My Money and Me – How Mindfulness transforms our relation to Money with Dr. Kai Romhardt

 

“TIME IS NOT MONEY, TIME IS LIFE.”

       – THICH NHAT HANH

MY MONEY AND ME

HOW MINDFULNESS TRANSFORMS OUR RELATION TO MONEY

WITH DR. KAI ROMHARDT FROM BERLIN

APRIL17TH & 18TH 2010

Oscailt Integrative Health Centre
 
8 PEMBROKE ROAD
DUBLIN 4
TEL: 01 6603872
WWW.OSCAILT.COM

MY MONEY AND ME

Everything has been said about “The Crisis” in the financial sector. And yet: Have we understood the central message? Have we liberated ourselves from destructive ideas – both on the individual and collective level? Do we truly understand the attitudes, ideas, and habit energies, in the financial dimension of our life? Have we tamed the dragon inside of us? What comes into our mind, when we see ourselves as a millionaire – or a Penniless? What is the mental impact of my financial action and hopes on my daily life and those of others? Money penetrates our mental models and shapes them in subtle ways. Money is a chameleon, a “Formwandler”, and a wonderful screen for our deepest desires and fears.

We work for money and shop with it. We invest it, save it, and lend it to others. We expect our money to grow over time, or not. We measure success by profitability rates, or not. The way we use our money is a good mirror to look into our lives. Do we strive for it or avoid contact? Do we see a euro as a neutral entity or a meaningful energy that nourishes future manifestations, or not.

Money seems to be a universal key to the realms of power, security, control, or fame – maybe also towards happiness. Part of us knows that this is not true.
 
CULTIVATING CLARITY

In this workshop we will explore and examine our financial actions and beliefs with a clear look. We will look into deeper layers of our relationship to money and other financial issues. We will challenge our perceptions and theories. The key to these insights is our personal mindfulness, that will be nourished throughout the workshop.

We will introduce and deepen various effective meditation methods that have been taught by the Plum Village Dhyana School of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh for over 40 years in the West.

Practical exercises will help us to explore the deeper dimensions of our financial life.

Mindfulness will help us to see our relationship to money in a clearer way and will help us to transform misperceptions or misguided thinking. Through mindful sharing in our group we will deepen our understanding and learn in very concrete ways from each other.

TRAINING IN MINDFULNESS

Mindfulness is the ability to see clearly and without prejudice what is happening in the present moment. Our motivation and the effect of our physical action, our words, and our thinking can be experienced directly. The interdependence of all realms of life can be seen. Developing mindfulness helps us to wake up and to step out of reactivity and un-free action. We cultivate space and start shaping the mental dimension of our life instead of “letting-it-happen”.

The workshop will be supported by several exercises to cultivate mindfulness including:

•  Sitting and walking meditation
•  Mindful Meals
•  Mindful Exchange (deep listening, loving speech)
•  Deep relaxation

We will walk during these days in a relaxed and mindful way, supporting each other.

Lectures, personal exercises, and group exchange will help us to explore the realm of money.

KAI ROMHARDT

Dr. Kai Romhardt has studied business adminstration in Hamburg, St. Gallen und Geneva. He has published six books and works as a meditation teacher, trainer for companies, university lecturer, coach, and consultant.

He has lived for two years in Plum Village, the international meditation and study centre of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in France. He is a member of the international Order of Interbeing (Tiep Hien). He will receive the transmission of the lamp as a dharmacharya (dharmateacher) by Thich Nhat Hanh in the winter of 2010.

Kai set up the Network for Mindful Business (Netzwerk Achtsame Wirtschaft) in Germany in 2004. This Network explores new ways to bring the wisdom of Buddhist teachings and mindfulness practice to the realm of business in many ways.

Kai lives in Berlin with his wife Bettina (dharma teacher in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh) and their son Jonathan. For more information (only in German), see: www.romhardt.com and www. achtsame-wirtschaft.de.

His new book: „Wir sind die Wirtschaft: Achtsam Leben – Sinnvoll Handeln“ (“We are the Economy – Living Mindfully – Acting Meaningfully”) was  published in September 2009 by J.Kamphausen Verlag.

PRACTICAL DETAILS

VENUE: OSCAILT MEWS, 8 BAGGOT LANE, BALLSBRIDGE, DUBLIN 4

DATE: SATURDAY 17TH & SUNDAY 18TH APRIL 2010

TIMES: 10AM TO 5.30PM (BOTH DAYS)

COST:   €190

BOOK: PHONE OSCAILT: 016603872 OR EMAIL INFO@OSCAILT.COM