The Art of Resilience with Lina Mbirkou | Monday Sep 11 2017 | 5.30pm

None of us is immune to changes and challenges in life, however, as mindfulness leader, Jon Kabat-Zinn says: “You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”

But how to develop the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties? How to strengthen our ability to deal with challenges? Is it really possible to build resilience?

This is what we’re going to explore together in this 90 minute session. You are warmly invited you to:

• Discover a new way of learning that is practical and embodied.
• Find out how to manage when things go badly
• Learn about 5 easy things you can do when crisis hits
• Develop new attitudes and approaches to difficult times
• Walk away with an emotional toolkit you can draw from and use immediately for your wellbeing.

This will be an experiential session so if possible wear comfortable clothes and shoes.

About Lina Mbirkou

Lina Mbirkou is an accomplished facilitator, trainer and presenter. She holds a Master of Commerce, an MBA and a Certificate IV in training and assessment and is highly experienced in design thinking and emergent methods for collective systemic transformation such as Theory U.

She is well known as a creator of her own processes and resources for the industry. For example Lina has developed the MACRO Leaders model to guide her work in transforming leaders and organisations. The acronym MACRO stands for: Mindfulness, Authenticity, Courage, Resilience, and Openness.
In her Mindful Cooking programs, Lina has designed creative processes to integrate learnings, change individual and collective behaviours and formalise practice using sustainably produced food.

As a certified yoga and meditation teacher, Lina knows how to hold space for people to reflect, listen deeply and inquire openly in way that encourages empathy and builds connection.

Lina is also a powerful speaker about topics relating to mindful leadership, emotional and spiritual intelligence, self-awareness and resilience.

Lina will be offering a highly experiential one-day workshop in Sydney on the 07th of October. This is an opportunity to deepen your understanding of resilience and find better ways to cope with difficult times.

For more information, please contact Lina on 04 66 322 399, by e-mail at lina@macroleaders.com.au or visit MacroLeaders.com.au

You can find out more about Lina here and buy tickets to the workshop here.

Venue: [We will be at UTS]

University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street. Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.

Time:

From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up | Donation $5

Enquiries | Eoin Higgins  eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com ; 0407 411 684

Call for Guest Facilitators:

If you have an idea or know someone who has an idea for a session at a Facilitators Network meeting in please contact Eoin Higgins 0407 411 684 eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com

‘How to be more creative and more centered with Mindful Cooking™’ with Lina Mbirkou | Monday May 9, 2016 | 5.30pm

As a facilitator, you are probably dealing with people and organisations experiencing major and rapid change, over-scheduling and increased pressure to perform in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment. This leads to stress, poor decision making, lack of clarity, anxiety, and other negative impacts. While the practice of Mindfulness has been around for centuries, it has surged in popularity in recent years with highly regarded institutions such as Harvard, Monash and Melbourne Universities developing clinical studies showing that people who spend more time being mindful tend to experience clearer, more focused thinking, improved memory and attention, and heightened performance and achievement. Mindful Cooking™ is one the most effective ways to teach us to pay attention by using food as the object of meditation. It’s not about clearing the mind, but rather learning to gently bring our attention to the task at hand or the food in front of us. By having a mind-body experience, participants have better chance to integrate and embody the teachings they can use in their daily lives, and use every meal as an opportunity to practice and remind themselves to be in the here and now as opposed to being distracted, stressed or overwhelmed. Mindful Cooking™ helps train the mind and develop a sense of patience and appreciation. It’s also an opportunity to get back in touch not only with the food you eat but with every action you take in life. Although we won’t be cooking at this workshop, the interaction with the food provided is designed to introduce you to a mindfulness toolkit that you can use in helping groups become more aware of the beliefs and preconceptions that color and distort their perception of reality, by opening them up to the possibility of seeing things and other people clearly, as they are, without the lens of stories and expectations. You will walk away feeling calmer and more relaxed, with ideas about creating quiet and still environments in which people can observe and reflect on their own thoughts and behaviours,and tips about how you personally can become more self-aware, less reactive, and develop a greater ability to focus and enjoy life in general. About  Lina Mbirkou  Lina Mbirkou is a corporate wellbeing consultant, an intuitive chef and a certified yoga and meditation teacher, who is blending her extensive Moroccan culinary experience with proven stress reduction techniques to provide a taste of what mindfulness is and make it a delicious part of daily life. Lina Mbirkou has an MBA and a Master of Commerce and has pursued a corporate and academic career in Marketing and Communication before launching “Mindful Cooking” in 2015 to share her love for creativity, mind-body connection and good food… She will be offering a highly experiential one-day workshop in Sydney on the 26th June. This is an opportunity to deepen and extend your skills in facilitating mindfulness while learning to cook and enjoy an amazing Moroccan feast! For more information, please contact Lina on 04 66 322 399, by e-mail on lina@mindfulcooking.com.au or visit mindfulcooking.com.au You can find out more about Lina here and visit her website here Venue: University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street. Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580. Time: From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up | Donation $5 Blog www.facilitatorsnetwork.blogspot.com Enquiries | Eoin Higgins  eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com : 0407 411 684