Active Pause

This one-minute video describes curiosity as what makes it possible for us to stay with our experience. This is the 4th in a series of very short talks, each under five minutes. The series explores different aspects of the pause as the foundation from which mindfulness emerges.

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Published July 2019

In this conversation, Dr. Gregg Henriques explains the Tree of Knowledge System and describes how it provides a way to think about the universe from an objective scientific view and a personal lifeworld view. It achieves this by dividing the universe into four different planes of existence, Matter, Life, Mind and Culture, and the discussion shows how the Tree of Knowledge allows for seamlessly transitioning back and forth between these two perspectives.

Dr. Gregg Henriques is Professor of Graduate Psychology at James Madison University, and core faculty member in the APA-Accredited Combined-Integrated Doctoral Program in Clinical-School Psychology. Dr. Henriques received his Clinical Psychology from the University of Vermont and several years of post-doctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania under Aaron T. Beck. Dr. Henriques teaches courses in personality theory, personality assessment, social psychology, and integrative adult psychotherapy. Dr. Henriques’ primary area of scholarly interest is in the development of a new unified theory of psychology, which offers a new scientific humanistic philosophy for the field. Dr. Henriques has published a book (A New Unified Theory of Psychology) and numerous scholarly articles on this work. Dr. Henriques is also a regular blogger on Psychology Today (Theory of Knowledge).Dr. Henriques is a licensed clinical psychologist in Virginia. See his website.

Published July 2019.

This 2-minute video describes how curiosity allows for engagement and mindfulness. This is the third in a series of very short talks, each under five minutes. The series explores different aspects of the pause as the foundation from which mindfulness emerges.

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Published July 2019

This is the second in a series of very short talks, each under five minutes. The series explores different aspects of the pause as the foundation from which mindfulness emerges. In this 3-minute video: There is a lot of baggage associated with the word “meditation”. So what if instead we were just talking about a mindful pause?

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Published July 2019

Steve Katz, a founding member of Blood, Sweat & Tears, jokingly asks in his memoirs: Is Steve Katz a Rock Star? In this conversation, we focus on what it is that has been sustaining him.

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Steve Katz was a founding member of Blood, Sweat & Tears, which won three Grammies and sold millions of records worldwide. After BS&T, Steve went on to produce three Lou Reed albums, two of which went into Billboard’s Top Ten. His last official band membership was with American Flyer in the mid-seventies who’s first album was produced by Beatles’ producer, George Martin. Steve then went on to become a Vice-President of Mercury Records where he produced the seminal Irish band, Horslips. His memoirs, Blood, Sweat, and My Rock ‘n’ Roll Years: Is Steve Katz a Rock Star? were published by Lyons Press in 2015. This year, Steve Katz released his first solo album, a career retrospective called The Juggle. See website.

Published July 2019 – Connection through Robin Kappy.

Steve Katz, a founding member of Blood, Sweat & Tears, jokingly asks in his memoirs: Is Steve Katz a Rock Star? In this conversation, we focus on what it is that has been sustaining him.

Steve Katz was a founding member of Blood, Sweat & Tears, which won three Grammies and sold millions of records worldwide. After BS&T, Steve went on to produce three Lou Reed albums, two of which went into Billboard’s Top Ten. His last official band membership was with American Flyer in the mid-seventies who’s first album was produced by Beatles’ producer, George Martin. Steve then went on to become a Vice-President of Mercury Records where he produced the seminal Irish band, Horslips. His memoirs, Blood, Sweat, and My Rock ‘n’ Roll Years: Is Steve Katz a Rock Star? were published by Lyons Press in 2015. This year, Steve Katz released his first solo album, a career retrospective called The Juggle. See website.

Published July 2019 – Connection through Robin Kappy.

This is the first in a series of very short talks, each under five minutes. The series explores different aspects of the pause as the foundation from which mindfulness emerges. The word “pause” usually implies “this is not where the action is”. This episode addresses why a mindful pause may be described as active.

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Published July 2019

In this talk, Salvador Moreno-Lopez describes a journey of discoveries and surprises: “How I found that using my bodily felt sense helps me orient in my daily life and my work, with much more certainty and precision than I would using only logic and reason disconnected from bodily feelings. This is a great gift of life, available to all people.”

The video is in Spanish. Please note that we have several options to make this accessible to people who don’t speak Spanish very well, or who don’t speak Spanish at all:

– If you understand some Spanish, and want to follow the original video in Spanish, there is a transcript that includes both the Spanish and an English translation. See: bilingual transcript.

– If you don’t understand Spanish and want to hear it in English, there is an audio recording in English (see below the video). The English text is read by Charles Herr, who translated it.

– There is also a PDF of the whole text in English. See English transcript.

Audio recording: The voice you hear in this recording is not Salvador Moreno. It is read by Charles Herr, who also translated Salvador’s talk into English. See also English transcript.

Dr. Salvador Moreno-López

Ph. D., Universidad Iberoamericana, in Mexico City.

Certified Focusing Instructor and Certifying Coordinador for Mexico of the International Focusing Institute.

Has been a professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and León, and at the ITESO in Guadalajara, in postgraduate studies in Psychotherapy and Human Development. Has led workshops at Universidad de Fortaleza, Brasil.

Has published three books, as well as several book chapters and articles. His most recent book: Descubriendo mi Sabiduría Corporal, Focusing. Articles include: Tendencia actualizante, sabiduría organísmica y comprensión del mundo; Focusing with the Stresses of Everyday Life; Focusing, Mindfulness and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy; y Vivir saludablemente y Enfoque Corporal.

Director of Focusing México, psyschotherapist, group leader and lecturer. His focus is understanding the interaction between physical and emotional health, with an emphasis on the experiential dimension, and in identifying implications in terms of promoting health.

Published July 2019

This conversation is about using the Polyvagal Theory in clinical practice. Deb Dana talks about how a focus on experientially understanding the role of the autonomic nervous system helps to creatively involve clients in their healing process. Note: See Deb Dana’s talk on the nervous system as a resource for clients.

Deb Dana, LCSW, specializes in treating complex traumatic stress and lectures internationally on the ways Polyvagal Theory informs clinical interactions with trauma survivors. She is the Coordinator of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University and the developer of the Rhythm of Regulation clinical training series. She is trained in Internal Family Systems and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and completed the Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies at the Trauma Center. Deb is the author of The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy (Norton, 2018), co-editor with Stephen Porges, of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory (Norton, 2018), and is currently writing Polyvagal Exercises for Therapists and Clients (forthcoming from Norton). To learn more about Deb’s workshops and writing, visit her website.

Published July  2019.

In this conversation, we talk about putting mindfulness and Buddhism in context — the contexts in which they evolved, and in which they are currently practiced in the Western world.

Seth Zuiho Segall is a Zen priest in the White Plum Asanga and Zen Peacemaker Order lineages. He is a retired clinical psychologist who served for nearly three decades as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale School of Medicine. He is a former Director of Psychology at Waterbury Hospital, and a former President of the New England Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. Seth’s publications include Encountering Buddhism: Western Psychology and Buddhist Teachings (SUNY Press, 2003) as well as articles for Turning Wheel, Tricycle,and the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. He writes a monthly column for Mindfulness Research Monthly, and volunteers as a chaplain associate at White Plains Hospital. Seth’s blog,The Existential Buddhist contains over a hundred essays on Buddhist philosophy, ethics, history, art, meditation, and social engagement. He is currently working on a book on the enlightenment ideal in Western Buddhist modernism.

See also other conversation with Seth Zuihō Segall.

Published June 2019.