NHS recognition of mindfulness meditation is good for depression
It’s only been at least forty years that this has been known…see: Benson, Herbert. The Relaxation Response. New York: Avon Books, 1975, p. 32. Is science finally starting to catch up to meta-science? I hope so!
The Parish Nurses Network Committee Presents
Free Educational Program
Enlightened Care Giving for Our Congregations
Thursday, April 11, 2013 from 1:00 to 4:30
Saint Francis Hospital Atrium (Atrium Board Room), 1st Floor
241 North Road – Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Free Parking
| 1:00 – 1:15 | Registration / Refreshments |
1:15 – 1:30 Welcome & Opening Prayer
Anne Cole, RN, Parish Nurse Committee
1:30 – 1:45Introductions
Sue Murphy, RN, Parish Nurse Committee
1:45 – 2:45Caregiving Redefined
Grant Abrams, Physical Therapist
2:45 – 3:00Break3:00 – 3:45Medical, Foster Home & Non-Institutional Setting
FaLisia Cotten, LCW R, Medical Foster Home Coordinator
Veteran Administration 3:45 – 4:00Overview of Healthy Choices New York
Ozie B. Williams, RD, RN, CDE4:00 – 4:20Parish Nurse Program Updates / Sharing
4:20 – 4:30 Evaluations / Closing
Please share flyer with members of your Parish Nurse or
Health Ministry Team & bring a short list of your favorite Reference Books including publishers for a possible future grant.
Submit registration as soon as possible and NO LATERthan April 8, 2013. Phone or Email: Sue Murphy @ 297-2685, sdmurphy48@aol.com
Please bring any handouts you would like to share.
Committee: Anne Cole, Sue Murphy, and Ozie Williams
From Christine Longaker at the Spiritual Care Program
medicine buddha
When I first learned the Essential Phowa, I questioned whether a beginner could effectively do the practice for a dying person. How could I possibly offer spiritual support for another person? What if I did it wrong? Sogyal Rinpoche responded to my doubts with these valuable insights:
First, just at the moment of death, after the consciousness of the dying person “faints into darkness,” he or she will awaken into the luminous expanse of the truth. Thus our practice of Essential Phowa for the dying person is simply a skillful guidance to help them unite with the true nature of mind which will be dawning in their awareness at that time.
Second, in doing the phowa, we are invoking and relying on the limitless enlightened qualities of a buddha, a fully awakened being, which include an unbiased, boundless compassion and love, and the unlimited power to benefit and help all beings by responding to their needs, especially in the direst of circumstances. As soon as we invoke the presence of God, Christ, the Buddha, Padmasambhava, or another saint or Divine Being, their blessings and presence are spontaneously there. They will be present with the dying person in his or her hour of need, and they will know what to do!
Causes of and Solutions to Alzheimers/Dementia | Health Advocates Worldwide.
An alternative look at the causes of Alzheimer’s – provocative and sensible. It may change your views about this “disease.”
