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Upcoming events

    • 26/11/2024
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • Zoom
    • 73
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    Abstract

    This Conversational will explore the profound connection between inner awareness and transformative leadership, highlighting the role of contemplation in shaping authentic and effective leaders.

    By delving into contemplative practices and spiritual traditions, we will examine how stillness, presence, and spiritual alignment enable leaders to operate from a place of inner clarity and purpose. Through these practices, leaders can develop a more profound connection with themselves, allowing them to lead with greater compassion, integrity, and insight.

    Participants will have the opportunity to engage with key concepts that promote personal growth and leadership development, fostering a deeper understanding of how to lead with mindfulness and intention.

    Through a blend of reflective discussions and practical exercises, this session will offer valuable tools for enhancing self-awareness, nurturing emotional intelligence, and cultivating a more grounded, impactful leadership style. Whether you’re in a leadership role or simply curious about contemplative practices, this conversation will provide meaningful insights into becoming a more connected and purposeful leader. 

    About the speaker Elmor Van Staten

    With nearly three decades of experience in Information Technology, Elmor has established himself as a seasoned professional, recognised for his leadership and expertise in Service Delivery. Elmor’s career has been marked by spearheading innovative hardware and software projects that consistently enhanced operational efficiency and drove organisational success. While rooted in IT, Elmor’s journey has evolved through a deep intersection with spirituality, culminating in a profound desire to bridge the gap between leadership and spiritual growth.

    In 2022, Elmor completed his PhD in Theology, with a focus on spirituality, which marked a pivotal moment in his career. He has since contributed to the academic discourse through various publications and presentations, including an article on Thomas Merton’s contemplative thought and a chapter in the Routledge International Handbook of Research Methods. Elmor’s dedication to integrating spirituality and leadership extends to his role as a co-facilitator in the Soul of Leadership programme and active membership in spiritual organisations like INSS and SPIRASA, where he serves as treasurer. 

    • 02/12/2024
    • 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
    • Zoom
    • 79
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    INSS Spirituality, Mental Health and Wellbeing SIG

    Online meeting

    Spiritual Self Care

    Presentation by Dr Andrew Tresidder

    Monday 2nd December 2024: 12.00 - 1.15pm


                                     


    Dr Andrew Tresidder, Clinical Lead and GP Educator has worked in a variety of healthcare contexts including Evidence Based Medicine, Mental Health, General Practice, Prisons and the Police. He will discuss what is meant by ‘spiritual self care’ and how we can apply this to our everyday lives to support being 'in contact with the wonder and energy of life’ 

    Welcoming all INSS members to this SIG focussing upon spirituality, mental health and wellbeing across diverse contexts, including in relation to study, research and practice.

    The group emphasises co-creating a safe yet focussed space to reflect, explore and share skills and inspiration together.



    The SIG Chairs: Dr Katja Milner, Dr Jill Buckeldee


    • 04/12/2024
    • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    • Zoom
    • 96
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    Abstract

     The Middle East at large, and Israel most specifically, are often characterized as embodying an ecology of conflict and of war. When this on-going unstable reality peaks into actual acts of war, as has happened since October 7th 2023, people and communities that exist within this ecology face horrific and traumatic outcomes. Soundscapes of war, as unfolding in the Israeli context, include almost constant bombardment of loud, unexpected, disruptive and terrifying rocket launches, landings, and mid-air explosions. Sporadically, various areas experience additional bombardment of single and bundles of gun shots, shouting, violence and destruction.

                In the Israeli aftermath of October 7th, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens of all religions have found themselves displaced as they were forced to leave homes that were destroyed and/or became too dangerous to live in. As a music educator, I took part in volunteer work in make-shift schools that were set up to host the children of such displaced communities. In this presentation I will share the education principles that I employed in my attempt to help these children regain agency over sounds, noise, and rhythms. 

                My main claim in this presentation is that amongst many difficult losses experienced in a war ecology, the loss of agency and control over sound can be a major trauma factor. Therefore, my choice in engaging displaced children in drumming and percussion activities was designed to allow these children first and foremost to be the ones making the "noise". Further activities strived to offer positive experiences of organized and synchronized sound that may in fact turn "noise" into music. Finally, within the process of experiencing synchronized rhythm, the moments of communal silence became framed as an act of control – perhaps the very opposite of living in a soundscape of war.

    About the speaker

    Amira Ehrlich is Dean of the Faculty of Music Education at Levinsky- Wingate Academic College, Tel Aviv, and a former faculty member of Mandel Leadership Institute’s Program for Ultraorthodox women in Jerusalem.

    Amira is a music educator with more than 20 years experience in the field of music, as a teacher, producer, and researcher. Her published writings explore sociological and cultural aspects of music education. Between 2015 and 2020 Amira has been a member of the international research team of Global Visions Through Mobilizing Networks: Co-Developing Intercultural Music Teacher Education in Finland, Israel, and Nepal research project funded by the Academy of Finland. Since2020 , Amira has been the chair of the International Society of Music Education’s special interest group for spirituality in music education and a steering group member for MSW Music Spirituality and Wellbeing. 

    The video recording of the event will be available on our YouTube channel Spirituality and the Arts Special Interest Group 

    Join our  Facebook Group called Spirituality and the Arts using this link. 

    For more details, see https://spiritualitystudiesnetwork.org/Spirituality-and-the-Arts-SIG

    The SIG Chairs: the Rev. Prof. June Boyce-Tillman, Dr Lila Moore, Annalisa Burello. 


Past events

20/11/2024 SEDSIG- Engagement and discovery
05/11/2024 The Conversational: Dr Paul Dieppe presents Spirituality and Healing in Modern Medicine
29/10/2024 SASIG: Open Discussion
16/10/2024 SEDSIG: Engagement and discovery
07/10/2024 SMHWSIG: Creative Repair – A Spiritual Discipline? Presentation by Revd Dr Anne Holmes
20/09/2024 SASIG: Prof. Fay Brauer presents Composing “Symmorphies”: Annie Besant’s Theosophies, František Kupka’s Chromatic Music, and Their Astral Visions.
20/06/2024 SASIG: Prof. June Boyce-Tillman presents Hildegard of Bingen
20/05/2024 SASIG: Can therapeutic songwriting be a form of subtle activism? Singer-song writer Siân Brown
16/04/2024 SASIG: Dr Lila Moore presents Gaia Mysterious Rhythms, Screen-Dance as a Novel Art Form and Rite of Passage
20/03/2024 SASIG: Open discussion
01/03/2024 SASIG: A special talk with Prof. Rina Arya - Locating Religion in Contemporary Art
28/11/2023 The Conversational with Noel Keating exploring Children's Spirituality, meditation and personal experiences
22/11/2023 SASIG: Provocation 7 - Reconciling Humanistic vs Pan-psychic Spirituality, a conversation between Annalisa Burello and Degard
25/10/2023 SASIG: Provocation 6 - The Arts as Spirituality
12/09/2023 SASIG: Annalisa Burello MSc presents Marina Abramović, the Artist-Shaman
11/07/2023 SASIG: Dr Karel James Bouse presents Expressive Arts as Therapy
13/06/2023 SASIG: Provocation 5 - The Arts as Spirituality
23/05/2023 SASIG: Provocation 4 - The Arts as Spirituality
16/05/2023 INSS Conference 2023 (Waterford, IE)
14/03/2023 SASIG: Water as a Spiritual Signifier - Water Artist Alison Churchill
20/02/2023 SASIG: A special talk with Prof. Louis Lagana' - Was Malta a Place for the Veneration of a Mother Goddess?
17/01/2023 SASIG: Provocation 3 - Open discussion
01/12/2022 SASIG: Sound as a Spiritual Signifier - Contemplative Listening
14/09/2022 SASIG: Light as a Spiritual Signifier - Light Painting Photography
13/07/2022 SASIG: A Special Talk with Dr Thomas Daffern
11/05/2022 SASIG: Provocations 2 - Artist DeGard, Dr Paul Dieppe, Nick Shore and Maya Apolonia Rodé
16/03/2022 SASIG: Provocation 1 - Inaugural meeting
31/07/2021 Annual General Meeting
01/04/2021 Spring Gala
04/07/2020 Conference 2020
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