An Online Course with Dr. Shelly Harrell
Join Psychologist and Mindfulness teacher Dr. Shelly Harrell, who will help us connect to ourselves and the world around us.
This half-day workshop is rooted in the African philosophy and ethos of ubuntu, our interconnected humanity. We will ground in the value of African wisdom for contemplative practice more broadly, and then specifically as a foundation for a deep dive into Dr. Shelly Harrell’s 7 Domains of Interconnectedness.
These include:
- Temporal/Time-oriented (past/ancestors-present/living-future/descendants)
- Experiential (body-mind-heart-soul)
- Relational (“soul-to-soul”)
- Communal (community identity, belonging, and interdependence)
- Panhuman-Global (our shared humanness)
- Cosmo-Ecological (human-nature-cosmos)
- Interdimensional (material-spiritual)
Each domain is a pathway into experiencing the ultimate synergistic interconnectedness among all domains that is central to multiple Indigenous belief systems.
The workshop will include didactic, interactive, and experiential processes to facilitate multilevel connection to interconnectedness. Attention will be given to implications for psychotherapy and mental health practice.
Join us for this virtual retreat. No prior meditation experience is necessary to attend.
RETREAT SCHEDULE
This virtual retreat will be conducted through Zoom on Saturday October 18 from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET/10:00 AM – 2:00 PM PT
The virtual retreat link will be emailed to participants within twenty-four hours of your registration. Please email us at events@garrisoninstitute.org with questions.
TEACHER
Born and raised in Detroit, Dr. Shelly Harrell, is an award-winning, Harvard-educated, and UCLA-trained psychologist, as well as a certified meditation teacher. As an experienced psychotherapist, group facilitator, mentor, and professor she has been helping, healing, teaching, and training for over 30 years. She is a researcher and published author in the areas of culture and psychological interventions (psychotherapy, mindfulness-based, community healing, etc.), sociocultural and sociopolitical aspects of stress and trauma (racism-related, historical, etc.), and psychological well-being among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). Her work is informed by cultural, African-centered, community, humanistic, decolonial, and liberation psychologies, contemplative practice and pedagogy, and stress science.. Please click here to learn more about her work.
SCHOLARSHIPS
A limited number of scholarships are available for this retreat. Please Click here to apply Please do not sign up for the event if you have submitted an application, but rather wait to hear from us. For questions, please contact us at: scholarships@garrisoninstitute.org