Mediate Your Life Weekend Online Retreat
with John Kinyon
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SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEKEND RETREAT
Sessions are held on Zoom video conferencing.
Saturday June 24
- Session 1 9:00am - 12:00pm Pacific Time (convert to my time zone)
- Break 12:00 - 1:00pm PT
- Session 2 1:00 - 3:00pm PT
- Break 3:00 - 3:30pm PT
- Session 3 3:30 - 5:00pm PT
Sunday June 25
- Session 1 9:00am - 12:00pm PT
- Break 12:00 - 1:00pm PT
- Session 2 1:00 - 3:00pm PT
Start Time on June 24: Please arrive around 8:45am Pacific Time (convert to my time zone)
For any questions, email programs@johnkinyon.com.
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Learning Resources
Books
- Choosing Peace book, by Ike Lasater and John Kinyon, [pdf, click link to access digital version]]
- From Conflict to Connection book, by John Kinyon and Ike Lasater [pdf, click link to access digital version]
- When Your Mind Sabotages Your Dreams book, by Ike Lasater and John Kinyon [pdf, click link to access digital version]
- Mindfulness in Conversation digital workbook, by John Kinyon [click link to access digital version]
- Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, book by Marshall Rosenberg, creator of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
For more information on the books by John, click HERE.
Power Point Slides
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Q8LZ50qQjNrDdz8-HolPM_r4nVbpUrudWCb69rhcbK4/edit?usp=sharing
OFNR & General Handouts [click links]
- OFNR Communication Components
- Needs and Feelings sheet
- Feelings vs. Faux Feelings sheet
- The Four Communication Choices
- Connection and Solution Requests
- Three Types of Agreements
Practice and Feedback
Feelings and Needs Support [click links]
- GROK cards and materials
- The Empathy Set cards
- The Empathy Set app [find in Apple and Android app stores]
- Feelings and needs web app
Conversation Maps Overview [click link]
- MYL Maps Overview_Text
- Image of Maps_Biogregions
- MYL Maps Overview_Icons
- Image of Maps_Triangle
- Image of Maps_Triangle & Outer Icons
- Image of Maps_Triangles & Chairs
- Image of Maps_Triangles Chairs & Icons
- Triad Model of Conversation & Consciousness
Foundation Maps Handouts [click links]
Meditation Resources
I request that for at least the 12 weeks of the course you commit to and begin (or extend what you already do) a daily meditation practice, even if it's only 5 minutes each day.
I highly recommend Waking Up Course meditation app (mindfulness, nonduality, and neuroscience). It is subscription based, and you can try it for free for 7 days. If you want to continue and can't afford the subscription all you need to do is email Sam's team and they'll give you a year for free, which can be renewed yearly. Here's the LINK to check it out.
Here are some other meditation apps I recommend:
- Headspace
- 10% Happier
- Insight Timer
- Calm
- Simple Habit
Safety with Meditation
David Treleaven - Meditation and trauma
Willoughby Britton and Jared Lindahl - Support for psychological distress from meditation
Other Teachers I Recommend in the Meditation/Mindfulness World
Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach - heart, compassion, and acceptance-based guided mindfulness meditations, practices, writings, and more
Pema Chodron - Buddhist mindfulness and working with adversity
Additional Resources Related to Consciousness, Mindfulness, and Trauma
Diana Winston - mindfulness teacher, UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center, spectrum of awareness practices
Loch Kelly - mindfulness and nondual awareness teacher
Henry Shukman - Zen mindfulness, Koan practices
The Headless Way - a unique, Western-based way of accessing and practicing nondual awareness, originated by Douglas Harding, who wrote the book On Having No Head. In this tradition I recommend Richard Lang.
David Whyte - poet, author, speaker, the conversational nature of reality, poetry and organizations
Francis Weller - soul and grief work, community building
Tim Freke - philosophy of "unividualism," emergent/evolutionary spirituality, integrates dual and nondual mindfulness, and science and spirituality.
Rupert Spira - nonduality spiritual teacher
Sarah Peyton- NVC, interpersonal neurobiology, and trauma work. Book by Sarah, Your Resonant Self
Stephen Porges - trauma work, creator of Polyvagal theory
Kristin Neff - mindful self-compassion
Gabor Mate - trauma and addiction, The Wisdom of Trauma docu-film
Internal Family Systems - Richard Schwartz
Thomas Huebl - trauma work, collective trauma
Peter Levine - famed pioneer of the trauma therapy and research field