This is a virtual LIVE and IN-PERSON WORKSHOP

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Instructor: Emma JM. Ates, RP, RCAT, DTATI, CCP
Location: Virtual Live Event on Zoom
Cost: $108 CAD + GST/HST included
​​**All prices are CAD$.

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About the Workshop

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The Contemplative Photography workshop is a four-week daily asynchronous, online and in-person, 60-minutes embodied mind training using visual forms and the photographic medium.

 

For four weeks, every week for one hour you will receive teaching and contemplative exercises and Q&A. We will start each teaching session with formal calm-abiding meditation using the breath for 10 minutes, teaching contemplative photography and visual forms; examples will be presented and discussed.

​Then, you will be invited to practice daily on the visual forms we are exploring and contemplating for the week. Participants are invited to share some of their images with the group, and we will talk about their experiences at the end of the week for one hour.

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AGENDA

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Week 1 - Introduction to Contemplative Photography and Visual Form #1

One-hour (60 minutes) online teaching on contemplative photography and visual form #1.

Daily contemplative photography practice on the visual form explored.

One-hour (60 minutes) online review of images and feedback on participants' practice.

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Week 2 - Visual form #2

One-hour (60 minutes) online teaching on contemplative photography and selected visual form.

Daily contemplative photography practice on the visual form explored.

One-hour (60 minutes) online review of images and feedback on participants' practice.

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Week 3 - Visual form #3

One-hour (60 minutes) online teaching on contemplative photography and selected visual form.

Daily contemplative photography practice on the visual form explored.

One-hour (60 minutes) online review of images and feedback on participants' practice.

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Week 4 - Visual form #4

One-hour (60 minutes) online teaching on contemplative photography and selected visual form.

Daily contemplative photography practice on the visual form explored.

One-hour (60 minutes) online review of participants' practice, images and feedback.

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**THIS WORKSHOP IS NOT art therapy, and it is not meant as a technical photography workshop.

This is not a substitute for training in Buddhist Psychology and Philosophy, Photography, or any mental health professions and creative art therapies.

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Recommendations:

 

• There is a one-day in-person retreat for this workshop.

• No artistic or photographic experience is needed.

• No artistic or photographic material will be provided for this workshop.

• You need your camera or cellphone for this workshop (airplane mode and WIFI removed during the CCP).

• Regular mindfulness practice is preferred for this workshop but not mandatory.

 

Objectives:

 

• Introduce contemplative photography practice (Miksang) to develop attention and mindfulness.

• Explore and contemplate visual forms and perception of reality.

• Cultivate a regular contemplative photography practice.

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