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Yeye ndiye mwandishi wa makala nyingi za kitaaluma na mhariri mwenza wa vitabu vinne: For Indigenous Eyes Only: The Decolonization Handbook, For Indigenous Minds Only, Indigenous Social Work around the World: towards Culturally Relevant Education and Practice, na Decolonizing Social Work, ambayo ilishinda Tuzo ya Kichwa cha Kitaaluma cha Choice Outstanding kwa mwaka wa 2014.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ufundishaji wake, uandishi, utafiti, mawasilisho, na kazi ya jamii, huzingatia kazi ya kijamii na watu wa kiasili, afya ya kiasili na kimataifa, mbinu za kuondoa ukoloni katika kazi ya kijamii, kuondoa ukoloni katika neva, kazi ya neva na kijamii, na kutumia desturi kuu na za kitamaduni za kuzingatia watu wa kiasili katika jamii za makabila ili kukuza afya na ustawi.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dkt. 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Wanajadili athari za ukoloni na mbinu za kuondoa ukoloni, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuondoa ukoloni katika utambuzi wa mawazo, ambayo inahusisha kuchanganya mbinu za utambuzi na desturi za kitamaduni na za kisasa za kutafakari za kidunia na takatifu ili kuchukua nafasi ya mifumo hasi ya mawazo, hisia, na tabia na ile yenye afya na tija.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":872,"featured_media":6677,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[476],"tags":[],"event-type":[],"class_list":["post-5903","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2024-events"],"acf":{"legacy":false,"width":false,"public_event":false,"next_event":true,"external":"","organization":"","subtitle":"","background":"","when":"2023-08-09 09:00:00","with":[{"with_name":"Rick Hanson","with_image":6675},{"with_name":"Dr Michael Yellow Bird","with_image":6676}],"cost":"Free","video_location":"YouTube","youtube":"_w2hxzDqANI","vimeo":"","location":"","location_link":"","cost_fixed":"","cost_min":"","gravity":"","register":"","over_date":"","over_time":"","over_location":"","over_price":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Decolonizing mindfulness - The Global Compassion Coalition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcompassioncoalition.org\/sw\/events\/decolonizing-mindfulness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Decolonizing mindfulness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Michael Yellow Bird and GCC President Rick Hanson discuss the topic of decolonizing mindfulness and using neuroscience research to examine how mindfulness approaches and traditional Indigenous contemplative practices can train the mind and positively change the structure and function of the brain. 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