Tools for Mindful Teaching & Parenting
This interactive and innovative workshop will introduce three different approaches to mindfulness that teachers and parents can use with children to help them deal with difficulties and live happier lives.

Mindfulness and Mindful Learning
with Ross Bernay
Mindfulness provides a way of being that helps individuals keep stress under control in our crazy world. Mindfulness is being totally present in each moment with focused awareness and compassion. This way of being also becomes a way of knowing and learning new things. Teachers and parents can use mindfulness for themselves, but it is a valuable tool for guiding children’s learning and development. These strategies can be adapted for children as young as three years old

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
with Elizabeth Maher
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, known as 'ACT' is mindfulness based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with major emphasis on values, forgiveness, acceptance, compassion, living in the present moment, and accessing a transcendent sense of self. The goal of ACT is to create a rich and meaningful life, while accepting the pain that inevitably goes with it, and taking effective action guided by our deepest values and in which we are fully present and engaged.

16 Guidelines for Life
with Kala Dostal & Christine Murphy
Inspired by a seventh-century Tibetan text, the 16 Guidelines are a contemporary presentation
of ancient wisdom. They are a set of 16 values that can help transform the way that we think,
act, relate to others and find meaning. The 16 Guidelines are Humility, Patience, Contentment Delight, Kindness, Honesty, Generosity, Right Speech, Respect, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Loyalty, Aspiration, Principles, Service and Courage.

Further information
Venue: Blockhouse Bay Boat Club – end of Endeavour St., Blockhouse Bay, Auckland.
Dates: Sat 5 May and Sat 12 May
Time: 9am to 4pm
Cost: $200 or $160 for unwaged

To register, please email your name, mailing address, and any other contact details to
mindfulness.workshop@gmail.com. You can also register by post at the address below.

Payment by cheque to New Zealand Buddhist Council.
Please send your cheque, along with your name and full contact details to:
New Zealand Buddhist Council, PO Box 109 729, Newmarket, Auckland 1149

For online banking, our details are:
KIWIBANK, New Zealand Buddhist Council, 38-9008-0847215-00
Important: Please use your name as reference and email us at
mindfulness.workshop@gmail.com so that we know you have made the deposit!

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Workshop
for Amitabha Hospice Volunteers ONLY
With Jo Adams

What is ACT?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, known as ‘ACT’ (pronounced as the word ‘act’) is a mindfulness based cognitive behavioural therapy that can be used by anyone in any setting, most importantly for everyday life. ACT helps to recognize and transform our thinking patterns using mindfulness, acceptance, compassion, being present in the moment, and moving forward in life using our values. ACT is being used by many therapists around the globe and this workshop in particular will empower Amitabha Hospice Volunteers to use this method for themselves and with their patients.

This workshop is designed:
• for all walks of life, for daily issues and for a wide range of health settings.
• to equip participants with practical skills.
• based on realistic case examples - with a variety of teaching methods, including instruction, practical exercises, and role-play in small groups.
• by therapists who have over 15 years knowledge and experience of mental health and CBT, and are highly competent ACT and CBT therapists with skills of working with clients and delivering training workshops.

Workshop Details:
When: Sat 30th June
Time: From 9am to 4pm (please be punctual for a 9.00am start)
Where: Amitabha Hospice training room. 44 Powell St. Avondale
Bring your own Lunch (there is a microwave) - Tea & Biscuits provided.

Cost: $100 for Amitabha Hospice Volunteers ONLY
(A two day ACT workshop normal costs $350 – they are offering this very special opportunity to Amitabha – so make good use of it!)
Your space will be secured with your payment – so make sure you pay early - 15 spaces only
Payment: Amitabha Hospice ASB Account #: 12 3020 0410844-01

For more information about ACT please go to: http://www.actmindfully.com.au/

16 Guidelines for a Meaningful & Mindful Life Workshop
With Kala Dostal

The 16 Guidelines are:
Humility – Patience – Contentment - Delight
They empower us to restructure the way that we think
Kindness – Honesty – Generosity - Right Speech
They empower us to restructure the way that we act
Respect – Forgiveness – Gratitude - Loyalty
They empower us to restructure the way that we relate to others
Aspiration – Principles – Service - Courage
They empower us to restructure the way that we find meaning

Inspired by a seventh-century Tibetan text, the 16 Guidelines are a contemporary presentation of ancient wisdom. The 16 Guidelines promote mindfulness and wisdom in schools, with youth, in healthcare, prisons, the workplace and the home. Launched in 2006, the 16G are already in action in 22 countries worldwide, and growing. They provide a simple yet robust framework that can transform our minds and our attitudes towards life. The latest research carried out by neuroscientists suggests that each of us has the potential to continue developing and transforming our minds. The 16 Guidelines show us how to do this in a way that will benefit for both ourselves and others. This workshop is suitable for people of all ages and walks of life.

Throughout this very interactive workshop you will:
• Receive the 16Guidelines book & cards.
• Get hands-on experience with a range of tools and methods
• Receive practical tools that can immediately put to use in daily life.
• Get deeper understanding of the Guidelines & the philosophy that underlies them
• Participate in exercises, mindfulness practice, brainstorming & discussion.

For more information about the 16G please visit: www.16guidelines.org

About Kala Dostal: she was born in Venezuela, grew up in Argentina, her mother is from Hungary, her father is from Poland and she has been residing in NZ for 8 years. She became a student of Tibetan Buddhism in 2004; H.H Dalai Lama & Lama Zopa Rinpoche are her main teachers. She did several solitary & group retreats in India-Nepal-Thailand-Australia and NZ. She is the Operations Manager of Amitabha Hospice and one of the Co-founders of Peaceful Passing. She became interested in the 16Guidelines Project in 2006, in April 2010 she did the 16G Introductory Course and straight afterwards she was invited to do the 16G Facilitators Course at Vajrayana Institute in Sydney. Since then she has being giving 16G workshops in different organizations, has introduced the 16G as part of the Amitabha Hospice’s volunteer training programme and has created a 16G workshop for Palliative Care.

Talk Details:
When: Thursdays 5-12-19-26 July
Time: 6.30 to 9pm
Where: Amitabha Hospice training room. 44 Powell St. Avondale
Cost: $180 - includes the book, cards and material
Cost: $80 - for unwaged, for Amitabha Hospice Volunteers and for people that have previously attended a 16G Workshop - this cost doesn't include the book and cards. (book and cards can be purchased for $25 the pack)
Participants need to agree to attend all 4 sessions in order for registration to be accepted.
For bookings & information:
e-mail: amitabhahospice@gmail.com or call: 828-3321

The Buddha – The Story of Siddhartha – Friday Movie Night at Amitabha

When: Friday 25th August
Time: 7.00pm
Duration of the movie: 2hrs
Where: Amitabha Hospice training room. 44 Powell St. Avondale
Cost: Free for Amitabha Hospice volunteers
$10 for friends and members of the public.
Tea & Biscuits provided.

Synopsis of the movie
This documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha’s life, a journey especially relevant to our own bewildering times of violent change and spiritual confusion. It features the work of some of the world’s greatest artists and sculptors, who across two millennia, have depicted the Buddha’s life in art rich in beauty and complexity. Hear insights into the ancient narrative by contemporary Buddhists, including Pulitzer Prize winning poet W.S. Merwin and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.