Mind-Body perspectives in Trauma therapy: SE and MBSE _ JuDitta Ben David M.A. SEP

Workshop: 10 - 12 May 2012 - House in Clil

An intro to Perspectives and Techniques in Trauma 

therapy

based in the Mind - Body Paradigm

Besel van der Kolk, Peter Levine, and Pat Ogden, from the pioneers in trauma therapy and research, both emphasis that Trauma is not the event, but in the holistic perception of it within the mind-body organism - "The Horror beyond Words". The Body is the Portal, and Mindfulness based techniques are the Vehicles to gentle heightened awareness, tracking and untangling what is 

Implicit and in a bind.

...one of the most exciting scientific discoveries the last twenty years is: How we focus our attention shapes the structure of the brain!...and- that we can grow these new connections throughout our lives, 
not just in childhood. (D. Siegel)

Training: 
Basic skills in Somatic Experience (SE), Focusing and Mindfulness will be taught embedded in Body oriented Psychotherapy and Neuroscience research - as well as an understanding of the inherent relationship to the age old wise Buddhist Dharma.

Juditta Ben-David MA SEP: Body oriented Psyhotherapist, Contemplatice psy, and Mindfulness instructor (Tovana). Lecture at the Tel Hai College trauma dept., Wingate Institute, and Megged school for Advanced Psychotherapy (More info here)
077-6639903  for registration    houseinclil@gmail.com

Going Abroad:  Trainings in Somatic Experiencing (SE) MBSE, and emotional first aid (EFA) will be held also in Ireland and Turkey (April - May 2012)
See: ToWo goes to Turkey: Earthquake Relief  www.facebook.com/towogroup

"Focusing & Mindfulness" - House in Clil

23 - 24 March 2012

Practice the art of "Listening Within" and "Contact your own inner Wisdom".

We invite you for this weekend to the House in Clil, which is nestled in the foothills of the Western Galilee, surrounded by olive trees and carobs, where wide open skies overlook the mediterranian sea.

There is another way to communicate and that is to just live your practice, just by being a mindful person,you are communicating something and expressing something.....   

SAYADAW U JOTIKA

Focusing- Focusing is direct access to a 
             Bodily Knowing. A Felt Sense.
As in ancient times, philosophy now has a practice derived from it.. and there, following the entry into the implicit, surprising new steps of change, thought, and action come about. 

Check the book "Focusing" by Eugine Gendlin. the focusing institute 
The root and influence on many new Psychotherapy techniques these last 20 years.

Mindfulness- Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention 
to one thing in the moment without judgment in order to meet the present with acceptance and equanimity.
What a delightful practice to augment personal inquiry, and to deepen the understanding of Focusing.

Chen Ein-Habar: Certified Focusing instructor. 

052-346480

Juditta Ben-David: Body oriented Psychotherapist, Contemplative psy, and Mindfulness instructor (Tovana).

077-6639903

            - Hours in this Workshop can be used towards a Certificate in Focusing -

"Focusing" - The house in Clil

What better venue for a Focusing workshop?
The House in Clil, with it's pastoral surroundings, olive trees carobs wide open skies...  dirt roads leading to simple houses, yurts, and lovely angles to the meditteranian sea.
A delightful group of women gathered for this opportunity, for a weekend. Making food together and practicing the art of listening within.


Cease looking for flowers!
There blooms a garden in your own home.
While you look for trinkets                                      
The treasure house awaits you
in your own Being.
    Rumi.


Focusing- Focusing is direct access to a bodily knowing.
As in ancient times, philosophy now has a practice derived from it.. and there, following the entry into the implicit, surprising new steps of change, thought, and action come about. 

Check the book "Focusing" by Eugine Gendlin. the focusing institute 
The root and influence on many new Psychotherapy techniques these last 20 years.

Chen Ein-Habar: Focusing instructor, 

Juditta Ben-David:Body oriented Psychotherapist, host and Mindfulness instructor.

077-6639903

for further information, we shall hold more weekends as such, and there is a monthly get together of Focusing practicioners for deepening insights.

Life Loss and the Unknown- Kibbutz Evron- fridays

Ajahn Amarro: "Let the mind and body assume the natural peace and ease that is the natural peace and ease that are the peace and ease of the natural body". Simple.

Inviting you for
5 fridays of contemplating inquring practicing how we meet fear, pain, impermanence, loss, grief
and how this affects our life.
How can these practices of loving kindness, compassion and equanimity benefit our life.
17/06, 29/07 , 19/08, 09/09, 28/10 09:30-12:00 Kibbutz Evron "Baderech"
Kati 0524-281134 for info

Pema chodron on Maitri





Honouring that present of Life :-) Precious human life.

Dana Based teaching - Juditta Ben-David,
70 shekel for the whole series (5 fridays) for the place.
Inquire with Kati about arriving for one friday if needed.

Tel Chai- Trauma and Somatization, Istanbul- Trauma therapy

Dear ones
Just offered a day workshop at Tel Chai college, Israel-
Trauma and Somatization, which was well accepted and the group of students were alive with curious questions !
Then Istanbul, Turkey, assisted Beginning Somatic Experiencing at Bilgi University.
A delightful group of professionals, psychologists and therapists. Working with Dr. Diane Heller Poole, and her depth of clarity - so wise.

A Sacred Pause

A course in Mindfulness is opening in Kibbutz Evron, starting
the 27th morning, 09:30-11:30, for 7 meetings thereafter...
facilitated by Juditta. Yuppie!

A piece by Tara Brach as a small present an inspiration and a blessing-
4:30 minutes .. a homecoming, a sacred pause, letting life live through you.



077-6639903 for info
yaarabarkan@gmail.com for registration
Bederech center in Kibbutz Evron

Greece, Tao's center! September by the Aegean sea.

Tao's center is happy to host Juditta Ben David and Michael Shachrur for Surrender to the NOW, an awareness group through meditation mindfulness and motion.

5 days of Breath, meditation, authentic movement, laughing, writing, some somatic experiencing.. lots of Being and Presence... just this just now.

To be fully present is in effect the simplest act of Being... yet... somehow it gets complicated along the way.. So, it is an invitation to meet that simplicity again :-)

With some kindness, radical acceptance, with the help of a most lovely surrounding.. mmm

Tao's center on the island of Paros, Greece. Check it out here (under "special events")

Solace

Have been teaching Death and Dying from the Buddhist perspective
lately and for my kind students I'd like to embed a beautiful video
on the Subject with Love.

So Much has happened.. and it's Spring

SO much has happened! Life. I've moved a house, to the western Galille, delightful area with hills olives and sea, a multicultural texture of druze christians muslims jews some buddhists and even some Bahhai. A lovely spacious house that would love to host workshops, especially ones that have an inclination to Mindfulness and psychotherapy, the body and music. Suggestions will be welcomed. We shall post our offers here soon.

Joined a women group that studies the IFS, Internal Family System, together with REC (re-evaluation counseling) in Nazareth. Being part of a peace work women group, connecting the communities in this area, in this neighbourhood, is such an inspiring nourishing and joyful endeavor.

And then an Article has appeared ! About Somatic Experiencing, my work here and in Africa, Whow, the people at Chaim Acherim have done a great job, thanks a lot. Meanwhile it has been published in Hebrew, we hope it will be translated soon. You can read it here :-)

Preparing for the ESTD conference, trauma and dissociation, Ireland 2010, where I will be presenting about cross cultural trauma therapy, and will be giving two workshops as an introduction to SE. Excited curious and patient at once. Mainly working and cooking a ppt...mmm

Last and not least, a Mindfulness workshop. This April, the 25th eve, in kibbutz Evron. A set of 7 meetings, in the tradition of Vipassana/teravada, an introduction to the art of Mindfulness. My friend Tagrid Musa from the arabic village of Abu Snan will join me in the facilitation of this course. Please come, join us for this most amazing circle in learning an age old technique that still has in it much for us to learn. Join us for a touch of quiet inner space, and gentleness. More info: 049857729 sagi.

Oh it's summer again

Hi, amazing how the sun continues to shine, and the earth to revolve... and so we move from winter to spring and finally Summer.. Decided to share with you some projects from these last months before another academic year makes its demanding entry.

Mikki and I offered a lovely three day workshop at the Israeli Clinical Psychologists Conference in Geinosar, and it was received with curiousity and genuine participation. Rave reviews. The name being: Surrender to the Now, when letting Go became letting Be. A workshop of Mindfulness and Presence through the Body, laced with discussions and theory for the practitioner.

"Your deepest Presence
is in every small
contracting and expanding.

The two as beautifully

balanced and coordinated
as Bird Wings"

Rumi

The Spiritual care givers course at the "Achva" foundation was delightful. There, in their year long course I offered three modules:

The Consultation/guidance relationship- tools for the practitioner,

Listening - the precious ingredient and How to be with,

Tuesdays with Morrie- the film and discussion.

And yet another year of teaching at Wingate Institute at the Holistic and Integrative Group Facilitators program has ended.. Whow.. Such a fruitful and strong year unfolded there. Two groups of intense students, a beautiful program based in experiential learning, mindfulness as well as critical thinking, amazing team of teachers, and honest personal Inquiry. We met for a semesterial course of Death and Dying- pain, loss and bearevement from a Buddhist eye.

Next year I have been asked to share also the module of Mindfulness. What a treat :-)

Looking forward to offer the taste of Presence Mindfulness and Psychotherapy in the north here as well as in South Africa and another European country that I shall share with you when it will be finalized. The teachings of Somatic Experiencing (SE) just deepening this subject even more. We shall also be offering two day SE workshops here and abroad, I shall keep you posted... with the help of some new assistants !! Many thanks to all those that support this work, Efrat and Amit, your help is appreciated greatly.

"only let the moving waters calm down

then the Sun and the Moon

will be reflected on the Surface of your-

Being."

J. Rumi

A small change of a word

All the way to India and Back
and the most precious gift I carry with me

is just a small change of one word:

How "let it go" became "let it be"

A journey in itself :-)

Let it Be

and

relax back into your heart

into your spine,

lean into the field of life

and yet again and again

Let it be

+A course for spiritual care givers will be opening the 20th of feb

in Bnei Zion, Israel. 9 Fridays every other week. more details at:

http://www.achvaspirit.org.il/?p=48#more-48 : death dying & grief

+A course of breath therapy will be opening in March, for details:

juditta@the-art-of-breath.org

Thank you !

I want to thank all of the people involved in the fund raising event :-) whow, it was such a delightful evening, and so much kindness was in the air towards it, real time, and after. Great music, Dancing away with the African group, superb setting with the sea and Jaffa, people showed curiousity and support about the project & the women, 180 people showed up! I think it's a great sign, and an inspiring beginning. May we have a beautiful fruitful and kind year of generous manifestations. Amen.