An evening with Poep Sa Frank Jude Boccio

and Psychoanalyst Jeffrey Rubin

Thursday evening, March 1st, 2012

There has been a flowering in the West of Eastern traditions that cultivate attention, compassion and insight.  And yet, for all the discipline people apply to these practices, many turn to psychotherapy to help with areas that meditation or yoga doesn’t seem to reach.  Correspondingly, psychoanalysis, since its inception has been concerned with states of consciousness and the oundations of the self, with a growing interest in very early states of mind, along with states of mind having to do with attending and  empathy.  Still, as many therapists have discovered, it is helpful to augment cognitive understanding and psychotherapy with Zen, Yoga or other Eastern practices having to with a different kind of attending.  There are important differences between East and West in regards to how we understand ourselves, and these differences are important to grapple with for both the Yoga/Zen practitioner and the psychotherapist.  Jeffrey Rubin, PhD and Poep Sa Frank Jude Boccio will each present their views and also engage in a dialog with each other and with the audience.  Please join us. 

 

 

 

PRESENTERS: 

Poep Sa Frank Jude Boccio is a certified yoga teacher and a teacher of Zen Buddhism, ordained by Korean Zen Master Samu Sunim. He is also an Interfaith minister and a long-time student of Thich Nhat Hanh.  His eclectic approach is influenced by his study of a variety of Yoga approaches and many years of dharma practice, evidenced by his emphasis on mindfulness and compassionate action.  His book, Mindfulness Yoga: The Awakened Union of Breath, Body, and Mind integrates the Mindfulness Meditation teachings with yogasana practice.  Based in Tucson, he travels worldwide leading workshops and retreats.  (www.mindfulness.net)

 

Jeffrey B. Rubin, PhD, is the author of Psychotherapy and Buddhism: Towards an Integration and The Art of  Flourishing.  In a soon to be completed book – The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Marriage of Psychoanalysis and Zen – Dr. Rubin deepens and broadens his exploration of how a judicious blending of the best of the Eastern meditative and Western psychotherapeutic traditions offers us unmatched tools for living with greater awareness and freedom, wisdom and compassion.  Dr. Rubin is a training and supervising analyst at the Westchester Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. He is also a Dharma Holder in the White Plum Sangha, a teacher of meditation, and the creator of meditative psychotherapy. (www.drjeffreyrubin.com )

 

 

WHEN:  Thursday Evening, March 1st, 2012 7pm—9pm  Registration, Refreshments 6:30pm

 

CONTACT: Pamela Hays phays@swparentandchild.org or 520-465-3488

TO REGISTER:  Send check payable to SPS, along with your phone number and email address to:

Pamela Hays,  1760 E River Rd Ste #130, Tucson 85718

 

COST:  $35, or $30 if you pre-register by February 15th.  (Add $10 to cost for CE credit)

 

CE CREDIT:  This program meets criteria for 2.0 hours of

Category 1 credit for Psychologists. 

 

 

LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS:    1200 N. Campbell at Our Saviour’s Lutheran.  The church is at the NE corner of Helen and Campbell.  Event will be held in the Koch Chapel, which to the left of the office (you will see the sign when you walk towards the building.)  Parking is in the UA lot directly across from the church entrance on Helen Street.