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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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,…

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  • Plugged In: Digital Distraction and the Search for Clarity

    click here for full pdf of full-colour poster with Ross Laird (PhD, RCC) and Brian Dean Williams (MA, CCC) Saturday October 13th, 9am – 4pm Location:  UBC Asian Centre Auditorium The cultures of technology are now essential features of contemporary life. Social media, mobile devices, screens and applications of all kinds now fill our personal and family…

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  • Beyond Mindfulness: Buddhism and Post-structural Therapies

    Brian Dean Williams (MA, CCC) and Scott Lawrance (EdD, RCC) Preconference session at the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association’s Annual Conference Thursday May 24, 1:30 – 4:30pm Westin Hotel – Calgary, Alberta www.ccpa-accp.ca/conference2012 Mindfulness-based practices have a proven efficacy for depression, substance use treatment, stress reduction, pain management, and for therapist “self-care”. However, mindfulness is…

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  • Tweet’ked Out: Social Media and the Monkey Mind

    It’s been a month of technology interfacing for me. I designed and launched this website, got an Android smartphone, increased my presence on Twitter and Facebook, signed up for LinkedIn, and set up a new email account for my private practice. Needless to say, my new phone has been blowing up with new things to…

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  • What’s with the “Dean” ?

    If you’ve known me previously, you may be wondering why I’m including my middle name on my website and marketing materials. It’s basically a way to distinguish myself from the many other “Brian Williams” that are out there in the world! I’ve also often thought that my somewhat generic-sounding name doesn’t reflect the innovative, edgy,…

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