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Event Registration - The American Balint Society
Healing, Mindfulness & Compassion Retreat
5/2/2025 - 5/4/2025
3:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST


Location: Ratna Ling, 35755 Hauser Bridge Rd, Cazadero, CA 95421


Registration ends on 3/14/2025



Event Description

Health care professionals are invited to attend the Healing, Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat at the beautiful and tranquil Ratna Ling Conference Center in the Redwoods of Sonoma County, California. The weekend conference combines Eastern and Western approaches to healing: Tibetan Yoga and Meditation as well as Balint sessions that address the complex emotional landscape of the clinician-patient relationship. The Balint group format is an empathy-enhancing practice to strengthen treatment alliances, improve care delivery, increase practitioner resilience and decrease professional isolation. Further context on the neuroscience of compassion and its importance in the provision of effective service will increase understanding of the connection between practitioners’ self-care and the care they are able to offer others. The accommodations and architecture are exquisite and the weekend is educational, restful, and rejuvenating.

Cancellation Policy
Registrants wishing to cancel their registration must do so in writing by the cancellation deadline of March 14, 2025. For cancellations received by the cancelation date, $100 of the registration fee will be withheld for administrative fees and the refund will be issued within 30 days of acknowledgment of the cancellation. For cancellations received after the cancellation date, no refunds will be available. 
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