Training
Mindfulness Training Purpose
The purpose of such a program
is to teach executives and corporate
leaders working in stressful, high performance environments how to use mindfulness
practices that can provide access to an immediate sense of calm and centeredness
in the midst of difficult situations, givethem greater self-awareness,
improve their concentration and focus, and learning how to work with interfering
negative, distracted forms of thinking and reactivity.
This training specifically
utilizes the core competency of mindfulness – the essential ability to
be present, self aware and cognizant of one’s environment or situation,
as a core learning principle. Though we all have the capacity to be aware,
normally our attention is scattered, distracted, unfocused, or simply
fragmented due to the busyness and complexity of demands on us at work
and in our personal lives. By training the mind, we can cultivate and
develop this capacity so we can sustain focus and attention and sharpen
our clarity
and perception.
Mindfulness Transformational Practices will help you:
- Sustain peak performance
- Access clarity, presence and centeredness in times of pressure
- Refine your focus and mental clarity
- Be less affected by habitual and negative patterns of thought
- Cultivate work / life balance
- Develop profound self-awareness personally and professionally
- Develop responsive, purposeful thinking
- Connect with creative "out of the box" solutions
- Learn empathic listening
- Cultivate intuitive discernment – thinking from the gut
- Develop inner resiliency and flexibility
- Increase self-awareness about stress and how to prevent it
- Have greater clarity about oneself, others
and your environment
What is involved in a Mindfulness Training
Learning mindfulness as a core competency - participants will be taught specific tools and practices that develop and enhance skills development in these key areas:
- Principles and practice of Mindfulness
- Instant centering techniques
- Calming practices
- Concentration skills
- Body awareness & relaxation methods
- Thinking from the gut to guide decision-making
- Knowing how to work with distracted and unwanted thinking
- Handling difficult emotions
- Developing purposeful thinking
Training Structure
There are 2 possible formats to present the material.
- A 6 week course –One session per week for two hours.
- 2 half day presentations, 3.5 hours per day is required
to cover the foundation course
The presentation will be in a practical and experiential
workshop
format. The time will be divided between presentations, exercises,
discussion and contemplative practices. Home assignments practices,
reflections and assignments aid integration of this modality. Given
the practical and experiential nature of this work the program
includes a 2 hour follow up consultation after the initial training.
Course
size - ideally this course is taught in classes of 6 -20 people
and can be taught to executives on an individual basis