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Trauma Skills Summit.
August 17–26 2020
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August 17–26 2020
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Day 7
Day 7 will be available Sunday, August 23, 2020.
Meditation for Radical Change: The Revolution Starts Inside
Justin Michael Williams
Transformational speaker, musician, author
Meditation isn’t about relaxing—it’s about becoming more alive. And if you grew up in the struggle—overcoming homophobia, sexism, trauma, shame, depression, poverty, toxic masculinity, racism, or social injustice—you need a different type of meditation, one that doesn’t pretend the struggle doesn’t exist. Join Justin Michael Williams to learn how meditation can help you move from awareness to inspired action in this engaging session.
Session Highlights:
- The two common myths that will ruin your meditation practice
- Discovering your “Unique Energy Signature” so you can experience the freedom that is your birthright
- Pinpointing the wounds that seem to be stopping you every time you try to grow
- Spotting “internalized oppression” and turning your mess into magic
Justin Michael Williams
Justin Michael Williams is an author, transformational speaker, and top 20 recording artist who has become a pioneering voice for diversity and inclusion in wellness. From growing up with gunshot holes outside of his bedroom window to sharing the stage with Marianne Williamson and Deepak Chopra, Williams knows well the pain of adversity and the power of healing to overcome. He has since been featured by the Wall Street Journal, Grammy.com, Billboard.com, the Advocate, Yoga Journal, and SXSW®. With his groundbreaking book, Stay Woke, and over a decade of teaching experience, Williams’s message of hope and empowerment has spread to more than 40 countries around the globe, particularly through his US “Stay Woke, Give Back” tour, bringing mindfulness to youth in underserved communities. Williams is dedicated to using his voice to serve, to being a beacon of hope for those who are lost, and to making sure all people, of all backgrounds, have access to the information they need to change their lives. Learn more at justinmichaelwilliams.com.
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness
Elizabeth A. Stanley, PhD
Creator of Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)®
Mindfulness alone has the potential to be more triggering than helpful for those with post-traumatic symptoms, but mindfulness used in a trauma-sensitive manner can be incredibly healing. A former US intelligence officer and an ordained Buddhist nun, Dr. Elizabeth Stanley is no stranger to the unique intersection of trauma and meditation. In this presentation, she’ll explore how we can work with mindfulness and trauma in a beneficial way.
Session Highlights:
- The thinking brain and the survival brain—their different roles and ways of being affected by stress and trauma
- The “window of tolerance” as a key component for healing
- Three key patterns of dysregulation and how to identify them
- Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)®—critical skills for trauma-informed mindfulness
Elizabeth A. Stanley, PhD
Dr. Elizabeth Stanley is an associate professor of security studies at Georgetown University. She is the award-winning author of Paths to Peace and Widen the Window. She is the creator of Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)®, which is taught to thousands in civilian and military high-stress environments. MMFT® research has been featured on 60 Minutes, ABC Evening News, and NPR, as well as in Time magazine and many other media outlets. A US Army veteran with service in Asia and Europe, she holds degrees from Yale, Harvard, and MIT. She is also a certified practitioner of somatic experiencing, a body-based trauma therapy.
Realization Process: The Healing Ground
Judith Blackstone, PhD
Founder of the Realization Process
The Realization Process is an embodied approach to psychological and relational healing and nondual spiritual realization. This unique approach uses subtle mind/body attunements for uncovering a fundamental dimension of consciousness—one that perceives our body and environment as a unity. These practices cultivate an experience of internal wholeness, authenticity, resilience, and refined perception. We become able to integrate cognition, emotion, and physical sensation, and we can experience deep connection with others without losing inward contact with ourselves. In this session, Dr. Judith Blackstone will explore the myriad benefits of the Realization Process, discussing how and why we constrict ourselves in reaction to trauma and how we can recognize and release these constrictions to find healing.
Session Highlights:
- Uncovering the ground of fundamental consciousness pervading you and your environment
- Deepening contact with other people without losing inward contact with yourself
- Exploring how to relate to your environment from the innermost core of your being
- Recognizing and releasing trauma-based constrictions from your body
Judith Blackstone, PhD
Dr. Judith Blackstone developed the Realization Process, a method of embodied psychological and relational healing and nondual spiritual awakening. She is the author of Trauma and the Unbound Body: The Healing Power of Fundamental Consciousness, Belonging Here: A Guide for the Spiritually Sensitive Person, The Enlightenment Process: A Guide to Embodied Spiritual Awakening, The Intimate Life: Awakening to the Spiritual Essence in Yourself and Others, and The Empathic Ground: Intersubjectivity and Nonduality in the Psychotherapeutic Process. An audio series of the Realization Process practices is available from Sounds True. Dr. Blackstone teaches the Realization Process worldwide and online, in workshops, and in teacher certification trainings. She was a psychotherapist in private practice for 40 years. With her husband, neuroscientist Dr. Zoran Josipovic, she founded Nonduality Institute for the scientific study of nondual awakening. For information on Dr. Blackstone’s teaching schedule, visit realizationprocess.org.
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I friggin love Justin Michael Williams! He’s so bomb! Thank you for being so Om-azing!
Sad that real oppression is never seen and new buzzwords are created on the daily to disempower people or to create a sense of self through “internalized oppression”. The people who are really oppressed are never seen or heard because of this.
hei oppression, do you listen to his talk until the end? In the end he explained the practical example of how to use his approach to dismantle real oppression.
Also, don’t you think in your works to dismantle oppression (if you really work on it, rather than just getting depressed and angry without place to go), you don’t need an internal strengths (a.k.a. empowerment) that can fuel your actions?
I don’t believe that commenter was listening to Justin’s words at all. Shame, but their loss.
“We are enough. We are enough. We are enough. We are Golden baby, yeah!”
Much love and thanks for Justin Michael Williams’ sharing of personal and political spiritual practice to dismantle internalized oppression and bring service to world healing. LOVED the multifaceted engagement of resilience!
Dr. Elizabeth A. Stanley’s talk is helpful. She is delightful.
Appreciated Elizabeth Stanley’s talk immensely. Well thought through and ground breaking. Thank you!