Embodied contemplative states: an experience for first responders in 18 countries in the humanitarian sector.

Paula Ramírez

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Description:

Outline of talk:

1. The need to include contemplative practices and the body for an overall understanding of mental health into the humanitarian work: a model for first responders.
2. The program: MBSR with a trauma and cultural sensitivity based within 18 countries. 
3. Results from a study made by UNSW in 7 of those countries: Afghanistan, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Nigeria, Yemen, Iraq.
4. Specific examples of trauma sensitive modifications
5. Specific examples on cultural sensitivity explorations
6. What contemplative practices bring as a quality for the perceived sense of safety, resting, and feeling human again (this is a reflection around the paradox of working in the humanitarian field with people completely disembodied from what being human feels like) with a practice for closing.

Paula Ramírez works at Breathe International, and participates in research projects around the world. http://www.breathe.international/

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