First Steps: A Daylong Meditation Retreat for Beginners
Saturday May 18, 2013 from 9am to 4pm * registration is now full, email connect [at] briandeanwilliams.com to be added to the waitlist * Mountain Rain Zendo, Vancouver BC facilitated by Brian Dean Williams Have you ever said: “My mind is too busy, I can’t meditate” ? or, “I’ve considered meditation but found the teachings […]
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Narrative therapy, homelessness, mental health, and substance use with Barbara Baumgartner (MSW, RCSW) Brian Dean Williams (MA, CCC) and “Insiders” Saturday January 12th, 2013 9am – 4pm Isaac Newton once said: “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” Brian and Barbara have been working with the […]
Radio interview about Anger in the workplace
Part of a series this week on CKNW with me and my colleagues from Moose Anger Management: http://soundcloud.com/cknwnewstalk980/anger-series-anger-in-the-2
Forgiveness: Cultivating Ground for the Sure Heart’s Release
A daylong meditation retreat with Kyira Korrigan and Brian Dean Williams Saturday November 17, 9:30am – 4pm Mountain Rain Zendo – 2016 Wall Street, Vancouver Forgiveness can be an important step in dismantling reactive patterns that do harm to ourselves and others. In forgiving the actor behind unskillful acts, we are able to let go […]
Resting Attention with the Breath – a guided meditation mp3
Recorded Sept 9 / 2012 in an individual therapy appointment with one of my clients at my office in downtown Vancouver. Thanks to this person for their generosity in allowing me to share it here so that you might benefit. Click on the link below to stream it, or right-click to save for your computer […]
Baby Buddha: My 14 month-old Dharma Teacher
My youngest son “Sidney” is 14 months old now, with equal qualities of busyness and cuteness. Certainly keeps me and my partner on our toes. And it has implications for my Buddhist practice as well, one of which is that a 14 month-old has proven to be a powerful dharma teacher. I think of him […]
The Noble Eightfold Path – Meditation and Discussion at the CMHA in North Vancouver
I’m leading this session as part of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Health and Wellness series in North Vancouver, it’s a public event and you’re welcome to join me: The Noble Eightfold Path – Meditation and Discussion Have you noticed that certain aspects of experience are unsatisfying? That suffering exists in your life? Could it […]
Protected: Body scan guided meditation
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The Seven Factors of Awakening: Waking Up to Suffering and the Overcoming of It
A meditation and discussion group on Monday evenings for service providers in Vancouver September 10 to November 26 at the Lookout Training Room with Brian Dean Williams (MA, CCC) / connect@briandeanwilliams.com / 778 320 8586 and Rachel Lewis (PhD) / rachel.lewis@gmail.com CONTENT The Meditation for Service Providers group has been meeting together since January 2010, […]
Brian Dean Williams & Associates 