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	FALL 2008 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE BELOW/ ALSO CLICK ON THE "CONTINUING EDUCATION" SECTION ON MENU BAR FOR MORE WORKSHOPS SPRING 2009 PREVIEW: the 10th annual BIG SUR WEEKEND MINDFULNESS RETREAT! MAY 15, 16, 17, 2009 at the spectacularly beautiful ESALEN INSTITUTE Exploring the Sources of Nourishment and the Taste of Being Fully Alive through silent, contemplative meals, sensory awareness exercises and Opening to Mindful Presence in Relationship. 2009 SPRING PREVIEW: May 15-17, 2009: "MINDFULNESS IN DEEP RELATIONSHIP: A RETREAT ON THE SOURCES OF NOURISHMENT" …...a weekend mindfulness retreat: in spectacular Big Sur! retreat leader: Jerome Front, LMFT Opening to our most elemental relationship -- that of our body and mind to the natural world through eating, food and our senses, our process will then widen to include the deep nourishment we receive from being in mindful relationship with each other. As individuals, we all know the hungers and unrequited longings that co-exist at emotional, spiritual, bodily and relational levels. Fortunately, these basic needs also form our common human ground. Opening to these primal shared areas with a loving awareness can create profoundly satisfying aspects of deep relationship. These nourishing and transformative relational experiences include understanding and being understood, a sense of increased personal presence, and the soothing, releasing and integrating experience of letting yourself be known in another’s accepting, warm presence. In a mindful retreat format, we will taste a fuller range of being alive, experience ways of belonging and open to the nourishing possibility of being at home, more regularly, within the moments of our own life. 10 CEUs for CA MFTs, LCSWs, RNs & Interns. Open to Everyone. What recent Participants said about this Retreat: “It was indescribably delicious! This workshop simultaneously invigorates the senses and deepens the sense of calm… Well done!” “Thank you for the safe space… the safety spoke to me… told me to be free, to open up…” “A very full weekend, expertly crafted and very thoughtfully put together…” “Thank you for imparting so much common sense! The heart that was the center to this weekend will stay with me and be treasured.” “Last year I left feeling that my heart broke open. This year I leave with same sense of heart-opening… thank you”· “I found a place of pure acceptance… an invaluable gift that I have prayed and searched for over the years… In this workshop, I actually experienced this place within myself.” What could this refreshing weekend be for you? www.esalen.org For information or to register call: (805) 667-3005, or CLICK HERE: www.ESALEN.org and search 'Jerome Front'   WEEKLY CLASS: MINDFULNESS MEDITATION & REDUCING STRESS If you've ever wanted to learn meditation in a safe environment or would like more relaxation, well-being and sanity as part of your everyday experience, this refreshing & life-affirming class is for you. The class provides instruction in Mindfulness Meditation and helps you find ways to infuse more peace and satisfaction in everyday life. The class draws on innovations in Mind-Body Medicine and traditional Contemplative practices. This class grows out one of the original resources for mindfulness in Los Angeles, since 1996. Every class includes a lesson and an experiential practice. On-going depth lessons include: Increasing well-being; Bringing deeper presence and awareness to relationships and communication as well as sustaining meaning and creativity at work and at home. Experiential practices include: Sitting Meditation, Body-Scan, Sensory work, Gentle Stretching and more! You'll receive weekly instruction, warm support and an on-going intimate practice community to sustain your progress. Pre-Registration is Required to Enter Class. No CEUs. This is an 0n-going class - not a drop-by class. More information by clicking on the "Mindfulness Meditation Class" option on the menu. Meditative living is not an "alternative to ordinary life," but rather "ordinary life itself, lived more fully." Come taste how a regular meditation practice can infuse your days with a sweet, mindful awareness. For the next class cycle dates: (818) 760-7725. On-going class, paid in 4 week cycles. Not a drop-by class: Studio City. (Pre-registration Required) Two Choices: >Thursday Eves: 8:00-9:15pm. OR, >Fridays: Noon-1:15pm. COST: Only $125 For a 4-Class Cycle. No refunds or transfers for missed classes. 2009: TBD: Last year: March 13-16, 2008. PSYCHOTHERAPY NETWORKER ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Wasington, D.C. www.psychotherapynetworker.org "THE CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF MINDFULNESS: Therapy as a Contemplative Practice" Two-Part Clinical Intensive Presenter: Jerome J. Front, MFT Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. Knowing how to connect deeply with clients is the core of therapy, but this isn't a skill you can learn, much less "practice," by reading a book, attending a lecture, or even learning a particular clinical method. These days, many therapists are discovering (and neuroscience is demonstrating) that mindfulness meditation helps them cultivate the relational skills essential to good therapy—awareness, compassion, inner attunement, patience, and empathy. In this combination experiential and discussion-based workshop intended for those new to mindfulness and experienced meditators, the presenter will show how to bring a contemplative vision to psychotherapy work and approach the therapeutic relationship as a form of "deep practice" of meditation. Through the experiential part of the workshop, participants will be able to identify and define more precisely their immediate subjective experience, evaluating their inner process of inquiry with curiosity and self-acceptance. You'll leave the workshop having discovered ways of applying meditation-based skills in the therapeutic relationship. Contact: www.psychotherapynetworker.org for registration info.   MINDFUL RELATIONSHIP WORKSHOP  Improving Intimacy and Understanding by Weaving Together Heart & Mind Presenter: Jerome Front, MFT JULY 20th, 2008 - SUNDAY; 12 NOON- 4:00PM, in Studio City Includes Step-By-Step Techniques You will be able to apply immediately to improve your work with couples as well as your own relationships! So much has been written about improving relationships that is easy to get lost in it all. This workshop presents the latest relationship research and mind-body innovations that can bring healing into the heart of relationships. The focus is on a deep systems perspective that weaves together the elements of mind, body, emotions and spirit. Topics: Meditative Awareness in Reducing Emotional Reactivity; "What went wrong? and "What works"; Deepening "Expressive" & "Receptive" Skills; Relationship as "Deep Practice" & More. Methods: Experiential Practicing, Role-Plays, Lecture / Conceptualizing & Discussion. This also a Public Workshop - Anyone is welcome to attend. Individuals welcome as well. -COST: -$69.00 Early Discount BEFORE JULY 13th. -$59.00 Interns & Students: Early Discount BEFORE JULY 13th -$79.00 Regular Fee for any registrations AFTER JULY 13th. For more information or to register: (818) 760-7725   "CULTIVATING MEANING IN THE MIDST OF LOSS:  Using Grief & Sadness to Deepen Purpose and Meaning." Presenters: Julie Brams-Prudeaux, MFT, and Jerome Front, MFT DATE: NOVEMBER 23; 12 NOON- 4:00PM, in Studio City There are so many types of losses in the human experience -- death, separation from family and friends, divorce, broken dreams and failing health, as well as those losses that are known only in the privacy of your heart. This workshop will focus on these often painful but powerfully transformative periods of life. Held in mindful awareness and acceptance, aspects of loss can yield gifts of growth and deep healing. Methods: By exploring personal grief you'll learn to identify and use the often hidden, positive aspects within grief, loss and sadness to deepen your emotional and spiritual development in daily life. Experiential exercises, guided meditations, metaphor and art-process will also be used. This also a Public Workshop - Anyone is welcome to attend. -COST: -$69.00 Early Discount BEFORE NOV. 21st. -$59.00 Interns & Students: Early Discount BEFORE BEFORE NOV. 21st -$79.00 Regular Fee for any registrations AFTER NOV.21st. For more information or to register: (818) 760-7725 Click here to download registration "MINDFULNESS & The WRITING PROCESS:  Awakening Awareness, Creativity and Presence"  Presenters: Jerome J. Front, MFT, & Bruce F. Singer 2008 DATE: TBA.  in Studio City This experiential workshop will give participants opportunities to practice writing and meditating as interrelated processes. Participants will utilize mindfulness meditation and other sensory activities to cultivate immediacy, awareness and presence. Writing processes, exercises and journaling will be used to transfer these qualities into forms of writing and speaking from you authentic voice. Topics include: Locating your Authentic Voice; Speaking and Listening with Immediacy and Presence in Class Discussion; Creating Dialogues; Mind-Body Integration; Dreaming-the Dream-Forward, Enhancing Creativity; Image-Making & More! This also a Public Workshop - Anyone -- writers and NON-writers alike are welcome to attend. -COST:  -$69.00 Early Discount DATE: TBA.  -$59.00 Interns & Students: Early Discount DATE: TBA -$79.00 Regular Fee for any registrations DATE: TBA.  For more information or to register: (818) 760-7725  Click here to download registration BE YOUR DREAM! A Success Day for Creating Your Career Reality & Honoring Your Truest Self Presenters: Anne M. Front, MFT, & Jerome J. Front, MFT DATE TBA: 12 NOON-4:00PM, in Studio City There are jobs and there are careers. With jobs, you check in and check out. With a career, you build something that can last a lifetime. Finding your dream and then owning it are the first steps to becoming it. This success day is designed to support the best parts of you, while working through the obstacles or barriers that keep you from achieving your goals, dreams and heart-work. Through creative art, process and interactive group exercises, we will together uncover these obstacles and help you to create new paths to walk forward in achieving your dream. -COST: -$69.00 Early Discount BEFORE TBA -$59.00 Interns & Students: Early Discount BEFORE TBA -$79.00 Regular Fee for any registrations AFTER TBA For more information or to register: (818) 760-7725 Click here to download registration

FALL 2007 Workshop: UCLA Extension and LifeSpan Learning Institute The Center for Mindfulness and Psychotherapy & InsightLA Presents Thich Nhat Hanh, Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., Jack Kornfield, Ph.D., Trudy Goodman, Ed.M., Sara Lazar, M.D., and Tara Brach, Ph.D. Other Workshop Leaders Include: John Daishin Buksbuzen, Ph.D., Majorie Schuman, Ph.D., Concetta Alfano, Ph.D., and Larry Ward and Jerome Front, MFT. MINDFULNESS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY: Cultivating Well-Being In The Present moment October, 2007 University Of California, Los Angeles

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