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From Reactivity to Inner Peace: Practices to Disarm the Fight-or-Flight Reflex, "Stress-Proof" Your Brain and Heal Painful or Traumatic Experiences Salem Hospital, Oregon Sep 10, 2010, 6:00pm
8:00pm
At times, stress, sorrow, fear or anger can overcome you with both mental and physical consequences. Rick Hanson will talk about how these emotions affect your brain, how changes in your brain impact your immune system and what you can do to improve your psychological well-being.

He will discuss how our brain and mind are connected, how to emphasize the positive to overcome the negative and how to change our brains for our own benefit. He draws on psychology, neurology and contemplative traditions to share tools that you can use in daily life for greater happiness, love, effectiveness and wisdom.
Taking in the Good: The Practical Neuroscience of Resilience and Happiness Portland, Oregon, WA Sep 11, 2010, 9:00am
5:00pm
In this clinically relevant and practical workshop, Rick Hanson draws on the integration of neuroscience and mindfulness to outline three basic steps for weaving in the positive, as well as a fourth, optional step, for healing trauma. Ways to deepen trust and intimacy in relationships, and improve motivation for treatment will also be covered.

There will be a presentation, discussion, and optional experiential activities. No background with neuroscience is needed.
Buddha's Brain Seminar Sheraton Hotel, Bloomington, MN Sep 16, 2010, 8:00am
4:00pm
Rick Hanson will give a daylong seminar on the topic of his best selling book, Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom. Buddha's Brain draws on the latest research to show how to stimulate and strengthen your brain for more fulfilling relationships, a deeper spiritual life, and a greater sense of inner confidence and worth.

Dr. Hanson will show how to:

  • Take in good experiences to feel happier and more confident – defeating the brain’s negativity bias, which is like Velcro for bad experiences but Teflon for positive ones

  • Train your brain to cool down stress, greed, and hatred – and come home to your natural core of calm and contentment

  • Energize the neural networks of compassion, empathy, and love – and clear out resentment, envy, and ill will

  • Improve attention for daily life, mindfulness, and meditation

  • Feel more at one with the world, and less separate and vulnerable

  • Get the nutrients your brain needs to maintain a good mood, relieve anxiety, sharpen memory, and strengthen concentration


For those unable to attend this live event, a live webcast will be screened. Click here to register for the virtual webcast. Hosted by PESI, providers of continuing education seminars.
Buddha's Brain Seminar Radisson Hotel, Roseville, MN Sep 17, 2010, 8:00am
4:00pm
Rick Hanson will give a daylong seminar on the topic of his best selling book, Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom. Buddha's Brain draws on the latest research to show how to stimulate and strengthen your brain for more fulfilling relationships, a deeper spiritual life, and a greater sense of inner confidence and worth.

Dr. Hanson will show how to:

  • Take in good experiences to feel happier and more confident – defeating the brain’s negativity bias, which is like Velcro for bad experiences but Teflon for positive ones

  • Train your brain to cool down stress, greed, and hatred – and come home to your natural core of calm and contentment

  • Energize the neural networks of compassion, empathy, and love – and clear out resentment, envy, and ill will

  • Improve attention for daily life, mindfulness, and meditation

  • Feel more at one with the world, and less separate and vulnerable

  • Get the nutrients your brain needs to maintain a good mood, relieve anxiety, sharpen memory, and strengthen concentration


Hosted by PESI, providers of continuing education seminars.
Taking in the Good: Weaving Positive Emotions, Optimism and Resilience into the Brain and the Self Live Oak Center, El Dorado Hills, CA Sep 24, 2010, 9:00am
4:30pm
In this clinically focused and practical workshop, Rick Hanson shows how to use the brain’s machinery of memory to get at the essence of beneficial change in psychotherapy and any other process of personal growth: the internalization of positive experiences. Drawing on recent discoveries about neuroplasticity, he will present a simple, four step process that weaves positive experiences into the structure of the brain and the fabric of the self.
Your Best Brain: A Benefit Workshop for The Wellspring Institute San Rafael, CA Sep 25, 2010, 9:30am
1:30pm
Your brain is the bottom-line for how you feel and act: change your brain, and you change your life.

In this four-hour workshop on Saturday, September 25, in San Rafael, CA, Rick Hanson, Ph.D. and Jan Hanson, M.S., L.Ac. will cover ten great ways to change your brain for the better – for more joy, more fulfilling relationships, and more peace of mind and heart.

Grounded in brain science, you’ll learn practical, research-based ways to:
• Feed your brain with the right foods and supplements
• Calm down the amygdala for less anxiety and other negative emotions
• Energize the neural networks of compassion, empathy, and love
• Boost acetylcholine to light up the circuits of learning and memory
• Tap into your brain’s natural core of happiness
• Increase levels of key neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine without medication – for improved mood, attention, and motivation
• And much, much more

Space is limited
Forgiveness and Assertiveness Spirit Rock, Woodacre, CA Oct 2, 2010, 9:30am
5:00pm
To  be able to enter deeply into relationship,  it is necessary to be able both to forgive and to assert yourself skillfully.

This experiential workshop will get into the nitty-gritty of how to bring the Buddha’s profound teachings on interrelatedness, lovingkindness, and virtue (sila) into the messy real world of relationships with family members, lovers, friends, bosses, and co-workers. We'll cover: the primacy of relationships in evolution, and the deep capacities for both loving altruism and fearful aggression; the neural machinery of emotional reactivity and developing grievances with others; effective and realistic practices of assertiveness and forgiveness. (With Fred Luskin, PhD, Director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project) (CEUs available)
The San Diego Mindfulness Conference - Buddhism & Psychology: The Art of Counseling San Diego, CA Oct 7, 2010, 10:30am
5:00pm
10:30 – 12:00 noon | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Being and Doing—Activating Neural Networks of Mindful Presence

Distinct neural networks appear to underlie two contrasting states of mind. One network is for "doing" (goal-directed, oriented toward past & future, and tightly focused). The other one is for "being" (acceptance in the present moment, spacious) – a vital skill for clients (and therapists).

"Doing" networks routinely overcome "being" networks in the untrained mind, so this talk will present ways to activate and sustain the neural substrate of spacious contented awareness.

3:30 – 5:00 p.m | The No-Clinging Brain: From Greed, Hatred & Insecurity to Gratitude, Peace, & Belonging

The human brain has three primary motivational systems - to approach, avoid and attach. While these help us survive, they also make us suffer. Disturbances in them lead to everyday experiences of frustration, fear and anger, and shame.

This workshop will draw on insights and practical methods from contemplative neuroscience to present an integrated model of how these three motivational systems can be used in a healthy way, fulfilled, and even transcended.
The Science of a Meaningful Life: Gratitude and Taking in the Good Greater Good Science Center, Berkeley, CA Oct 22, 2010, 9:00am
5:00pm
A day-long seminar teaching how (and why) to boost gratitude in yourself and others.

This one-of-a-kind event will feature presentations by University of California, Davis, psychologist Robert Emmons, the world’s leading scientific expert on gratitude, and neuropsychologist Rick Hanson.
The Hard Things That Open the Heart: Practicing with Difficult Conditions Spirit Rock, Woodacre, CA Oct 23, 2010, 9:30am
5:00pm
This is for people grappling with difficult conditions – both internal and external – and for caregivers and friends who support those individuals. These include challenges with the body, mind, and life cir cumstances. We’ll cover Buddhist perspectives and practices for difficult conditions; lovingkindness for oneself and for any being who suffers; brain-savvy ways to strengthen your capacity to be with the hard stuff; and methods from the intersection of the dharma and neuroscience for lifting mood and cultivating joy. (With James Baraz and Rick Mendius, MD) (CEUs available)
Buddha's Brain Seminar Crowne Plaza, King of Prussia, PA Oct 25, 2010, 8:00am
4:00pm
Rick Hanson will give a daylong seminar on the topic of his best selling book, Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom. Buddha's Brain draws on the latest research to show how to stimulate and strengthen your brain for more fulfilling relationships, a deeper spiritual life, and a greater sense of inner confidence and worth.

Dr. Hanson will show how to:

  • Take in good experiences to feel happier and more confident – defeating the brain’s negativity bias, which is like Velcro for bad experiences but Teflon for positive ones

  • Train your brain to cool down stress, greed, and hatred – and come home to your natural core of calm and contentment

  • Energize the neural networks of compassion, empathy, and love – and clear out resentment, envy, and ill will

  • Improve attention for daily life, mindfulness, and meditation

  • Feel more at one with the world, and less separate and vulnerable

  • Get the nutrients your brain needs to maintain a good mood, relieve anxiety, sharpen memory, and strengthen concentration


Hosted by PESI, providers of continuing education seminars.
Buddha's Brain Seminar Crowne Plaza, Cherry Hill, NJ Oct 26, 2010, 8:00am
4:00pm
Rick Hanson will give a daylong seminar on the topic of his best selling book, Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom. Buddha's Brain draws on the latest research to show how to stimulate and strengthen your brain for more fulfilling relationships, a deeper spiritual life, and a greater sense of inner confidence and worth.

Dr. Hanson will show how to:

  • Take in good experiences to feel happier and more confident – defeating the brain’s negativity bias, which is like Velcro for bad experiences but Teflon for positive ones

  • Train your brain to cool down stress, greed, and hatred – and come home to your natural core of calm and contentment

  • Energize the neural networks of compassion, empathy, and love – and clear out resentment, envy, and ill will

  • Improve attention for daily life, mindfulness, and meditation

  • Feel more at one with the world, and less separate and vulnerable

  • Get the nutrients your brain needs to maintain a good mood, relieve anxiety, sharpen memory, and strengthen concentration


Hosted by PESI, providers of continuing education seminars.
London Insight - The Neurodharma of Love London, UK Oct 30, 2010, 10:00am
5:00pm
Supported by both Buddhism and Western psychology, the keys to healthy relationships include empathy, compassion, kindness, equanimity, and appropriate assertiveness.

These states of mind are based on underlying states of your brain. The emerging integration of modern neuroscience and ancient contemplative wisdom offers increasingly skillful means for activating those brain states – and thus for cultivating an open and caring heart, effective communication, balance during upsets, and more fulfilling relationships.
London Insight - Not Self In The Brain London, UK Oct 31, 2010, 10:00am
5:00pm
The biological evolution of awareness and the apparent self; what neuroscience tells us about the distributed and endlessly variable neural nature of the apparent self; the stress, suffering, and interpersonal difficulties that come from “excesses of self”; the importance of healthy self-compassion and self-advocacy; how to heal injuries to self-worth; methods for taking things less personally, relaxing possessiveness, and feeling more at one with all things.
Buddhist Psychology in Neuroscience and Meditation Ghent, Belgium Nov 5, 2010, 9:00am
Nov 6, 2010, 5:00pm
The latest brain research has begun to confirm the central insights of the Buddha. And it's suggesting ways you can help your brain to enter deeper states of mindfulness, quiet, and concentration. Suffering, joy, and freedom all depend on what happens within your nervous system. Skillful practice thus means being skillful with your own brain.

This experiential workshop - led by neuropsychologist and meditation teacher Rick Hanson - will offer user-friendly information about your brain and lots of practical methods. There will be time for questions and discussion, no background with meditation or neuroscience is needed.

Workshop PDF: http://www.mbsr.be/documents/101105-101106Two-dayworkshopRickHanson_000.pdf
Equanimity Workshop Freiburg, Germany Nov 12, 2010, 6:00pm
Nov 14, 2010, 12:30pm
This workshop will be a combination of presentation, optional experiential activities, and discussion. No prerequisites are necessary and the seminar will be in English with translation.

  • Why our ancestors survived by being anxious and irritable. How the fight-flight, stress-response, emotional reactivity systems work in your nervous and hormonal systems – and their bad effects on long-term physical and mental health. How the brain evolved a negativity bias, so it’s like Velcro for negative experiences but Teflon for positive ones. The unfortunate result of a growing pile of negative experiences in the emotional residues of implicit memory, which leads to pessimism, low self-worth, and anxiety and depression.

  • The practical power of equanimity. How to use the parasympathetic nervous system to soothe stress and emotional reactivity. Ways to draw on the frontal lobes to quiet the amygdala, the brain’s alarm bell. Tapping the core of the brain for inner strength. Why most of the apparent “tigers” the brain makes us see are actually paper tigers – and how to feel as unthreatened and safe as you reasonably can.

  • How memory works, and thus how to trick that neural machinery into internalizing positive experiences. The three basic steps of taking in the good (TIG) – and making your brain like Velcro for positive experiences. How to use the fourth, optional, step to heal painful, even traumatic experiences. Special considerations for using TIG with children or for trauma.

Friday: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm; Saturday 9:00 am – 12:30 pm & 2:30 pm – 6:30 pm; Sunday 9:00 am - 12:30 pm.
Mind Institute Lecture & Workshop Poland Nov 17, 2010, 9:00am
Nov 18, 2010, 5:00pm
Details to Follow. Request notification via email
New York Insight New York, NY Nov 21, 2010, 9:00am
5:00pm
Details to Follow. Request notification via email
The Neurodharma of Sex, Love, and Meaningful Relationships Esalen, Big Sur, CA Dec 3, 2010, 9:00am
Dec 5, 2010, 5:00pm
Through group discussions, meditations, and innovative exercises, you’ll learn how to stimulate and strengthen the neural circuits of empathy, attachment, and love. In particular, we’ll explore how to integrate assertiveness and lovingkindness, and how to ride the roller-coaster of romance and intimate partnership with grace and contentment.
International Psychology of Health, Immunity & Disease Conference | Keynote Address Hilton Head, SC Dec 9, 2010, 9:00am
5:00pm
The Psychology of Health, Immunity, and Disease Conference really is about the wholeness of mind/body medicine...bringing people together with others to explore the latest in successful treatments, to become grounded in the wisdom of ancient traditions, and then to implement this new knowledge and understanding into their own practice.
Not-Self in the Brain Spirit Rock, Woodacre, CA Dec 11, 2010, 9:30am
5:00pm
This workshop will address the thorny and fundamental question of . . . "me, myself, and I." The self – with its tendencies to grasp after possessions and take things personally – is perhaps the premier engine of suffering. We’ll explore the evolution of the apparent self in the animal kingdom, and the ways in which the self is real and is also not real at all, coming to rest more and more in the underlying spacious awareness in which self appears and disappears.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Workshop Barre, MN Jan 21, 2011, 9:00am
Jan 23, 2011, 5:00pm
Taking in the Good Dallas, TX Jan 28, 2011, 9:00am
5:00pm
This workshop shows how to use the brain's machinery of memory to promote a vital aspect of well-being, emotional healing, personal growth, and spiritual practice: the internalization of positive experiences (which defeats the innate, negativity bias of the brain). Drawing on recent discoveries about neuroplasticity, we'll explore a simple, four step process that weaves positive experiences into the structure of the brain and the fabric of the self.
East Bay Open Circle Berkeley, CA Feb 26, 2011, 11:00am
6:00pm
Chrysalis Workshop South Carolina Mar 18, 2011, 9:00am
Mar 20, 2011, 5:00pm
Networker Symposium Washington, DC Mar 24, 2011, 9:00am
Mar 27, 2011, 5:00pm
Open Ground Workshop Sydney, Australia Apr 16, 2011, 9:00am
Apr 17, 2011, 5:00pm
Details to follow. Request notification via email.
Open Ground Workshop Melbourne, Australia Apr 18, 2011, 9:00am
Apr 19, 2011, 5:00pm
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Buddhist Workshop Australia Apr 23, 2011, 9:00am
5:00pm
Details to Follow. Request notification via email.
Kripalu Workshop Stockbridge, MA Jun 17, 2011, 9:00am
Jun 19, 2011, 5:00pm
Valentin Bookstore Lecture Hamburg, Germany Jun 24, 2011, 6:00pm
10:00pm
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Workshop - Title TBA Hamburg, Germany Jun 25, 2011, 9:00am
Jun 26, 2011, 5:00pm
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Mindfulness Conference Zurich, Switzerland Jul 1, 2011, 9:00am
Jul 3, 2011, 5:00pm
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Workshop - Title TBA Munich, Germany Jul 8, 2011, 9:00am
Jul 9, 2011, 5:00pm
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Santa Fe Mindfulness Conference; Mindfulness & The Art of Counseling Sante Fe, NM Jul 26, 2011, 9:00am
Jul 30, 2011, 5:00pm
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AABCAP Conference Sydney, Australia Aug 13, 2011, 9:00am
Aug 14, 2011, 5:00pm
Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Inner Peace Hollyhock, B.C., Canada Aug 31, 2011, 6:00pm
Sep 4, 2011, 2:00pm
Combining the power of the latest brain science with the wisdom of contemplative practice, this workshop will present practical methods for improving mindfulness and concentration, calming the heart, weaving positive experiences into your brain and your self, and then bringing these new strengths into your relationships with both kindness and assertiveness. (No previous experience with meditation or neuroscience is needed.)
Esalen Weeklong Esalen, Big Sur, CA Sep 25, 2011, 9:00am
Sep 30, 2011, 5:00pm
Details to Follow. Request notification via email
Seattle Mindfulness Conference: Mindfulness & The Art of Counseling Seattle, WA Oct 12, 2011, 9:00am
5:00pm
Details to Follow. Request notification via email

For additional information on any program above, please email me.

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