Medicine

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An Exploration of The Foundations of Professional Errors and Performance -

A Five Week Series - Division of Pain Medicine -   University of California At

Davis School of Medicine And Medical Center

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A Yosemite National Forest Weekend Mindfulness Retreat For Physicians - 

Kaiser Permanente Physicians Group

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          Mental Health

 

A Training In Mindfulness Based Interventions For Therapists - A Five Week

Series Inside California State Prison Sacramento - Folsom Maximum Security

Prison 

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          Other Health Professionals

 

Working With The Reality of High Pressure  Workplace Demands - A Workshop

for Nurses and Discharge Planners - Children's Hospital of Orange County

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Teaching And Using Mindfulness and Compassion Practices in Challenging

Circumstances - Presentation - Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

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          Elder Care

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A Workshop On Mindfulness Interventions In The Care Of The Elderly - California

Association Of Adult Day Services  

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          Law

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Performance, Satisfaction, Wellbeing - Multiple One Day Retreats For Attorneys -

Spirit Rock Meditation Center

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Mindfulness And The Daily Practice of Law - Multiple Presentations - 2010 Mindful

Lawyer National Conference - A Three Day National Event With Judges, Practicing

Attorneys and Legal Educators - Exploring The Integration Of Meditation And

Contemplative Practices With Legal Education And Practice - University of California

At Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law.

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Mindfulness Based Residential Retreats for Attorneys - Week Long Residential Retreats

For Attorneys Exploring The Use of Mindfulness in Practicing Law - San Francisco And

Marin County Bar Associations - Spirit Rock Meditation Center

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          Homelessness

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Using Mindfulness And Meditation In Transitioning Out of Homelessness - Multiple Five

Week Half Day Retreats for Homeless Women With Children - St. John's Shelter For

Women and Children

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          Art and Poetry

 

Mindfulness In The Gallery With The Paintings of David Ligare - A Two Session Exploration

Of The Intersection of Awareness and Art - Crocker Art Museum

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Poetry As a Contemplative Practice - A One Day Retreat - Sacramento Insight Meditation

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          Keynotes

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Wellness: An Exploration, An Open Question, A Way Of Being - Of Being - National Adult Day

Services Conference, National Adult Day Services Association

 

Meditative Awareness As A Tool Of Joy, Satisfaction and Creativity - State Convention, Delta

Kappa Gamma International Society

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          Mindfulness And Meditation

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Five To Eight Week Courses On The Fundamentals of Mindfulness / Insight Meditation -

Offered Two Times Per Year Since 1998 - Sacramento Insight Meditation

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Awakening From The Suffering of "A Separate Self" - A Practical Hands-On Path Of Practice -

A One Day Retreat - Mountain Stream Meditation Center

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What May Be Possible In This Lifetime Through Meditation and  Mindfulness Practice - A One

Day Retreat - Benicia Meditation Group

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Creating A Life Worth Living & A World Worth Living In  - A One Day Retreat - Sacramento

Insight Meditation

 

          Residential Meditation Retreats

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Integrating Meditation and Contemplative Practices Into Our Lives - A Ten Day Residential

Mindfulness / Insight Meditation Retreat - Offered Once Yearly During The Last Ten Years -

Sacramento Insight Meditation 

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          International

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Asian Pilgrimage and Moving Meditation Retreat At The Important Sites of Meditation History -

A Twenty Six Day Moving Meditation Retreat And Exploration of Eight Different Venues Of

Importance In Meditative History in Thailand, India and Nepal - Offered In 2007, 2014 and 2021.

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*Contact Dennis Directly At dwwotp@gmail.com For Details on Upcoming Presentations,

Workshops, Trainings and Retreats.

 

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