Two-day workshop—March 2 and March 9, 9am-Noon

Mindfulness, meditation, yoga are excellent spiritual practices proven to improve physical and mental health but there is something more in the Catholic arsenal. In this workshop, we will learn of a variety of Catholic-based approaches for better health and wellness that are receiving more attention and empirical support. The core tenets from Jesuit spirituality we will discuss include seeing God (or the sacred) in all things, attending to the whole person, decision-making using discernment, and ending the Examen. It is a two day event: March 2 will introduce these tools and the evidence for them while March 9 will focus on the sustainable implementation of the tools in everyday life

Workshop Presenter: Thomas G. Plante, Ph.D., ABPP is the Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J. University Professor, Professor of Psychology and Religious Studies (by courtesy), and directs the Applied Spirituality Institute at Santa Clara University. He is an Emeritus Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford University. He has published 29 books including recently, Living Better with Spirituality Based Strategies that Work. He has been a member of the Catholic Community at Stanford since 1988.