Kristy Arbon's HeartWorks

Self-Compassion, Mindfulness, Emergent Self-Wisdom with Kristy Arbon

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Professional and Personal Development

Image by Abby Gillardi
Image by Abby Gillardi
Image by Abby Gillardi
Image by Abby Gillardi
Image by Abby Gillardi
Image by Abby Gillardi

Are you wanting to bring training to your workplace or local community? Develop your own professional skills in contemplative teaching?

I work with individuals and organizations to create and teach workshops, courses and retreats in:

  • self-compassion;
  • mindfulness, and
  • meditation facilitation.

Topics

Somatic Self-Compassion topics:
  • Polyvagal Theory (understanding our threat response and how to tend to it);
  • Sensory Modulation (tending to our stress through the senses);
  • Interoception (safely connecting with our body signals);
  • Neurochemicals of happiness and stress.
The intersection of Buddhism and self-compassion:
  • Mindfulness;
  • Lovingkindness;
  • Equanimity;
  • Self-compassion.
Personal development:
  • Exploring forgiveness
  • Exploring self-forgiveness
  • Pain management
  • Setting healthy boundaries
  • Shame resilience
  • Calming perfectionism
  • Soothing anxiety
  • Easing the inner critic
Contemplative teaching:
  • Self-inquiry
  • Inquiry
  • Council circle
  • Intuition/felt sense
  • Socratic dialogue
  • Trauma-informed teaching
  • Teaching online
Practice paths:
  • Creating and sustaining a contemplative practice – motivation, setting up, support, technique, attitude, barriers, heartwork;
  • Stillness practices – mindfulness, centering, silence, quieting the mind, attention restoration;
  • Generative practices – body scan, visualization, beholding, lovingkindness, forgiveness, gratitude, study, savoring;
  • Creative practices – contemplative arts, improvisation, music, singing, journaling;
  • Activist practices – pilgrimage, work, vigils, bearing witness;
  • Relational practices – tending, closing, deep listening, dialogue, story telling, council circle;
  • Movement practices – walking meditation, labyrinth, yoga, dance;
  • Ritual – establishing sacred space, self-inquiry, retreat, ceremony.
Archetypes:
  • Drawing on the Maleficent Within: Healing from injustice through inviting our strong woman parts;
  • Making Change in Our Community Begins with Compassion for Ourselves: Kuan Yin;
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe: A mother goddess of hope and inclusion;
  • The 21 aspects of Tara: The spectrum of self-compassion practices.

Experience

I have:

  • 10 years experience in running and teaching retreats and skills training workshops,
  • 5 years experience in teaching Mindful Self-Compassion,
  • 5 years experience in developing and teaching online contemplative programs,
  • 4 years experiencing mentoring Mindful Self-Compassion teachers.

If you are interested in working with me online or in-person, please email me at kristy@heartworks.training to start a conversation. I look forward to hearing from you!

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Curriculum Design Projects

2019
  • Assist in setting up an online platform for the CBT Training's Self-Practice/Self-Reflection program
  • Create curriculum for women's Somatic Self-Compassion Retreat in Indiana
  • Adapt The Interoception Curriculum (Kelly Mahler MS, OTR/L) for adults in the online environment to create Body Awareness for Self-Compassion
2018
  • Design and deliver Somatic Self-Compassion online 13-week programs and short workshops
  • Design and deliver programs in Mindful Self-Compassion and shame resilience for the Depression and Anxiety Specialty Clinic of Chicago
  • Lead self-compassion training for people with MS for MS Brights Spots of Hope in St Louis
  • Co-develop and teach the Self-Compassion for Mums and Teen Girls workshops in St Louis with Kelly Caul
  • Design and teach the Mindfulness Workshop Series for Self-Compassion at Joy of Yoga in St Louis
2017
  • Develop facilitator training for the Sydney Local Health District Meditation-based Wellness and Compassion Facilitator Development Program
  • Co-design the Nurturing Your Spiritual Center women's 4-day workshop retreat in collaboration with Karen Grayson
  • Build HeartWorks Nourishing Practice, a self-paced online course to support a personal spiritual, mindfulness and self-compassion practice
  • Create and teach 3-hour workshops on women's archetypes in relation to anger, shame and caregiving fatigue at the Where Womyn Gather festival
2016
  • Create and teach the Mindfulness and Self-Compassion 5-day silent retreat lead at Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, in collaboration with David Spound
  • Create and teach the Online Contemplative Programs Teacher Development program for the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
2015
  • Design and teach Live Online MSC in collaboration with the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
  • Design and teach a monthly mindfulness and self-compassion practice group with St Louis area Internal Family Systems therapists
2014
  • Assist in designing the Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher Guide with senior teachers of the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
  • Design a weekly ongoing practice group curriculum for Mindful Self-Compassion graduates, in collaboration with the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
  • Design and facilitate online book study curriculums
2013
  • Assist in setting up the Inner Kids Professional Development Program online Learning Management System with Susan Kaiser-Greenland
  • Assist in setting up the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy's online Certificate Program
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