Mindfulness at ILA Global = Deeper Reflection, Meaning & Connection
In addition to participating in our 400+ sessions, you are welcome to join special mindfulness & connection sessions during both the online and in-person days of the conference.
Tuesday, 3 October | 10:00-11:00 PDT (Online)
Mindfulness and Connection
Guides: Lemuel Watson, Kathryn Goldman Schuyler
Whether you’ve practiced mindful reflection for years or just want to see what it’s about and how it can help you to integrate your conference experience and make it more meaningful, you’re invited to join us for a guided reflection that will move through a process of grounding and reconnecting with yourself. Once grounded and reconnected, we’ll reflect together to distill sparks of insight about our expectations for the conference.
Thursday, 12 October | 15:00-16:00 PDT | Cracked Ice Lounge
Welcome Ceremony Honoring Our Collective Wisdom
Guides: Kathryn Goldman Schuyler, Les Sylven, Lemuel Watson
As you arrive at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, we invite you to pause and connect with yourself and new and old friends. Whether you are new to meditation or have years of experience, join us to start the conference with a combination of silence, shared reflection, and deep connection.
Friday, 13 October | 12:00-12:40 PDT | Cracked Ice Lounge
Mindfulness and Connection
Guides: Erin Dixon (Gizhagatte), Les Sylven, Ame-lia Tamburrini
Pause for grounding before you go for lunch. Reconnect with your sense of purpose and intention for the conference and share this with kindred spirits!
Mindfulness & Connection Practice Guides
Erin Dixon (Gizhagatte) is woven through Reconciliation Canada as Director of Knowledge and Indigenous Leadership in fields of planetary transformation. She is lead faculty for Indigenous Leadership at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and is committed to life promotion in suicide prevention.
Kathryn Goldman Schuyler studies with masterful teachers of consciousness including the Dalai Lama, Mingyur Rinpoche, and Roshi Joan Halifax. Her research focuses on bringing moments of mindfulness and joy to work. An Emeritus Professor of Organization Development and Leadership, she guides meditation sessions, teaches Awareness Through Movement, and is a former ILA Global Conference Chair.
Les Sylven is a Leadership Studies PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria. His research explores police leadership with senior Canadian police officers who regularly practice meditation and mindfulness. Les was a police officer in Canada for over 30 years and in 2020 was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of Merit (O.O.M) of the Police Forces by the Governor General of Canada.
Ame-Lia Tamburrini is a diversity and inclusion leadership coach, speaker and master facilitator. As the CEO of Hum Consulting, she brings engaging talks, workshops and retreats to organizations and communities around the world to shake up entrenched systems and bring trauma to the light to be transmuted into connection, compassion and collaboration.
Lemuel W. Watson serves on the core faculty at the Antioch Graduate School of Leadership and Change. Lemuel has certification as a Mindfulness Teacher from Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI), and is also a poet, coach, and minister. He has consulted around the world on public policy and talent management.
Kathryn Goldman Schuyler studies with masterful teachers of consciousness including the Dalai Lama, Mingyur Rinpoche, and Roshi Joan Halifax. Her research focuses on bringing moments of mindfulness and joy to work. An Emeritus Professor of Organization Development and Leadership, she guides meditation sessions and teaches Awareness Through Movement and is a former ILA Global Chair.