Sitting with the problem: cultivating mindfulness in the face of embodied violence / Sentados con el problema: cultivando la conciencia plena ante la violencia incorporada

We understand disembodied violence as the phenomenological manifestation of the violence to which participants have been exposed throughout their lives.

In this workshop we will guide participants in an experiential learning practice of peace-building work based on contemplative practices. We intend to encourage participants to engage in brief contemplative practices based on behavioral psychology in order to subsequently analyze the mental and sensory contents that are related to embodied violence.
From the contemplative practices we intend to ground contents and to analyze the prejudices, stereotypes and violent narratives that affect our relationships with others and the world.
The workshop implies a plenary meeting where knowledge can be built from the participants' sentipensar and that promotes ways of contributing to more compassionate, inclusive and equitable narratives and practices in the specific spaces of life, as well as in their private mental context.

Entendemos violencia incorpodada como la manifestación fenomenológica de la violencia a la que los participantes han estado expuestos a lo largo de toda su vida.

En el presente taller trabajaremos para que los participantes experimenten de manera experiancial el trabajo de construcción de paz basado en prácticas contemplativas. Pretendemos animar a los participantes a realizar breves prácticas contemplativas basadas en la psicología comportamental para, posteriormente, analizar los contenidos mentales y sensoriales que se relacionan con la violencia incorporada.
A partir de las prácticas contemplativas pretendemos aterrizar contenidos analizar los prejuicios, estereotipos y narrativas violentas que afectan nuestra relación con los demás y el mundo.

• English - fluent
• español - fluido

Dr. Leonardo Gonzalez Torres has a degree in psychology, a master's degree in contextual therapies and a PhD in Socio-Cultural Studies. He has been trained in Argentina, Mexico, the United States and Spain and has published in indexed journals in relation to nonviolence, alternative education and peace building.

He has accompanied processes related to education, community mental health and peace building for the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice, Universities, NGOs, governments, etc.
He currently collaborates with various institutions as a teacher, consultant and researcher. He is co-directing in Spain the Iberoamerican Institute of Peace Studies, a professional education and research project that links cognitive sciences and peace studies.

El Dr. Leonardo Gonzalez Torres es licenciado en psicología, maestro en terapias contextuales y tiene un doctorado en Estudios Socio-Culturales. Se ha formado en Argentina, México, Estados Unidos y España y ha realizado publicaciones en revistas indexadas en relación con la noviolencia, la educación alternativa y la construcción de paz.

Ha acompañado procesos vinculados a la educación, salud mental comunitaria y construcción de paz para la corte suprema de justicia de México, Universidades, ONGs, gobiernos, etc.
Actualmente colabora con diversas instituciones como docente, consultor e investigador. Está co-dirigiendo en España el Instituto Iberoamericano de Estudios para La Paz, un proyecto de educación profesional e investigación que vincula las ciencias cognitivas y los estudios para la paz.