Are the windows open and a breeze goes through? Or is our place shut?
Willfried and Amaya are dancers and choreographers and throughout their career they have explored with body consciousness, with dance, dance theater and community dance. In workshops of only a few hours we have been aware of the strength we have, the connection we feel, when we connect with our body and through movements and music we connect with others. What are we capable of when we dance together? Sometimes we are trapped in a body and we are not aware of the precious gift that we have to express, feel and imagine.