CIF: January, February, March 2010 Program Listing

PROGRAM LISTING
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January 2010 Program

Date
January 17 TOPIC AND SPEAKER INFORMATION
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration

About the Speaker:
James Lance Taylor, Ph.D., is Martin Luther King Jr. scholar and Professor of Politics and African American Ideology at the University of San Francisco. He has frequently appeared on local and national Television News channels during recent election.

January 24
Emotions and Spirituality, Part II: Forgiveness, Compassion, and Love

About the Speaker:
Kartikeya C. Patel, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor, Faculty Senate President, and former Dean in the Global Programs at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (itp.edu). He also serves on the Board of the Cultural Integration Fellowship and as an evaluator for the Senior Commission of the Schools and Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). In 2009, Dr. Angeles Arrien nominated Dr. Patel for the Fetzer Fellowship on Inter-Generational Mentoring Community: Fostering an Emergence and Transfer of Leadership in Higher Education. Kartik brings with him lived experience and background of living and being educated in three different continents. He has presented and published widely. Kartik's latest writing "Eastern Traditions, Consciousness, and Spirituality" will appear in the Oxford Handbook on the Psychology of Consciousness and Spirituality. Kartik is engaged in emotion research and writing for the last twenty one years.

January 31
Ground and Groundlessness in Psychotherapy with a Non-dual Orientation

About the Speaker:
John Prendergast, Ph.D., MFT, is an adjunct professor of psychology at CIIS and psychotherapist in private practice in San Rafael. He is the senior editor of and contributor to The Sacred Mirror: Nondual Wisdom & Psychotherapy (2003) and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom & Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 (2007).

January 2010 Program
Date January 17	TOPIC AND SPEAKER INFORMATION Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration About the Speaker: James Lance Taylor, Ph.D., is Martin Luther King Jr. scholar and Professor of Politics and African American Ideology at the University of San Francisco. He has frequently appeared on local and national Television News channels during recent election.
January 24	Emotions and Spirituality, Part II: Forgiveness, Compassion, and Love About the Speaker: Kartikeya C. Patel, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor, Faculty Senate President, and former Dean in the Global Programs at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (itp.edu). He also serves on the Board of the Cultural Integration Fellowship and as an evaluator for the Senior Commission of the Schools and Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). In 2009, Dr. Angeles Arrien nominated Dr. Patel for the Fetzer Fellowship on Inter-Generational Mentoring Community: Fostering an Emergence and Transfer of Leadership in Higher Education. Kartik brings with him lived experience and background of living and being educated in three different continents. He has presented and published widely. Kartik's latest writing "Eastern Traditions, Consciousness, and Spirituality" will appear in the Oxford Handbook on the Psychology of Consciousness and Spirituality. Kartik is engaged in emotion research and writing for the last twenty one years.
January 31	Ground and Groundlessness in Psychotherapy with a Non-dual Orientation About the Speaker: John Prendergast, Ph.D., MFT, is an adjunct professor of psychology at CIIS and psychotherapist in private practice in San Rafael. He is the senior editor of and contributor to The Sacred Mirror: Nondual Wisdom & Psychotherapy (2003) and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom & Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 (2007).

February 2010 Program
Date February 7	TOPIC AND SPEAKER INFORMATION A Recorded Talk of Dr. Haridas Chaudhuri About the Speaker: Dr. Haridas Chaudhuri the founder of CIF and CIIS (CIAS) and the author of numerous books including Integral Yoga, Evolution of Integral Consciousness, and Mastering the Problems of Living.
February 14	Chinese New Year Celebration: Qi Gong for the Chinese Metal Tiger About the Speaker: Larry Wong, is an awareness educator and Director of Wong's Taiji and Chi Gung for Health, a Taiji and Chi Gung mentor, and certified accupressurist. He has also taught at the Bay Area Kaiser Hospitals.
February 21	The Mother's Birthday Celebration: Integral Yoga, the Mother, and New Models of Manifestation About the Speaker: Vishnu Eschner has spent the majority of his adult life in yogic pursuits, culminating in the last 19 years as resident and co-director of Sri Aurobindo Sadhana Peetham, an integral yoga ashram in Lodi, California. He has published in Collaboration, the journal of the Integral Yoga in America, ran small businesses, and is currently a freelance writer. In his free time, Vishnu paints and composes music. He is past president and current board member of the Sri Aurobindo Association. Potluck luncheon at 12:15 to be followed by the Annual Members’ Meeting at 1:00 pm. Please bring a dish to share!
February 28	The Power of Poetry in Spirituality About the Speaker: Dave Richo, MFT, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, teacher, and formerly active priest who emphasizes Jungian, transpersonal, and spiritual perspectives in his work. work. Dave has written many books including The Power of Coincidence (2007), Catholic Means Universal: Integrating Spirituality and Religion (2000), The Sacred Heart of the World (2007), Mary Within Us (2007), Wisdom’s Way (2008), and Being True to Life (Shambhala Press, December 2009). Dave maintains a private practice in Santa Barbara and San Francisco

March 2010 Program
Date March 7	TOPIC AND SPEAKER INFORMATION Family as Embodiment of God: Health Beyond Psychoanalytic Negativity About the Speaker: Stuart Sovatsky, Ph.D., MFT is degreed from Princeton and CIIS where he was selected The Most Outstanding Graduate 1968-2008. He was chosen to co-direct Ram Dass "Prison Ashram" and was flown to Slovenia in 2003 to chant over the dying Chair of Unaligned Nations of the World. In 2008, he convened a 40-country spirituality conference in India where the Dalai Lama requested the Prime Minister of Tibet to keynote on his behalf. A therapist since 1973, he is kundalini guru for Russian Integral Yoga and author of many books and articles.
March 14	Chassidism: The World of Jewish Fundamentalism About the Speaker: Ken Blady, M.A., is an educator, writer, and Yiddish translator. He was born in Paris and grew up in Chassidic Brooklyn, where he attended yeshiva and rabbinical seminary. Ken is the author of The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame, Jewish Communities in Exotic Places, and other works. He recently appeared on the History Channel documentary, Operation Magic Carpet. Ken is currently a lecturer in Jewish History at the American Jewish University's Whizin Center.
March 21	Celebrating Naw Ruz and the Baha'i New Year About the Speaker: Nushin Mavadat, M.A., and friends. Nushin is a member of the Baha’i community in San Francisco and organizer of the World Religions Day in San Francisco. Nushin’s main interests are in intercultural and interfaith dialogue.
March 28	Poetry Fest! Bring your poem and friends to share your poem with!