Mindfulness and Relaxation for Health

MBSR is the ‘gold standard’ mindfulness training since 1978

The recent MBSR 8 week course ended in mid-November. The next MBSR course will be scheduled after we complete some construction. Check back mid-January for the date of the next MBSR course.
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Goals of MBSR

• Learn life-long tools for living fully despite daily challenges and demands
• Consciously promote resilience, positive psychology and emotional intelligence
• Prevent burnout from the stress of work and taking care of others
• Reduce errors and accidents at work and home
• Systematically mobilize your inner resources for healing pain and illness
• Practice a portable toolkit of self-care approaches for promoting health
• Learn non-drug approaches for managing stress-related chronic conditions
• Explore the meaning and deepest values that inform your life and your work
• Cultivate your innate happiness, peacefulness and compassion

Slow down, relax the body, quiet the mind and open the heart

 This experiential learning environment is based on a facilitated small group process
 Such group support can be a personally transformative model for learning and healing

Mindfulness skills you will learn include

• Mindful gentle yoga (no prior yoga experience necessary)
• Body scan
• Mindfulness meditation
• Mindful eating
• Mindful interpersonal communication
• Other mind-body skills you will learn include journaling, self-massage, skilled relaxation and imagery