The new edition of the Spirituality Forum of the Popular University of La Rioja will address the topic ‘Rest in who we are’. The forum will be held on January 25 and 26 at Riojaforum and tickets can be purchased starting next Tuesday, November 26 through www.universidadpopular.es and, starting Wednesday, November 27, at the Riojafórum box office. An event that each year brings together, since 2013, 1,200 people from La Rioja and the rest of the country.
The coordinator of the Forum, Ana María de las Heras, presented this Thursday the new edition in which the philosopher with a wisdom approach, Luisa López Cabrejas, will participate; Advaita Vedanta philosopher Pedro Brañas; the ecologist Charo Morán; the neuroscientist Gustavo G. Diez; and the Mindfulness specialist Javier García Campayo.
The UPL Meditation professor and Forum coordinator, Ana María de Las Heras, explained that “based on the fact that spirituality is the deep dimension of the human being, this year we have chosen the theme “Rest in who we are.” From five points of view of renowned speakers, the idea that we are plenitude will be addressed, but the difficulty in being aware of this lies in the fact that we get lost in the contents of the experience, which are changing. If we recognize what remains, we can rest in who we are.”
Programming
The first intervention of the Forum, on Saturday morning, will be that of Luisa López Cabrejas, philosopher and advisor at Enfoque Sapiencial, who will speak about “Creativity or the art of discovering who I am.” Afterwards, the doctor and follower of the Advanta Vedanta tradition, Pedro Brañas Tato, will discuss “Des-cancar. What is it? What tires us?”
The morning will end with the recital “The beauty of being here” by the Riojan poet Esther Fernández Lorente.
The afternoon will begin with the animation show “Modo Ser ON” by Fernando Tobías, Personal Skills trainer, which will give way to the interventions of the ecologist Charo Morán Cuadrado on “A new culture for the sustainability of life”; and Gustavo G. Diez, physicist and neuroscientist, who will address “The biology of being.”
The day will close with the performance of the Cuchuflete choir from Arnandea and its repertoire “Because life enchants us”
On Sunday morning, January 26, Javier García Campayo, psychotherapist and Mindfulness specialist, will talk about “The ego and its deconstruction.” Next, there will be a round table in which the speakers will share impressions on the topic chosen this year and answer questions from the public.
The Forum will feature, like every edition, meditative practices during the two days. The closing will be carried out by the UPL Creative Clown Laboratory, directed by Begoña G. Hidalgo.
Tickets can be purchased from 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 26 at www.universidadpopular.es (a link will direct to www.entradas.com) and at the Riojafórum box office from November 27 (at its usual time). Prices: 60 euros for stalls, 50 euros for amphitheater. 83.50 euros seat area and food. 73.50 euros amphitheater location and food.
