Proactive Mindfulness

This 3-minute video describes how a mindful pause helps us stay with our experience by overriding the sense of “I know”. This is the 5th in a series of very short talks, each under five minutes. This series explores different aspects of the pause as the foundation from which mindfulness emerges.

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Published August 2019

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

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

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.

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.

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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.

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

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

Deb Dana talks about using the Polyvagal Theory in clinical practice, and how it helps to creatively involve clients in their healing process.