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Time In
Every season of the year, we invite you to take “Time In”. In these three-hour sessions we give time for meditation, reflection, active investigation and discussion.
2019 and 2020 Offerings
We would like to invite you to our “Time In” series.
In these 3-hour workshops, we will deepen our inner world through meditation and mindful awareness practices and we will expand our inter-personal world through action exploration, dyad listening and group process. We move in the direction of viewing our difficulties as opportunities to grow. Our difficulties are the potential seeds of wisdom and freedom. We weave mindful awareness practices into an inter-personal action framework.
You don’t have to be a meditation practitioner. We welcome all levels of experience. The only expertise we require is an open mind and a desire to experience. (CP credits available to those who are interested.)
| Topic: | "Living Love: growing loving kindness" | Sunday, October 13th, 2019 (Closed) |
| Topic: | "Growing Gratitude" | Sunday, December 8th, 2019 (Closed) |
| Topic: | “Compassion: the Antidote to the inner critic” | Sonday, January 12th, 2020 (Closed) |
| Topic: | "Joy" | Sunday, March 8th, 2020 |
| Topic: | “Self-Compassion: the Antidote to compassion fatigue” | Sunday, June 14th, 2020 |
“Joy”
Life is busy: full of tasks and responsibilities. Have you ever wondered, ‘where is the Joy?’ In this afternoon we will explore a sense of innate joy, a joy that is not conditional upon any external circumstance. In this afternoon we will be inviting happiness into our lives. How? Come and find out! Please join us.
“Self-Compassion: the Antidote to compassion fatigue”
When we find ourselves closed off, depleted and fatigued as we listen to the suffering of others, the question is: have we turned away from our own suffering? In order to sustain an open heart as we listen to the suffering of another our hearts too need to be seen and understood by others.
“Living Love: growing loving kindness” (Closed)
We often do not take time to check in with the condition of our heart. In this afternoon we will turn our attention toward our hearts and practice together Loving Kindness. We do this so that we have a greater capacity to open and express from our hearts. Come join for an afternoon of heart training!
“Growing Gratitude” (Closed)
When we have the intention to cultivate gratitude, it inclines the heart, the mind and the body towards Joy. In this afternoon we will be opening to the gratitude that is unexpressed in our fast paced lives.
“Compassion: the Antidote to the inner critic” (Closed)
Who among us does not know the inner critic? When it gets ramped up, it can wreak havoc inside us and in our interpersonal worlds. Can you imagine having a better relationship with this part? In this afternoon we will set up the conditions that support us in attending to and listening deeply to the suffering of the inner critic.
Spring Offerings: “Forgiveness” (Closed)
Time In: April 14th, 2019
This spring, we invite you take "Time In". In these three-hour sessions we will give time for meditation, reflection, active investigation and discussion.
“Forgiveness”
Please join us this Sunday as we examine our relationship with forgiveness. Zen teacher, Joko Beck wrote: “Our failure to know joy is a direct reflection of our inability to forgive." Starting with this truth, we will explore the experience of forgiveness. We will use enactment, group discussion and a meditation practice to investigate what challenges us in forgiveness. It is our intention to soften and release the armor of resistance to forgiveness and to allow more space to grow freedom, spontaneity and joy.
Spring Offerings: “Growing Gratitude” (Closed)
Time In: March 10th, 2019
This spring, we invite you take "Time In". In these three-hour sessions we will give time for meditation, reflection, active investigation and discussion.
“Growing Gratitude”
Life is busy: full of tasks and responsibilities. Have you ever wondered, ‘where is the Joy?’ In this afternoon our attention will be focused on Gratitude – its wholesomeness, its loveliness and its rarity. When we have the intention to cultivate gratitude, it inclines the heart, the mind and the body towards Joy. In this afternoon we will be inviting happiness into our lives. Please join us!
When: Sunday, March 10th, 2019
Time: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Location: Sociometric Studios, 213 West 35th Street, Suite 806 (8th floor) New York, NY
Cost: There is no set fee for this program, however, offerings are always appreciated.
Reservation and Inquire: (212) 947-7111 ext. 201 or (845) 774-9364.
CP Training Credits are available for Psychodrama trainees and PATs.
Winter Offering: Receiving and Offering Compassion (Closed)
Please join us for our Winter 2019 "Time In" program!
In this 3-hour workshop, we will deepen our inner world through meditation and mindful awareness and we will expand our inter-personal world through experiential enactment and group process. We move in the direction of viewing our difficulties as opportunities to grow. Our difficulties are the potential seeds of wisdom and freedom. You don’t have to be a meditation practitioner. We welcome all levels of experience. The only expertise needed is an open mind and a desire to experience.
Receiving and Offering Compassion:
Compassion is perhaps the greatest gift that we can be offered and that we can offer to others. We are born with an innate capacity to experience deep compassion. However, we find ways to insulate and protect ourselves from the inevitable wounding that takes place in the interpersonal arena. Much of this shielding does not serve us well: it dulls our spontaneity, creativity and joy. We need to find a way to respond to wounding that opens rather than closes our hearts.
In this afternoon, through guided meditation, active investigation and discussion, we will learn two practices that will support us in receiving and offering compassion. We will also have the opportunity to explore some of the obstacles hindering our capacity to receive and offer compassion.
CP Training Credits are available for Psychodrama trainees and PATs.
Events & Workshops: Winter 2018 (Closed)
Winter 2018 Offering
We want to wish you a happy and healthy New Year! IntegralTherapy continues its “Time In” program with the following offering on January 14.
Restlessness, Anger, Desire, Laziness and last, but not least, Doubt. Recognize any of these?
These are commonly known as “Hindrances”. We all have them! They cover our vulnerability and cloud our vision. They interfere with our capacity to connect - with ourselves and with each other. Awareness of hindrances allows us to return to stable ground.
Join us as we name and investigate our relationship with these emotional dynamos. In this Sunday afternoon group we integrate mindfulness practice, meditation and action exploration. You don’t have to be a meditation practitioner to attend. We welcome all levels of experience. The only expertise we require is an open mind and a desire to experience.
Once again, we invite you take "Time In" from 1:30 to 4:30 on Sundays and join us. Conducted by Jacqueline Dubbs Siroka, ACSW, CGP, TEP and Jaye Moyer, TEP, LCSW-R
| Date: | January 14, 2018 |
| Time: | 1:30pm - 4:30pm |
| Location: |
Sociometric Studios, 213 West 35th Street, Suite 806 (8th floor)New York, NY |
| Cost: | There is no fee for this programs. (Suggested donation $40.00 - $60.00) A snack to share is welcomed too! |
| Reservation and Inquire: | (212) 947-7111 ext. 201 or or (845) 774-9364. |
CP Training Credits are available for Psychodrama trainees and PATs.
Upcoming Dates & Subject Matters:
“Handshake” (Closed)
Dec 10
2017
“Handshaking”, as taught by Tsonkyi Rinpoche, is a meeting between mind and the feeling world. Handshaking begins with embodied and welcoming feelings towards anything that arises in experience, including emotions, resistance, sensations and thoughts - our “beautiful monsters”. We learn to be with the things that we normally want to push away or grasp tightly.
Exploring the “Handshake”, we will learn to create a more welcoming and accepting environment for all of our experiences. This is important because each of our experiences offers the opportunity to grow:30“Growing Edge” (Closed)
Nov 12
2017
All of us have parts of ourselves that we wish we could nurture and develop. This session orients us in the direction we want to grow. Each of us will identify one area as the focal point of investigation: whether to be kinder, more patient, restrained, or spontaneous. We will look at the conditions that encourage and support growth. This practice requires developing deeper intimacy with ourselves."Benefactor" (Closed)
Sept 24
2017
In our first Sunday session we will introduce a beautiful practice that helps us open to receiving compassion. The “Benefactor” practice, as taught by Lama John Makransky, is adapted from Tibetan Buddhist meditation traditions. It is particularly helpful in repairing broken receivers.
In order to feel and express compassion we must first be able to receive it. Unfortunately, many of us have broken receivers. We protect ourselves with hard hearts and ruminations on what is wrong and bad. Ironically, this perpetuates suffering and causes additional suffering in ourselves and in the world. Fortunately we can learn to receive. When we feel loved, held, safe and secure, we begin to relax and loosen our armor.There is no fee for this program. (Suggested donation $40 - $60). A snack to share is also welcomed!
Time In - Spring 2018 (Closed)
Spring Offerings, 2018
IntegralTherapy continues its “Time In” program with the following offerings: Loving Kindness, Loving Kindness-Extended and Tonglen. These practices help us soften and open the heart. In these groups we integrate mindfulness practice, meditation and action exploration. You don’t have to be a meditation practitioner to attend. We welcome all levels of experience. The only expertise we require is an open mind and a desire to experience. Join us!
March 4th | Loving Kindness
We often do not take time to check in with the condition of our heart. In this afternoon we will turn our attention to our heart. We will teach and practice together Loving Kindness.
April 8th | Loving Kindness: Extended
We expand Loving Kindness to others, including those with whom we struggle. This practice supports us in letting go of resentment, which is a source of suffering and blocks our ability to experience joy.
May 20th | Tonglen
This is a practice of "sending and taking" which involves a combination of breathing and visualization. It is a practice of opening our heart to our own pain and to the pain of others. This meditation guides us in invoking loving presence in the face of difficulty.
Time: 1:30 to 4:30
Location: Sociometric Studios, 213 West 35th Street, Suite 806, NYC
Suggested Donation: $40-60
Reservation: Reserve a space by contacting (212) 947-7111 ext. 201 or (845) 774-9364.
CP Training Credits are available for Psychodrama Trainees and PATs.