Shadow and Meditation
Dr Theo Cope returns to BMC this season with Shadow and Meditation series, Psychology of Mindfulness and Thoughts Inside Psyche sessions. We are eager to learn from him and delighted to repeat the wonderful trilogy Shadow and Meditation as the season kick off.
II: The Inner Child,
Date: April 11th, 7pm – 10pm
Price per session: 280CNY | Members 220CNY
Facilitator: Dr. Theo Cope
Inevitably, in periods of meditation, one confronts aspects of oneself related to memories of the past. Childhood leaves indelible imprints in our mind, structuring it, contributes to the physical sculpting of it through neurological development, and contributes to our unique experience of reality. Contemporary approaches in psychology, as well as spiritual practices, utilize a notion of an ‘inner child’: a psycho-spiritual image of the individual as a child, with the memories, joys, pains and sadness that one experienced. Though the past is temporally absent from the present, the traces and emotions from this past reverberate in the present and often deeply influences one’s future. Mindful practices can help develop an awareness of the past and one’s inner child, allow mental-emotional space for healing and nurturing of this aspect of the embodied self, and in imagination provide a connection with this past that is echoing in the present.
In this session, we will contemplate this inner child, create a space to open contact, and exchange experiences in order to glimpse how this dimension of our reality impact our shadow and self. As before, a meditation before and after will occur.
III: The 'shadow',
Dates: Mar 17th, 7pm – 10pm
Price per session: 280CNY | Members 220CNY
Facilitator: Dr. Theo Cope
There is much we are unaware of about ourselves and our self, and this appears to be a feature of human existence. There are experiences described as ‘enlightenment’ and while this is believed to be true by many, no one really knows that ‘ultimate enlightenment’ really is. We see evidence of darkness in enlightened beings, and sometimes these people wreak great pain on others. We see, in deeper dimensions of meditation, aspects of one’s self that are so very uncomfortable and hard to accept.
This final session will ruminate on this shadow from various ways, attempting to entice it to approach the light and consider ways this shadow is revealed to us. Be ready to share and honor what we all have in common: the shadow nature of our self.
Presenter: Dr. Theo Cope
Theo A. Cope holds his MA and Ph.D. in Psychology and a B.A. in Gerontology. He is a certified Family Consultant and a Positive Psychotherapist (PPT), with certification granted by the World Association of Positive Psychotherapy in Wiesbaden, Germany. PPT is a trans-cultural therapeutic method, which began in 1968 by Dr. Nossrat Peseschkian.
In Oct. 2014, Theo began working for International SOS medical group (now Raffles Medical) in Beijing as a Psychologist and Psychotherapist, after collaborating with ISOS in Dalian for many years. He has lived and taught in different regions of China for the past 18 years and written on various themes of psychology and philosophy. He is the author of two books in the field of psychology. He practices mindfulness meditation regularly, uses mindfulness skills professionally and has integrated mindfulness into the topics he lectures on. Theo has given lectures and workshops for international companies in China as well as at international conferences.
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