I presented a webinar and have made it available for free on the principles of Clinical Dharma which track the 4 Noble Truths and the 8 Fold Path as a path specific to helpers and healers. In the midst of this pandemic, I have found that I am asked almost daily in these uncertain times to provide counsel or strategies on how to utilize mindfulness and Buddhist Psychology in order to manage our own emotional states and day to day lives. This webinar summarizes what has worked for me for many years, and has become that much more resonant and critical as we help others during this pandemic, while having to help ourselves through the same.
Worldwide Insight is a on-line Dharma practice group that offers meditation instruction, teachings, and live Q&A on video.
I had the great opportunity to do a talk as part of their Healing and Wellness series. Should you be interested in signing up for a free membership, below is a link that points to the recording of the talk, where I focused on a number of subjects including Clinical Dharma, EMDR and Mindfulness and trauma treatment in general from the Dharma perspective....
https://www.worldwideinsight.org/recorded-classes-healing-insight/
What a wonderful trip to Birmingham, Alabama! Spent a half day talking to clinicians about EMDR and Mindfulness, Clinical Dharma and Refuge Recovery... then lead a mini-retreat complete with a Refuge Recovery meeting the next day! Big thanks to Steve and Pam Moore and their Addiction Research Foundation for their generosity and invitation... I look forward to being down there again sometime sooner than later... and thanks to them for taking a number of copies of Clinical Dharma: A Path for Helpers and Healers to sell to their sangha and clinical colleagues!
Enjoy some of the audio recordings from the 2nd Clinical Dharma Half Day Retreat with guest teacher Dave Smith:
Dr. Steve leads a loving kindness (metta) meditation to start off the second Clinical Dharma retreat. Initially breath is focused upon and then metta is sent in all directions.
Dr. Steve's talk at the second Clinical Dharma retreat covers a few topics including gradual vs swift awakening, self-compassion, and the 8 Fold Path. Modern applications of dharma for helpers is the focus.
Dave Smith gives a Dharma Talk at the second Clinical Dharma retreat. Dave brings clarity to the human dilemma of suffering, and how the helper or healer can take care of self while also taking care of others. He speaks of training our attention and our intention.
Dave Smith leads a meditation combining elements of loving kindness, self compassion and insight. This meditation was given at the second Clinical Dharma Retreat at Against the Stream Santa Monica.
Dave Smith and Stephen Dansiger take questions and comments at the end of the second Clinical Dharma Half Day Retreat at Against the Stream Santa Monica. A number of topics are covered to help the healer to restore themselves and to work with their clients, with a focus on how the truth of impermanence can bring both challenge and balance.
