Now is the time

A Day of Mindfulness (one-day retreat)

for Health Care and Human Service Professionals
from 9:30 to16:30 on Saturday October 8, 2016

at Centreon Behavioral Health,The University of HongKong

   September 6, 2016

Dear friends,

You are invited to attend a Day of Mindfulness(DOM) for healthcare and human service professionals, co-organized by HKU Centre on Behavioral Health and Plum Village Mindfulness Academy - Hong Kong. This DOM is part of our “Healthy Body, Healthy Mind” Initiative to integrate mindfulness practices to the physical and mental health fields.

The foundations of this initiative are the teachings and practices of Mindfulness based on the Discourse on Full Awareness of Breathing (Anapanasati Sutta) and the Discourse on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness (SatipatthanaSutta), as taught by the Buddha about 2600 years ago. We also studied how the mind works, based on the teachings of Manifestation- Only Psychology,which was systematized in the 4th century by the Indian Buddhist monk and philosopher Vasubandhu of the Yogacara Buddhist School. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh has used these teachings to form the foundation for meditation practices to help us nourish our body and mind, to develop insight and to help us transform pain and suffering into peace and happiness. Even though the teachings are from Buddhist tradition, the practices are non-sectarian and are open to people of all faith.

In our daily life, we are controlled mostly by our emotions, feelings, perceptions. We forget our freedom, we are caught up in endless thinking throughout the day and night. For this DOM, we will learn how to live through physical and mental discomforts.

It is the time for us to stop reacting but more being with them. We can explore how impermanent they are and we can find our freedom again by practicing the third and fourth foundations ofMindfulness: contemplation of the mind and the object of mind.

In the day of mindfulness, we will learn the practice of going back to our breath, anchoring our mind in the in-breath and out-breath. We become calm and clear when the mind and body are together in one place, with the help of our mindful breath. We will practice listening to the bell, walking meditation, eating meditation, exercise meditation (mindful movements), and relaxation meditation (total relaxation) … We practice to stop, to slowdown the thinking in our mind via bodily actions.

You can find more information about activities of past days of mindfulness athttp://mindfulnessacademy.org/en/programs/health-care-dom

A sample program for the day of mindfulness is as follow:

  9:30   Sitting and slow walking meditation (indoor)

10:30   Lecture

12:30   Lunch - Mindful eating

13:30   Totalrelaxation

14:30   Group discussion

16:00   Walkingmeditation(outdoor).

16:30   Farewell

Location:

Centre on Behavioral Health,

The University of Hong Kong

2/F, 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, HK.

香港大學行為健康教研中心

香港薄扶林沙宣道5號2樓

Fees:             HKD200.00

(including vegetarian lunch and tea)

How to register

Please fill inthe below registration form along with the cheque and mail to Centre on Behavioral Health, HKU.

For details please refer to Plum Village Mindfulness Academy Websiteat mindfulnessacademy.org