SUZI AMADO ACADEMY
Workshops
Mindfulness
Do you pay regular visits to yourself?
Rumi
Mindfulness is being aware of one’s moment to moment experiences. This awareness is non-judgemental, compassionate and curious. Mindfulness can and is likely to have a positive impact on our lives. However, its essence is acceptance. When we accept “what is“ as it is “what is” transforms. When one accepts what is going on, one can start observing one’s inner experience as well as whatever is happening around. This observation creates a space between oneself and the experience. It is this space that enables a person to respond to life instead of reacting to life. In this workshop we will go over the theory of mindfulness, we will learn basic mindfulness meditation and we will learn how we can incorporate mindfulness in our daily lives. The invitation is to have a journey in one’s experience as if one is traveling in a beautiful exciting city…
For more information, or to discuss and design a program for a closed group, please fill out the contact form or get in touch by email or phone.
Seize the time!
Are you struggling with your to-do list? Do you keep procrastinating? Would you like to have a more peaceful relationship with time? In this workshop we’ll talk about how we can use our time and attention more efficiently.
Some of the workshop’s highlights are
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How can we make lists?
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How do we prioritize?
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Why do we procrastinate? How can we not procrastinate?
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Pomodoro Technique
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Mindfulness Meditation
For more information, or to discuss and design a program for a closed group, please fill out the contact form or get in touch by email or phone.
Emotional First Aid
When our knee bleeds, we know what to do. We've known this for years, because we learned it at an early age. But many times, when our hearts break, when we fail, when we're anxious, or when we face a difficult life experience, we actually don't know what to do. In this workshop we will explore how we can approach such life experiences. Emotional first aid (EFA) is a skill set that helps people to support themselves and people around them when they encounter a difficult life experience. The core components of EFA are self-care, mindfulness and empathy. It also includes techniques and strategies to handle failure, anxiety, rejection and shame. Our intention is to support our well-being. The invitation is to learn how to EFA tools for ourselves and for the people around us.
For more information, or to discuss and design a program for a closed group, please fill out the contact form or get in touch by email or phone.
Boost the Immune System of Your Soul
The path your life takes depends on:
How you manage your challenges
How you protect your vulnerabilities
How you increase your resources
Resilience can be seen as the immune system of the soul. It is one’s ability and/or potential to come out of adversity stronger and brighter. It is associated with post traumatic growth as well as finding creative and inspirational ways of dealing with life’s challenges. Everybody is inherently resilient. Everybody can recall, activate and strengthen their resilience. In this workshop, we will learn a set of tools to enhance our resilience. The practices we'll learn will include:
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Gratitude practice
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Self-compassion practices
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HEAL practice
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Inner sanctuary practice
For more information, or to discuss and design a program for a closed group, please fill out the contact form or get in touch by email or phone.
Mindfulness for Kids
Mindfulness for Kids
“Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.”
Jon Kabbat Zinn
Mindfulness is a gift for kids.
You can contact me and request
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Mindfulness classes for your child or for a group of children
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Personal counseling in how to incorporate mindfulness in your parenting or caregiving practice.
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Workshops for teachers
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Workshops in institutions
For more information, or to discuss and design a program for a closed group, please fill out the contact form or get in touch by email or phone.
Creativity
TURN YOUR INSPIRATION INTO CREATIVITY!
Focus: Writing Books
“Q: What is creativity?
A: The relationship between a human being and the mysteries of inspiration.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Is there something you’ve been wanting to create?
Perhaps you want to write a book, design something, create a game, or pursue an idea that has been waiting for your attention.
In this workshop, we will explore how to reconnect with our creativity—and, if our creativity was wounded somewhere along the way and has become hesitant to show itself, how we can gently help it find its way back.
Some of the topics we will explore:
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Inspiration…
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Where do ideas come from?
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Ways to move from thinking to doing
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Environments and practices that open up and support creativity
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Beginning…
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And then, continuing until it is finished :)
My own creative practice is writing, so many of the examples I share will come from my experience of writing nonfiction and children’s picture books.
I am not an editor or a writing instructor, so this workshop will not teach you “how to write a book.” Instead, it is designed to help you find the inspiration, motivation, and courage to create something—and turn what you create into something tangible. :)
For more information, or to discuss and design a program for a closed group, please fill out the contact form or get in touch by email or phone.