Wild West Hackin' Fest - Deadwood 2024

"A Hacker's Guide to Mindfulness" aims to explore the intersection of mindfulness practices and the hacker mindset. Hacker’s are already uniquely trained to question assumptions and just “see what happens”; this is the core curiosity needed to unlock the cheat codes in life via various mindfulness practices.

This workshop will give attendees an introduction to a large amount of mindfulness practices relating them to things most of us do every day in our infosec jobs. We won't just talk about these techniques, we will go through these exercises so the attendees can do them at least once together and have a solid starting point to expand their practice after the workshop.

Workshop topics:
* Core Programming: Understanding how our beliefs were programmed into us at an early age and what we can and should do about that.
* Limiting Beliefs: Identifying and overcoming limiting beliefs that hinder personal and professional growth.
* Brules (Bullshit Rules): Examining and challenging societal and industry norms that may be limiting or outdated.
* Meditation: Exploring different meditation practices and their benefits for mental clarity, stress reduction, and improved focus.
* Breathwork: Techniques for using breathwork to manage stress, increase energy levels, and enhance mindfulness.
* Burnout: Strategies for preventing and recovering from burnout in the fast-paced world of hacking and programming.
* Distraction: Techniques for minimizing distractions and increasing productivity in coding and problem-solving tasks.
* Life Purpose: exploring who am I?, where am I going? and a different approach to goal setting
* Spiritual DevOps: Applying principles of DevOps to spiritual growth, including continuous improvement and collaboration.