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4/12/2018 The Challenge The Challenge Mindfulness and Compassion: Mindfulness and Compassion: Meeting Challenges, Staying Safe Meeting Challenges, Staying Safe Ronald Siegel Ronald Siegel Chris Germer Chris Germer Meditation and Psychotherapy Meditation and Psychotherapy May 4-5, 2018 May 4-5, 2018 Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School Deal with pain Open to pain And I, Sir, Can Be Run Through And I, Sir, Can Be Run Through Overwhelmed? Overwhelmed? with a Sword with a Sword Intensity of Capacity to Challenge Bear Challenge Affect Tolerance Affect Tolerance Backdraft Backdraft  Not “my,” but “the”  Not “my,” but “the”  Sadness  Sadness  Anger  Anger  Fear  Fear  Lust  Lust 1

4/12/2018 Best Friends Mindfulness and Self-compassion Mindfulness And Self-compassion Exercise Mindfulness is loving awareness of moment-to-moment Mindfulness is loving awareness of moment-to-moment experience . experience . Self-compassion loving awareness of the experiencer . Self-compassion loving awareness of the experiencer . Mindfulness asks, “What am I experiencing ?” Mindfulness asks, “What am I experiencing ?” Self-compassion asks, “What do I need ?” Self-compassion asks, “What do I need ?” Mindfulness regulates emotion through attention Mindfulness regulates emotion through attention Self-compassion regulates emotion through affiliation Self-compassion regulates emotion through affiliation Mindfulness is calming Mindfulness is calming Self-compassion is warming Self-compassion is warming Staying Safe Staying Safe Two Approaches to Self-Compassion vs. vs. Turning toward Pain Turning toward Pain YIN: comfort, connect, validate YIN: comfort, connect, validate YANG: protect, provide, motivate YANG: protect, provide, motivate Turning toward Safety I Turning toward Safety I Turning toward Safety II Turning toward Safety II  Outer or distal focus  Outer or distal focus  Inner focus  Inner focus  Walking Meditation  Walking Meditation  Equanimity Practices  Equanimity Practices  Listening Meditation  Listening Meditation  Metta Practice  Metta Practice  Nature Meditation  Nature Meditation  Distress Tolerance  Distress Tolerance and other DBT and other DBT  Eating Meditation  Eating Meditation techniques techniques  Open eye practices  Open eye practices 2

4/12/2018 Turning Toward the Sharp Turning Toward the Sharp Attention to Present Affect Attention to Present Affect Points Points  Focus on what , not why  Focus on what , not why  Moving toward anything  Moving toward anything  Can you be with or breath into what is  Can you be with or breath into what is unwanted or avoided unwanted or avoided happening right now? happening right now?  How is it experienced in  How is it experienced in the body? the body?  Similar to Gendlin’s Focusing; Levine’s  Similar to Gendlin’s Focusing; Levine’s  Pain, fear, sadness,  Pain, fear, sadness, Somatic Experiencing; Gestalt techniques. Somatic Experiencing; Gestalt techniques. anger anger  Unwanted images or  Unwanted images or memories memories  Urges toward  Urges toward compulsive behaviors compulsive behaviors When Mindfulness of Inner When Mindfulness of Inner Life Preservers Life Preservers Experience Can Be Harmful Experience Can Be Harmful  When overwhelmed  When overwhelmed  Concentration  Concentration by traumatic by traumatic Practices Practices memories memories  Stepping out of the  Stepping out of the thought stream thought stream  When afraid of  When afraid of disintegration, loss of disintegration, loss of  Eyes open, external  Eyes open, external sense of self sense of self sensory focus sensory focus  Ground, trees, sky,  Ground, trees, sky,  When suffering from  When suffering from wind, sounds wind, sounds psychosis psychosis What Does The Client Need? Opening and Closing Opening and Closing Safety– Behavioral practice, OVERWHELMED comfort, soothing CHALLENGED Challenge – Mental training, SAFE turning toward suffering Overwhelm - 3

4/12/2018 Practice: How To Deal with Backdraft? How To Deal with Backdraft? Compassion With Equanimity Integrating Mindfulness and Integrating Mindfulness and Self-compassion into Psychotherapy: Self-compassion into Psychotherapy: 3 Pathways 3 Pathways Mindfulness-oriented therapy Mindfulness-oriented therapy “staying with experience” “staying with experience”  Embodied Practice  Embodied Practice emotion regulation through awareness emotion regulation through awareness  Therapeutic Relationship  Therapeutic Relationship Compassion-oriented therapy Compassion-oriented therapy  Home Practices  Home Practices “warming up experience” “warming up experience” emotion regulation through affiliation emotion regulation through affiliation To Receive Free Materials To Receive Free Materials Chris Germer Chris Germer www.chrisgermer.org www.chrisgermer.org www. centerformsc.org www. centerformsc.org Send a blank email to: Send a blank email to: Ronald Siegel Ronald Siegel www.mindfulness-solution.org www.mindfulness-solution.org handouts@yahoo.com handouts@yahoo.com www.sittingtogether.org www.sittingtogether.org Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy Subject line: HMS Subject line: HMS www.meditationandpsychotherapy.org www.meditationandpsychotherapy.org 4