Download or read book Group Relations and Other Meditations written by Carlos Sapochnik and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the Tavistock tradition of using group relations conferences as temporary training organizations for groups and institutions, and how those can inform and enrich the theory and practice of experiential learning more generally. First, this book analyses the structures, rituals, and beliefs of group relations conferences, drawing on the author’s learned experience in the field, followed by meditations extending to broader areas, such as the social nature of corruption, martial arts, Western culture’s longing for creativity, and the use of drawing in social science research. It addresses the tension between psychoanalysis and systemic theory in group relations thinking, refining and re-defining key concepts of the practice, challenging notions of dependence and dependency, performative poetics, learning, the politics of power, nostalgia, and the unspoken reasons for the wish to join conference staff teams. It offers a critique of the polarity concerning terms such as spontaneity, the sense of mystery, openness to the unexpected, and trust in unconscious processes, as opposed to the desire for certainty and the confusion, anxiety, and aggression evoked when groups find themselves without familiar signposts. Drawing on his thinking developed over the course of a professional life as organizational consultant, artist, designer, teacher, researcher, and poet, the author invites the reader to challenge boundaries towards a less inflexible and defended engagement with the Other. The metaphor of bricolage, an activity that inspires creativity and originality, suggests possible ways of putting known things together to approach new meaning as provisional and shifting. The many strands thus gathered reveal new dimensions of group life that crucially affect our everyday living and surviving, both as individuals and as members of society. This work will allow psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, group therapists, organizational consultants and trainers to put the lessons learned from group relations conferences into everyday practice.

Download or read book Relational Mindfulness written by Deborah Eden Tull and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook on how to embody compassionate awareness in all of our relationships —with self, one another, our planet, in an age of global uncertainty. We all struggle at times with how to bring meditation off the cushion and into the beautiful, dynamic, and messy realm of relationship. At a time when humanity seems to have forgotten our inherent interrelatedness, this book offers an inspiring set of principles and practices for deepening intimacy and remembering the interconnection that is our birthright. Eden Tull interweaves heartfelt personal stories, sharing her journey from seven years as a monastic in a silent Zen Monastery to living and teaching in the megatropolis of Los Angeles and beyond, with teachings and mindful inquiry to help the reader connect personally with the principles of Relational Mindfulness. In a voice that is transparent, vulnerable, and brave, Tull shares possibilities for integrating mindfulness In gentle yet powerful tone, she covers topics ranging from balance and personal sustainability to sexuality to conscious consumerism. Relational Mindfulness is based on the simple understanding that the most subtle form of love is attention. While a revolution usually means to evolve and change, this shift is actually a return to a simple and sacred understanding we seem to have forgotten—one we can only remember when we are present.

Download or read book Journey To The Buddha Within You written by Paul M Harrison and published by The Daily Meditation. This book was released on 2017-05-10 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ithin you, your personal Buddha is waiting to be unleashed. It is the true you. It is the answer to the question, “Who am I meant to be”. You were born to be a spiritually awakened human. You were born to take the Journey To The Buddha Within. Will you take it? Or will you ignore the call? Most people never connect with their personal Buddha. Because most people do not know the path to contacting the deeper part of themselves. Most people are too busy. Working. Struggling to get by. Dealing with chores. Idly living half-lives. Most people struggle to find the time for spiritual awakening. And because of this, most people do not know the true joy, happiness, and peace of mind waiting for them. Are you “most people”? Or are you one of the special ones, one of those who has heard the call? You’ll know you are one of the special ones because of thoughts you’ve experienced. Have you ever thought these thoughts: “I must discover the true me?” “I’m not the person I was born to be” “I have a special calling, something I must do”? Have you ever felt these sensations: A feeling of reaching, as though you’re trying to reach the deeper part of yourself? A sense that you’re not quite there yet, not quite complete? A feeling of wonder, as though you know there’s a deeper part of you that is just waiting to come out? Deep down, you know you have these thoughts and feelings for a reason Your thoughts and feelings are trying to communicate with you. They’re trying to say, “Look. There is a deeper side. There is something more here. There’s a purpose to life. There’s a destiny awaiting me”. But what is your purpose? What is your destiny? What is that part of you that lies within, the part you’ve always been trying to contact? You will uncover the answers when you discover your personal Buddha, your spiritually awakened self. What’s in the book?Easy -To-Follow Guides To All Major Meditation Techniques We poured love into our guides because we want to show you how to meditate properly. And we want everyone to be able to meditate no matter who they are, where they come from, or what they believe in. Even if you have struggled to meditate before, this book makes it easy. The Pathway To Enlightenment The Pathway To Enlightenment is a specially-tailored plan that will lead you from where you are now to where you want to be. Whether you are an experienced meditator or an absolute beginner, The Pathway To Enlightenment will meet you at your current step in the journey, and it will guide you to enlightenment. And when you achieve enlightenment, you will know purity of mind, and complete love and happiness. Discover Where Your Mind Is At Right Now, And How To Change It: Our readers particularly love this part of the book. Our questionnaire reveals where your mind is at right now. And using that information, we tailor a special plan unique to you. it is your own personal plan you can use to find enlightenment. My Personal Story: I will show you how meditation changed my life, and how it can change yours too. I’ve shared my personal story to illustrate how the wisdom in this book changes lives. It changed mine. I promise it can change yours too.

Download or read book The Inner Dimensions of Life written by Niels Brønsted and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Inner Dimensions of Life is a compressed yet exhaustive educational presentation of the esoteric teachings in three volumes, subtitled Esoteric Philosophy, Esoteric Psychology, and Esoteric Sociology. With a background in many years of work as a teacher in his Esoteric School, the author has gathered and edited a comprehensive and thoroughly tested curriculum, including illustrations and copious source references. Thus, the work appeals to readers who will be content with a general view, as well as those who wish to delve deeper into the subject. The second volume, Esoteric Psychology, describes the conscious mental life of human beings and its evolution. After the Introduction and an exposition of The Emotional Life, The Mental Life, and The Will Life, ensues a comprehensive chapter on the Personality. The next chapters concern the Building of the Antahkarana, Consciousness, Telepathy, Clairvoyance, and spiritual Guidance, and Dreams and Obsession. The book is rounded off with a thorough introduction to Meditation, the basic technique for spiritual development.

Download or read book Meditations for Men Who Do Too Much written by Jonathon Lazear and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1992 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through quotations from a wide variety of people, and through his own thoughtful reflections, Jonathan Lazear encourages men to look at their overextended lives and think about how they should be spending that precious resource, time. For every day of the year, here are inspiring words to help men discover a new sense of themselves. Introduction by Anne Wilson Schaef, author of Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much.

Download or read book Communication in a Civil Society written by Shelley D. Lane and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the concept of “civility” as the major theme, this fully updated second edition offers a unique and alternative way to teach and learn about communication. The book brings together discrete areas that explore the fundamentals of communication and intrapersonal communication, interpersonal communication, small group communication, and public speaking. Every chapter includes theories, concepts, and examples that allow students to use civil and ethical communication skills in their personal relationships, in collaboration with colleagues, and in giving public speeches and professional presentations. This new edition highlights advances in and concepts related to mediated and technology-based communication, such as chatbots, technostress, and dating apps, and shows how students can engage in civil face-to-face and mediated interaction. Additionally, each chapter includes a real-world incident that students are asked to analyze in terms of specific chapter information and skills related to civility. Communication in a Civil Society is an ideal textbook for Introduction to Communication, Interpersonal Communication, and Public Speaking courses. Materials for instructors including PowerPoint slides, a test bank, and an instructor’s manual, are available at www.routledge.com/9781032513263.

Download or read book Neuroimaging and Neuropsychology of Meditation States written by Barbara Tomasino and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2017 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neurophysiological and psychological modifications induced by meditation practice have been consistently addressed by neuroscience. Training meditation practice induced plasticity (Barinaga, 2003; Knight, 2004), and as a consequence several benefit for mental and physical health (Davidson & McEwen, 2012), and cognitive performance. One goal of meditation is to achieve the light of consciousness observing with equanimity (the right distance) clouds of the mind wandering. This Frontiers Research Topic brings together studies from groups of authors whose research focus on neuropsychological systems involved in meditation demonstrating how meditation activates and can modify brain areas, cognitive mechanisms and well-being.

Download or read book Meditations with Native American Elders written by Don Coyhis and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Social Psychology of the Workplace written by Shane R. Thye and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2006-06-06 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the "Advances in Group Processes", which publishes theoretical analyses, reviews and theory based empirical chapters on group phenomena. This volume includes papers that address fundamental issues relating to the Social Psychology of the Workplace.

Download or read book Druidry and Meditation written by Nimue Brown and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores meditation for the body, the intellect, the emotions and for spiritual practice with easy to follow exercises.

Download or read book The Tavistock Learning Group written by Clive Hazell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Tavistock Learning Group: Exploration Outside the Traditional Frame, the authors attempt to expand the heuristic, theoretical, and applied dimensions of Group Relations paradigms by pairing classical Group Relations concepts with typically non-Tavistock psychology paradigms and social sciences concepts. Under the broad domain of psychologically-informed constructs, Lacanian psychoanalysis, existential philosophy and bioenergetics are applied. Under a somewhat broader range of social science conceptualization, the capacity for abstraction is linked with anti-work in groups, the large group is re-imagined as an extension of community dynamics and dysfunction, and the role of symbol systems, symbology and semiotics are examined in relation to sophisticated work groups. Lastly, non-Tavistock models of group development and conceptualization are re-interpreted and explained using a group-as-a-whole framework.

Download or read book Mindfulness and the Therapeutic Relationship written by Steven F. Hick and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2010-07-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A number of books have explored the ways psychotherapy clients can benefit from learning and practicing mindfulness. This is the first volume to focus specifically on how mindfulness can deepen the therapeutic relationship. Grounded in research, chapters demonstrate how therapists' own mindfulness practice can help them to listen more attentively and be more fully present. Leading proponents of different treatment approaches—including behavioral, psychodynamic, and family systems perspectives—illustrate a variety of ways that mindfulness principles can complement standard techniques and improve outcomes by strengthening the connection between therapist and client. Also presented are practical strategies for integrating mindfulness into clinical training.

Download or read book You re Muted written by Mark Nunes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2024-07-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the frame of Zoom, this collection of essays examines the rapid emergence of videoconferencing in everyday life under COVID-19, its preexisting performative logic, and the ongoing implication of these practices for millions of individuals and institutions. The year 2023 marked the end of the World Health Organization's classification of the COVID-19 outbreak as a “public health emergency of international concern,” yet many of the organizational and institutional restructurings that occurred in the rapid response to the pandemic have remained firmly in place. The prevalence of videoconferencing in everyday life marks one such instance, not only highlighting the dramatic social and cultural transformations that occurred during a period of lockdowns, social distancing, and stay-at-home orders, but also serving as an index of all that has emerged as the “new normal” since March 2020. Overnight, it seemed, Zoom emerged as the default videoconferencing platform, rapidly morphing from brand name to eponymous generic. While this volume focuses predominantly on Zoom and its place in the collective imagination and daily practice of those of us whose lives are profoundly caught up in digital networks, many of these insights presented here apply to other videoconferencing platforms as well, and a supporting logic that has governed neoliberal lives since long before the first lockdowns began. The twelve chapters in this collection explore how videoconferencing platforms in general, and Zoom in particular, have provided individuals and institutions new modes of “engagement,” while at the same time reifying, normalizing, and domesticating modes of surveillance, control, and marginalization that have been part and parcel of a networked-based performative logic for nearly a century.

Download or read book Use and Redesign in IS Double Helix Relationships written by Hans-Erik Nissen and published by Informing Science. This book was released on 2007 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing provided

Download or read book The Ostrich Effect written by William A. Kahn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-07 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ostrich Effect goes beyond the typical "how to" approach of most books that deal with difficult conversations at work. It aims to teach the reader what conversations to have, and when to have them, in order to solve destructive problems that occur in the workplace. Like the proverbial ostrich with its head in the sand, people often avoid confronting small issues at work, but, if avoided, these issues will escalate and inevitably wreak havoc. Drawing on a combination of social science research and Kahn’s practical experience as an organizational psychologist, the book examines the micro-processes that underlie the way in which these problems develop and flourish. These micro-processes are tiny, fleeting, and hardly noticeable, but when they are identified, something startling becomes apparent: there is a predictable pattern to this escalation. The book uses a variety of examples to demonstrate this pattern across a range of organizations and industries, and offers a toolkit to help guide the reader in resolving people problems at work. The toolkit focuses not on changing others, but on changing how we interact with others—our own behavior is the most powerful force for change that we have. The ostrich remains the symbol of those of us who foolishly ignore our problems while hoping that they will magically disappear. By identifying this "ostrich effect", the reader is empowered to re-frame and neutralize its impact.

Download or read book The Divergent Channels Jing Bie written by David Twicken and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooted in the Su Wen and Ling Shu, Dr. Twicken's book integrates Chinese and Taoist medical philosophy, theories, and principles to clearly demonstrate that the Divergent Channels are an essential aspect of the clinical practice of acupuncture. He takes a step-by-step approach to assist practitioners in 'working out' the channels, and shows how this versatile channel system can be used in any acupuncture treatment. Twicken also includes instruction on Five Shen Nei Dan inner meditation to help practitioners gain a more profound emotional and spiritual understanding. With case studies and reference to the classic texts throughout, this book provides a complete resource that will help clinicians understand and use the Divergent Channels in clinical practice. An accessible and comprehensive account of the Divergent Channel system, this book will be a valuable addition to the shelves of students and practitioners of acupuncture and Chinese medicine; taiji and qigong practitioners; and anyone with an interest in Taoist practice.

Download or read book Individuality and the Group written by Tom Postmes and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-06-12 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social identity research has transformed psychology and the social sciences. Developed around intergroup relations, perspectives on social identity have now been applied fruitfully to a diverse array of topics and domains, including health, organizations and management, culture, politics and group dynamics. In many of these new areas, the focus has been on groups, but also very much on the autonomous individual. This has been an exciting development, and has prompted a rethinking of the relationship between personal identity and social identity - the issue of individuality in the group. This book brings together an international selection of prominent researchers at the forefront of this development. They reflect on this issue of individuality in the group, and on how thinking about social identity has changed. Together, these chapters chart a key development in the field: how social identity perspectives inform understanding of cohesion, unity and collective action, but also how they help us understand individuality, agency, autonomy, disagreement, and diversity within groups. This text is valuable to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying social psychology where intergroup relations and group processes are a central component. Given its wider reach, however, it will also be of interest to those in cognate disciplines where social identity perspectives have application potential.