Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is the 8 week ‘gold standard‘ mindfulness training worldwide since 1978. Dr John Patterson has taught this course 40 times over the last 12 years.
Our next 8 week course will be both in – person on Thursdays beginning Jan 9th and on Zoom Tuesdays beginning January 7th
The Saturday retreat class is 9:00am – 4:00pm February 22nd for both groups
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 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)
- Other mind-body skills you will learn include journaling, self-massage, skilled relaxation and imagery
