With Tempa Dukte Lama, Sr. Madalyn Chlebowski, Rev. Gary Gibson, and Ch. Daniel Leger

Friday, November 21, 7:00 – 8:30 PM, Saturday, November 22, 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM with lunch break.

Workshop co-sponsors:
The Chatham University Graduate Programs in Psychology, the Robert Morris University Department of Nursing, the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work, and the C.G. Jung Institute of Pittsburgh.

8 continuing education credits for nurses, social workers, psychologists and licensed professional counselors.

Venue: Chatham University Sanger Hall, Coolidge Building, first floor. We recommend parking in the Library parking lot that is accessed from Murray Hill Avenue. Campus Map

About the Workshop

For thousands of years, the Tibetan spiritual traditions have cultivated practices to offer spiritual support to the dying and to prepare for a peaceful and conscious death. Olmo Ling Tibetan Bon Center and Institute offers a series of workshops on contemplative practices to support the dying.

This second workshop in the Being with Dying series will focus on contemplative practices, called ‘Ngo To’ in Tibetan, to help the dying person develop openness and trust toward the process of dying and let go of fear and attachments. This material will be expanded in a Panel discussion with Sr. Madalyn Chlebowski, Rev. Gary Gibson, Ch. Daniel Leger and Tempa Lama.

Participants will explore the mental, emotional and physical shifts that take place during the dying process and learn how to utilize this understanding and different contemplative practices to guide the dying person as a compassionate and spiritual friend. Participants will explore ways to help the dying connect deeply with their own faith and draw strength and inner peace from their spiritual practice and spiritual teachers.

This Workshop is for all who are interested in the dying process, in conscious dying, or who would like to offer psychological and spiritual assistance to the dying, including family members. It is for those who are ill and anyone wanting to look deeply into the meaning of death and dying within the framework of a spiritual path. It is suited for medical profess-sionals, psychologists, counselors, and social workers working with dying and illness.

To attend this workshop it is NOT necessary to have attended the previous workshop in the series.

Workshop Faculty

Tempa Dukte Lama is an ordained Tibetan Bon lama. He is the founder and spiritual director of Olmo Ling Bon Center and Institute and author of four books. Tempa Lama trained in Menri Monastery, India, from the age of six under the close guidance of H.H. 33rd Menri Trizin, the world-wide spiritual leader of Bon. He has lived in the US since 2000 and teaches internationally, helping people bring a practice of healing and compassion into their lives.

Sr. Madalyn Chlebowski is a member of the order of The Sisters of the Holy Spirit. Sr. Madalyn has twenty years of experience working with the dying in pastoral care at Marian Manor Nursing Home.

Reverend Gary Gibson serves as chaplain for Presby-terian Senior Care Washington Campus, as pastor at North Buffalo Presbyterian Church, chaplain and college pastor for Washington and Jefferson College, former Oncology, and hospice chaplain for The Washington Hospital for twenty years.

Ch. Daniel Leger is a clinical chaplain who formerly served on the spiritual care staff at Family Hospice and Palliative Care. He volunteers services in spiritual care through the Jewish Agency on Aging, the Sivitz Jewish Hospice and the No One Dies Alone (NODA) program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Educational Objectives

By the conclusion of the Workshop, participants should be able to integrate the following skills into their professional practice:

• Articulate ways to support the dying according to Bon, Jewish, Catholic, and Presbyterian religious traditions.
• Utilize contemplative practices to help the dying person let go of fear and attachments, cultivate openness and trust, and draw strength from their own faith and spiritual practice.
• Introduce the dying person to the nature of the mind based on the threefold inner, outer and secret visions that the dying person experiences.
  
  

Continuing Education Credits

This program is offered for 8 continuing education credits for nurses, social workers, psychologists and licensed professional counselors.

Nurses: Continuing education credits are provided through co-sponsorship by the Robert Morris University Department of Nursing.

Psychologists and licensed professional counselors: Continuing educations credits are provided through co-sponsorship by the C.G. Institute of Pittsburgh. The C.G. Jung Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education (CE) credits for psychologists and licensed professional counselors.

Social Workers: Continuing education credits are offered through co-sponsorship of the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Social Work, a Council on Social Work Education-accredited school and, therefore, a PA pre-approved provider of social continuing education. These credit hours satisfy requirements for LSW/LCSW, LPC, and LMFT biennial license renewal.

Olmo Ling Being with Death and Dying Workshop Series

• Workshop 1: Being with Death and Dying (spring 2014). Introduction to the Bon teachings on dying and compassionate care for the dying and ourselves.
• Workshop 2: Contemplative Practices to Help the Dying.
• Workshop 3: Being with Dying: The Bardo (spring 2015). This workshop focuses on the process of dying and the psychological, mental, and physical shifts that take place during the dying process.
• Workshop 4: Being with Dying: Phowa Practice (fall 2015). This workshop will focus on Phowa, a contemplative practice to help the dying at the moment of death and during the time after death.

To attend this workshop it is NOT necessary to have attended the previous workshop in the series.

Registration and Costs

Program cost:
Olmo Ling members: $115 without CE credits, $135 with CE credits.
Non-members: $130 without CE credits, $150 with CE credits.

Register online at the bottom of this page or contact the Olmo Ling office with any questions or to register on the phone: 412-904-1112 or bon@olmoling.org. During the registration process, please select the appropriate type of CE credits in the dropdown box next to “Select fee”.

Chatham graduate students in counseling and psychology attend free of charge. Chatham Faculty attend free of charge unless requesting CE credits, in which case the full fee is applicable. Online registration will not work for Chatham faculty and students who are attending free of charge. To register please send an email to the Olmo Ling office including your name, email address, phone number, Chatham Department and whether you are a student or faculty member.

Online registration will remain open until Friday November 21 afternoon. Registrations at the door on Friday evening will also be accepted.

Cancellations and refunds

For cancellations prior to 24 hours before the workshop begins, a $20 processing fee will be charged. No refunds for cancellations within 24 hours before the workshop.