Contemplative end-of-life care in Colorado Colorado, USA, October 2005.
Pictures from the residential session of Contemplative End-of-Life Care led by Christine Longaker.
This accredited program sponsored by Naropa University takes place both online and in person
at the Shambala Mountain Center. Located in northern Colorado, the Center is surrounded by
stunningly beautiful landscape.
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Speaking about death and supporting families in Geneva Geneva, Switzerland, April 2005.
Pictures from a seminar for health care professionals and volunteers at Maison de Vessy in Geneva, Switzerland.
The four-day seminar, led by Education Director Christine Longaker, introduced insights,
tools and meditative practices that can support healing and help caregivers connect with and
support the families of patients.
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Spiritual care training course France, March 2004.
Pictures from a training course for Spiritual Care Program educators and national
coordinators held in France in March 2004. The event provided an opportunity for
program staff to exchange ideas and to receive training from Christine Longaker
and other senior educators. It was held at a converted winery in the southern French
town of Nebian.
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Contemplative end-of-life care Colorado, USA, October 2003.
Pictures from the first residential session of an accredited training course in
end-of-life care sponsored by Spiritual Care Program USA in cooperation
with Naropa University. The first session was the kick-off for the eight-month
program which includes both residential and online segments. It was held at
the beautiful Shambhala Mountain Center in northern Colorado.
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Transformative journey into spiritual care Ireland, November 2002.
Chinch Gryniewicz shares his impressions of Wisdom and compassion
in care for the dying, an in-depth seminar in spiritual care led by
Christine Longaker. Chinch and his partner Jacqui's earlier visit to the
Dzogchen Beara spiritual care center on the west coast of Ireland was the
focus of a powerful and inspiring documentary film.
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Finding compassion in our changing world Ireland, October 2001.
Two eminent teachers from Buddhism and Christianity,
Sogyal Rinpoche and Father Laurence Freeman, led an
inspiring seminar in Dublin Castle in Ireland. Three hundred
people from Christian, Buddhist and other faiths attended the
event which explored the common ground of our spiritual paths.
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Buddhist perspective
on caring for the dying Holland, February 2001.
In February 2001, sixty professional and volunteer caregivers gathered
in Northern Holland for an in-depth training in spiritual and emotional
care for dying led by members of the Spiritual Care Program. The five-day
event forms part of a two-year course sponsored by the Davidhuis Spiritual
Center.
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Wisdom and
compassion in care for the dying Ireland, October 2000.
Christine Longaker led a week-long
training for an international group of professional and volunteer caregivers.
The course offered participants the opportunity to relax and renew themselves in
the energizing environment of Dzogchen Beara and to learn Buddhist practices
which will help them in their work.
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Sacred
art of dying Ireland, February 2000.
This weekend retreat at the Dzogchen Beara Spiritual Care Center
guided by Chagdud Khadro and Christine Longaker, explored Tibetan
Buddhist teachings and practices on death and dying. Participants
received a phowa empowerment and training in other practices described
in Facing Death and Finding Hope.
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Congress on
care of the terminally ill Canada, September 1998.
Sogyal Rinpoche, founder of the Spiritual Care Program and
author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, gave the
opening address at this important conference in Montreal,
sponsored by McGill University's Palliative Care Division.
His lecture, entitled "A Buddhist Sense of Time for the
Year 2000" was attended by 1500 caregivers.
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