Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is the 8 week ‘gold standard‘ mindfulness training worldwide since 1978. Dr John Patterson has taught this course 45 times over the last 14 years. We will offer a holiday version – Mindfulness for the Holidays and is in person on both Wednesdays and Thursdays through the end of the year, helping you take good care of yourself and providing social support during the holidays. We will have class for you twice a week. Class #1 is Wednesday and Thursday November 19th and 20th. Wednesday classes are drop-in, no registration required. Thursday course requires a 5 minute phone chat. Wed class meets 6:00 – 7:30 and Thursday classes meet 6:00 – 8:30. If you miss a class, you can take the other class that week.
We will also have 2-3 optional Saturday retreat classes. Course cost is by donation.
Preregistration includes a required 5 minute phone chat with John
Cell 859-582-7003
Studio 859-373-0033
john@mindbodystudio.org
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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, intuition 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 movement
- Body scan
- Mindfulness meditation
- Mindful eating
- Mindful interpersonal communication (speaking and listening)
- As well as gratitude, generosity, self-massage, self-compassion, skilled relaxation, imagery and journaling
