June 18: An Evening with Daniel J. Siegel - SOLD OUT

Presented by the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education and the UBC Institute for Mental Health

The Mindful Brain: Shaping Our Neural Circuits to Cultivate Well-Being

In his lecture Daniel Siegel will synthesize the various
contemplative traditions with the latest findings from mind-body medicine and neuroscience. This will culminate in a compelling argument for the importance of mindfulness to everyday life, happiness and health.

• Date: Wednesday June 18, 2008
• Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (doors open at 6:30)
• Venue: The Ridge Theatre (www.festivalcinemas.ca)
• Tickets: SOLD OUT

This event is now sold out. Please note that Daniel Siegel will also be in Seattle June 20 and 21 for a two-day seminar.

"Siegel, a psychiatrist at UCLA, founded the field of 'interpersonal neurobiology,' which explains the brain basis for our habits of bonding with others. His research shows how we can overcome emotional disadvantages that might have arisen from difficult childhoods. And just as our relationships with our parents shape our neural circuitry, so too can our adult relationships help rewire us for connection and security." - Dan Goleman on Dr. Dan Siegel

Daniel J. Siegel, MD received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. An award-winning educator, Dr. Siegel is currently an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine where he is on the faculty of the Center for Culture, Brain, and Development (cbd.ucla.edu) and is Co-Director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center (marc.ucla.edu). Daniel Siegel is the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute (www.mindsightinstitute.com), an educational organization that focuses on values and development of insight and compassion and empathy within ourselves and our community.

Dr. Siegel is the author of the internationally acclaimed text, The Developing Mind: Toward a Neurobiology of Interpersonal Experience (1999), Parenting from the Inside out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive (2003, with Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.). His latest book is The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being (2007).

Co-sponsored by Banyen Books and the Georgia Straight