As of March 20, 2020

LACPA has cancelled all in-person events.

Our group leaders are rescheduling their meetings to be virtual.

 As of 3/24/20 this event has not been rescheduled.

 March and April SIG/Club/Networking meetings are open to ALL - you do not have to be a member of LACPA to attend.  

Topic: Embodied Spirituality: Mindfulness and Somatic Practices

Description: Embodied spirituality is a gateway to both self and others and can be accessed through mindfulness and somatic practices. In this short session, Dr. Shiffman will integrate experiential exercises within an explicit somatic framework. Participants will understand how and when to approach working with the body in order to increase groundedness and connection in themselves and their clients.
 
Speaker Bio: 
Michael Shiffman, Ph.D., is a relational body therapist with offices in Encino and West Los Angeles.  He received his Ph.D. from the UCLA department of sociology where he wrote his doctoral dissertation on family trauma and posttraumatic stress among adult children of alcoholics.
 
Dr. Shiffman’s clinical work is mindfulness-based, somatically grounded and asset oriented.  He is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SE) and has three years of training and certification in the use of touch for somatic regulation.  Dr. Shiffman is also certified in the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM).  He is EMDR trained and a level 2 trained PACT couple therapist.  He has a substantial background working with anxiety, panic, traumatic stress, substance abuse and recovery, relapse prevention, and somatic oriented therapeutic practices. Dr. Shiffman teaches meditation, neuroaffective regulation, and somatic therapy.  He sees individuals and couples and runs a process group for therapists.  
 
Dr. Shiffman began meditating in 1994 under the guidance of Shinzen Young.  He formed LA Dharma in 2000, hosted a meditation group, and coordinated 20 daylong retreats and two large conferences with teachers from the Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Insight Meditation Center. In 2002 he began teaching mindfulness meditation and has taught beginning, intermediate and advanced meditation practices.  He continues dhamma study with Rev. Hye Wol Sunim.

Parking: There is ample street parking and also plenty of free parking at the Sepulveda Basin Sports Complex, 6201 Balboa Blvd. Please note: Parking is not allowed at the LACPA building lot during business hours.

We hope you can make it!