Yoga
Afternoon session: Communication: Compassion
PPT: Empathy, compassion, self-regulation: Application of Batson, Eisenberg
Compassion-based communication (G.R.A.C.E.): Role play
Reflective practice: Mindfulness practice
Evening session: Day’s summary
Somatic practices for clinician self-care
Day 5: COMPASSION (Education hours 8.5)
Yoga
Early-morning session: Reflective practice: Compassion and transforming suffering
Morning session: Compassion
Debrief: Compassion practice (
tonglen
)
Exploring role of interoceptivity in empathy/compassion:
Reflective practice: Interoceptivity practice: Pulse, breath
Yoga
PPT: Neuroscience of empathy and compassion
Afternoon session: Pain/suffering
Exploring pain/suffering
Councils: When pain/suffering is unrelieved
Reflective practice: Mindfulness practice
Evening session: Day’s summary
Compassion exploration
Day 6: PERI-DEATH, ETHICS (Education hours 7.0)
Yoga
Early-morning session: Reflective practice: Exploring dying
Morning session: Peri-death
Debrief: Dissolution of the body
Yoga
Exploring peri-death issues
Councils: How do you mark the death of a patient?
Afternoon session: Ethics
Ethical issues at the end of life: Ethical discernment, reasoning, action
Walking reflective practice
Public talk: Being with dying talk, with core faculty
Evening session: Summary of day’s proceedings
Reflective practice: Sympathetic joy
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