Curs interactiv STOP. RESET. RESTART.

 

Curs interactiv si ateliere practice de comunicare si gestionare a relatiilor personale si profesionale (Metoda ESPERE®), pentru depasirea stresului si cresterea vietii.

Cursul este destinat persoanelor care: 

doresc sa se opreasca din functionarea ‘pe pilot automat’ in sistemul disfunctional de comunicare: STOP

intentioneaza sa construiasca si sa-si imbunatateasca abilitatile de comunicare si relationare ecologice: RESET

sunt pregatite sa actioneze pentru a-si gestiona eficient emotiile si a diminua stresul toxic in scopul cresterii vitalitatii si imbunatatirii calitatii vietii personale si profesionale: RESTART

Veti invata sa:

  1. gestionati mesajele toxice si cele pozitive pentru a putea intretine relatii sanatoase
  2. dezvoltati abilitatea de a gestiona emotiile intr-un mod relaxat pentru a va creste energia si vitalitatea
  3. aveti incredere in sine, sa va afirmati si sa cresteti stima de sine
  4. dobanditi capacitatea si abilitatea de a stabili o comunicare autentica, responsabila, constienta si sanatoasa, cu mai putin stres si mai multa seninatate, in relatia cu sine, cu partenerul/a, parintii si copiii, colegii si prietenii
  5. identificati sensul bolilor si somatizarilor, pentru a facilita recuperarea starii de sanatate si echilibru
  6. depasiti pierderile si separarile pentru a va putea deschide viata unui nou inceput

Structura: 1 Modul de baza + 5 Module tematice

Durata fiecarui Modul: 2 zile (program orele 09.00 – 17.30, cu pauze)

Perioada: februarie – iunie 2012

 4 – 5 februarie SAU 11 – 12 februarie: Modul de baza – Fundamente in relationarea ecologica

25 si 26 februarie: Modul 1 – Pentru a imbunatati Relatiile Profesionale

24 si 25 martie: Modul 2 – Pentru a construi o Relatie de Cuplu armonioasa

21 si 22 aprilie: Modul 3 – Pentru a intretine Relatia Adult-Copil sanatoasa

26 si 27 mai: Modul 4 – Pentru a intelege Limbajul corpului si Sensul bolilor

23 si 24 iunie: Modul 5 – Pentru un nou inceput, depasind Pierderile si  Separarile

Modalitate de lucru - Cursul si atelierele se vor desfasura intr-o maniera dinamica si interactiva, aportul didactic alternand cu exercitii si punerea in practica a instrumentelor si tehnicilor propuse. Participantii vor fi invitati sa contribuie cu exemple de situatii concrete pe care doresc sa lucreze si vor fi invitati sa se implice activ.

DETALII si inscriere:

http://www.investiar.ro/cursuri/categorie-ateliere-de-dezvoltare-personala-2/detalii-programul-stop-reset-restart-29.html

Right Now?

We often want everything that comes our way, or that we see on someone else’s plate. But we also have the capacity to sacrifice pawns to win at chess. 

Isn’t life a chess game that is played within yourself? You and your personal story and history, playing against the future you, that has a chance to win or lose, depending on what you wish to choose. Each moment. Such as right now.

New Year Resolutions?

 

Thinking about making New Year Resolutions?

You might consider making a commitment about how you want to be, besides what you want to do.

Actually, it is reasonable to believe that we do things because of what we imagine we feel when we accomplish those deeds.

The bad news is that we are deeply conditioned by our past experiences. The results of what we do trigger more craving, strenuous effort and stress, or the moment of happiness we experience does not last and we start running again after the next.

The good news is that we also have the potential to become ever more conscious about our choices, and we can change to do things differently.

So, why not go straight to how you wish to feel and aspire to be, and then design the actions accordingly?

The “Ten Buddhist Perfections” may offer you inspiration. It is said that by practicing and attaining them you cross over from an unsatisfied mind and a life full of useless stress, to a happy mind and a life of serene inner freedom.

“Is there a guarantee that this works for me?”

Without guarantees or certainties, explore and check for yourself.

Just make your choice and don’t forget… to enjoy the process.

1. Generosity

May I be generous and helpful!

2. Ethics

May I be well-disciplined and refined in manners!

May I be pure and clean in all my dealings!

May my thoughts, words and deeds be pure!

3. Renunciation

May I not be selfish and self-possessive but selfless and disinterested!

May I be able to sacrifice my pleasures for the sake of others!

4. Wisdom

May I be wise and be able to see things as they truly are!

May I see the light of Truth and lead others from darkness to light!

May I be enlightened and be able to enlighten others!

May I be able to give the benefit of my knowledge to others!

5. Energy

May I be energetic, vigorous and persevering!

May I strive diligently until I achieve my goal!

May I be fearless in facing danger and courageously surmount all obstacles!

May I be able to serve others to the best of my ability!

6. Patience

May I ever be patient!

May I be able to bear and forebear the wrongs of others!

May I ever be tolerant and see the good and beautiful in all!

7. Truthfulness

May I ever be truthful and honest!

May I not hide the truth to be polite!

May I never swerve from the path of Truth!

8. Determination

May I be firm and resolute and have an iron will!

May I be soft as a flower and firm as a rock!

May I ever be high-principled!

9. Loving-kindness

May I ever be kind, friendly and compassionate!

May I be able to regard all as my brothers and sisters and be one with all!

10. Equanimity

May I ever be calm, serene, unruffled and peaceful!

May I gain a balanced mind!

May I have perfect equanimity!

May I serve to be perfect!

May I be perfect to serve!

(The Ten Buddhist Perfections - „A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life”)  

 

Have you made your choice? Then remember to also make a plan.

“… And how will I put it into practice?”

Invent small aims, on a daily basis, to wake you up and remind you of your resolution and your goals. Design concrete actions to achieve each day. Train and befriend your mind to help you carry your decisions though.

 “How to start?”

Define your intention and examine your motivation. When both are clean-clear and meant to benefit yourself and others, you might discover how exceptionally easy it is to keep the promise you made to yourself to be and become

generous, helpful and well-disciplined,

pure and clean in all your dealings,

selfless, disinterested and fearless,

energetic, vigorous and persevering,

wise, high-principled and tolerant,

truthful and honest, firm and resolute,

kind, friendly and compassionate,

calm, serene and peaceful.

 

May you be happy!

The Gift of Now

My first book,

to be launched at the Gaudeamus Book Fair,

in Bucharest

Saturday, November 26, 2011, 14.00 hrs,

Editura Herald.

A book of words and images about

attentive presence, mindful awareness,

mind-stretching exercises, creativity in daily life,

visual meditations and reflection

for life enhancement. 

“Mintea fara limite” – prezentare interactiva la Ziua Centrului Seeds for Happiness, sambata 19 noiembrie

 

Sambata 19 noiembrie, in cadrul activitatilor ce se vor desfasura la Centrul Seeds for Happiness, voi sustine o prezentare despre limitele si potentialul mintii, despre cum ne putem imprieteni cu propria minte astfel incat sa reducem stresul cotidian si sa participam la propria viata cat mai constient, pentru mai mult echilibru si implinire.

Voi oferi de asemenea un experiment de meditatie si sper ca veti putea gasi la Centru si prima mea carte, “The Gift of Now”… daca va iesi in timp util de la tipar.

Mai multe detalii puteti afla pe site-ul Centrului: http://www.seedsforhappiness.ro/mintea-fara-limite

 

 

A Happy Mind

When you are content with what you have, the mind settles down.

When you delight in giving, the mind becomes light.

When you realize that what you have is already good,

when you cultivate contentment and generosity,

when you learn how to let go of holding on and holding back,  

you can begin to transform the negative mind into a happy mind.

We struggle because of a tenacious habit of wanting life to be different from what it is. Clinging to a rock while being battered by waves causes damage. Letting go and learning to swim freely in the changing waters can result in well-being. Maybe also a feeling of joy and a sense of meaning.

Healthy Skepticism

We know we have the right to ask questions, but we exercise that right mostly by asking questions to others and expecting answers, solutions, explanations, excuses, justifications, advice.

We seldom exercise that right with ourselves. When we do it, we neglect to take the time to listen to our deeper response. We are accustomed to just jump to conclusions, propelled by thinking habits and pre-set emotional reactions.

Especially when it comes to our beliefs and convictions, we strongly uphold our views, directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously. Fortunately, the sudden changes that storm our lives help our minds not to die of stagnation. It’s usually the moment when we start asking ourselves questions, in a new atempt to understand the world and our existence.

Take nothing for granted, accept nothing on faith alone or based on someone’s praise and fame, honestly and positively question things about yourself, challenge your most basic beliefs and convictions. Inquire, listen, study, experiment and verify for yourself. Leave blind faith and afflictive doubt aside, and practice healthy skepticism accompanied by wisdom and compassion.  

It is an extraordinary practice that teaches openness, flexibility and awareness. It can enlarge your vision about yourself and the world, and open the way to new understandings on the path of true knowledge, science and being.

Critical thinking, intellectual caution, suspended judgement, inquisitive doubt, thought experiments, continual testing, are means by which we can confront our prejudices, myths and theories that at some point we started to believe as truths.

Thinking a new thought… Isn’t that an exquisite emotion?

 

NEWS: Atelierul “Viata in Cuplu – Dans sau Lupta?”

 

Viata in cuplu poate fi ca un dans, cu entuziasme si emotii, cu pasi uneori stangaci, alteori gratiosi, in care fiecare din parteneri castiga mai multa energie. Sau poate arata ca un camp de lupta, cu inclestari si deruta, din care niciunul nu castiga.

Nu exista o reteta absoluta care sa faca o relatie sa dureze. Exista insa repere care pot permite evitarea a numeroase suferinte si confuzii, si pot favoriza comunicarea reala si o intelegere mai buna.

Marti 1 noiembrie 2011

incepe atelierul “Viata in cuplu – Dans sau Lupta?”

pe care il sustin la Fundatia Calea Victoriei.

http://www.fundatiacaleavictoriei.ro/2011/viata-in-cuplu-dans-sau-lupta/

Freedom Beyond Conditions

 


 

Acceptance brings awareness and clarity. Resitance brings confusion and frustration.

To accept means to simply acknowledge that things are as they are.

No judgement, approval or rejection.

Just pure awareness, in the moment.

Remember the spaciousness of your mind, how it can embrace all that is, without being thrown off balance.

Between the yes and the no, there is a point of contact where freedom beyond conditions abides.

It’s the home you have forgotten.

You can make the journey back to yourself, if you just dare to travel.

 

Moving Beyond Emotions

Emotions are really moving. Go ahead and feel the emotion…

Disappointment or enthusiasm, sadness or joy, anger or love, it will move into something else.

Let go of the label you have been accustomed to stick on the movement.

Feel the energy, become aware of its coming and going.

Be alert to the information your deeper mind and inner voice conveys to you.

When you are mindful of the emotion you happen to be in, at some point you might be able to transform its energy into something kind, compassionate and meaningful.

Go ahead, accept and feel the emotion… Emotions are really moving.