Awareness Intelligence Programs

The Awareness Intelligence Program (AIP) is designed to develop qualities of positive intention, awareness, empathy, kindness, and compassion. AIP integrates traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research on happiness, mindfulness, compassion and health.

The process of cultivating Awareness Intelligence involves training our mind, developing specific skills in how we relate to ourselves and others, and intentionally choosing appropriate thoughts, words and actions.

AIP goes beyond feeling more empathy and concern for others. It includes the development of the strength to deal with challenges, the courage to take compassionate and meaningful action. These qualities support a wide range of goals, from improving social relationships to making a positive difference in the world. AI Program offers immediate access to once own powerful inner resources for insight, transformation, and healing as an occasion for one’s true genius.

The Awareness Intelligence programs aim to accommodate a large variety of needs and deliver our offers in a flexible way.

A typical AI training course will consist of a series of 90 minute sessions (usually 8x), taking place once a week. In addition, participants will be encouraged to engage in short self-directed activities to establish Awareness Intelligence training on a daily basis.

Taster/orientation sessions

To get a first impression what will be going on during a mindfulness course and opportunity to ask questions related to the course

Introductory talks/presentations

To find out what it is about and what we could offer

Day-long workshops

Workshops that go over one or more days and allow to get an in-depth experience of Awareness Intelligence training

8-week program

A full program, comprising of eight 90-minute sessions taking place once a week. A program structured in this way is best suited to provide participants with deeper understanding of Awareness Intelligence and to accommodate the approach into their everyday live.

One week program

An intensive program, comprising of eight 90-minute sessions taking place everyday for five to seven days. A program structured in this way is best suited to support participants in introducing a Awareness Intelligence - based approach into their daily activities

Tailor-made continuous support and follow-up sessions

Depending on the requirements specific arrangements for ongoing support and/or follow-up sessions can be arranged

E-support via the internet

It is also possible to provide continuous support via the internet by creating a virtual space for participants of these courses which allows them to interact, discuss an receive further support from a course facilitator

Curriculum of the AI program:

Understanding concept of Awareness Intelligence

science behind AI
- presentation of contemporary scientific research, studies and findings including basic and clinical neuroscience, modern psychology, social sciences, health and education
who/where we are – what we can do about it
- exploring mind and its functions drawing on scientific studies.
presentation of Awareness Intelligence concept
- what is Awareness Intelligence (explanation of AI concept, programs and areas that AI covers)

Mindfulness training

meditation
- introduction into the meditation practice (Mindfulness training)
- being fully aware of present moment, without bias or premature mental judgments
- focus on breath
awareness body work
- conscious and focused work with body and its motion through contemporarymind-body technique and relaxation techniques, which naturally bounds awareness with present moment

Gratefulness

potential of each moment
- familiarization with our present situation and its potential – (knowing where we are and what we can do about it for the benefit of others as well as ourself)
expressing thankfulness
- conveying positive thoughts and feelings in order to improve our relationships with others

Compassion

understanding interrelations and complexity
- applying compassionate activities
- includes the development of the strength to deal with challenges, the courage to take compassionate and meaningful action
- work with anxiety - the cause of doubts and anxiety, psychological feeling of fear has usually nothing to do with the true threat or danger - we fear what could happen, not what is really happening

Communication

mindful speech
- discussion and communication exercises - dialog
- recognizing differences between self-importance and self-esteem – storytelling
- journaling
listening
- learning to understand before being understood - deep listening
patience

- dealing with time

Relationships

idealism
- commitment
- engagement
- satisfaction - (performance comes from these)
friendship & loyalty
- taking responsibility for our relationships

- creating harmony and positive outcome
acceptance
- learning to accept differences as richness rather then limits

Meditation

meditation in everyday live
- how to corvine meditation practice into the everyday life
- work with visualization
- learning to rest mind's awareness in whatever is there
discipline
- patience and discipline as bounds to success
- regular training