Mindful Communication: How to Create Real Dialogue & Healthy Relationships (OS1M22)

Please only register for one of the two formats: On-Land or Online.

Registration closes at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) on August 4, 2022. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. Please read Important Notes below.* Continuing Education Credits? (see details farther below)**

Open to Everyone

Description:
Training ourselves to speak in a wise and non-harmful way is one of the factors of the Noble Eightfold Path. How can we use our spiritual practice to deepen our relationships personally and professionally? What tools do we have inwardly and
outwardly to bring about these changes in our lives?

In this three-day interactive retreat, we will explore the how to bring more mindfulness and care to our communication: our listening, our speaking, and even our thinking. We’ll explore Buddhist guidelines for Wise Speech and the contemporary discipline of Nonviolent Communication. Together, these practices form a powerful foundation for cultivating insight, self-understanding, and empathy.

This retreat is not silent, and will include periods of instruction, interactive practice, as well as meditation and reflection. All are welcome, no prior experience necessary.

On-Land Attendees

• Lunch will not be provided. Bring a sack lunch.
• This is NOT a residential retreat. Overnight accommodations are not provided.

Access to Recording

• A recording will be available following the program in approximately 10 days. You will have ~90 days from the original program date to view the recording.

On-Land Covid Protocols

• Proof of Vaccination is Required! As of March 15, 2022, “boosters” are also required. You will be required to present your vaccination card and picture ID at the door to gain admittance. No proof, no admittance.
• N95, KN95 or KF94 Masks Required: In accordance with Marin County Public Health mandates, masks are required in all shared indoor spaces. We are requiring the proper wearing of N95, KN95, or KF94 masks, which are proven to better filter aerosolized particles than other masks. We will supply you with an appropriate mask if you do not have one. Masks are not required in outside spaces when physical distancing can be maintained.
• PLEASE READ – Details on our current COVID Safety Protocols for In-person Retreats/Programs.

CEC Participants

• If you are interested in receiving continuing education credits (CECs), you must register and pay for CECs prior to the start of the program (no retroactive CECs will be given).
• You must attend the live programming (onsite or online). Your attendance will be verified. Watching the recording later is not allowed per Board licensing rules. Please review the CEC information below.

Teachings are appropriate for health care professionals as well as the general public.

Learning Objectives for participating health care professionals-
At the end of the program you will better able to:

• Describe the concept of “presence” and its benefits for communication with clients/patients and co-workers, including how this practice may reduce stress and professional burnout;
• List at least three habitual, unhelpful ways of reacting to conflict;
• Demonstrate the clinical skill of pausing, and describe how this skill can improve communication with patients/clients and health care team members;
• Describe the differences between “needs” and “strategies,” and how understanding this difference when working with clients results in improved clinical outcomes;
• Describe the difference between empathy and non-empathic forms of communication, and how empathic communication may improve the clinician-patient relationship;
• Demonstrate three forms of offering empathic connection, in ways that may improve patient care;
• Identify and distinguish basic emotions from words implying being judgmental or projecting blame;
• Explain the difference between observations and evaluations or interpretations;
• Demonstrate translating a judgmental statement into an observation, feeling, and need;
• Describe the difference between requests aimed at enhancing connection and requested aimed at devising a solution.

Continuing Education content level: Introductory

***Please note:

• For those with a different license or with a license from a different licensing board, please contact your licensing board directly to ask if CE credit from the above-approved sponsors is accepted. Spirit Rock does not confirm applicability of credit for those with licenses different than those listed above. Spirit Rock is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16905 for 15 contact hours.
• Credit is awarded for instructional time only and does not include extended silent meditation, if offered.
• For full Provider information, and additional CEC information, including attendance requirements, cancellation, and grievance policies, please visit our Continuing Education Credit information page.