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Here are three different courses that can help you
get on the mindfulness path. Click the links below for more
information.
8-Week
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
4-Week
Basic Mindfulness Class
Classes Designed to Deepen Mindfulness
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8-Week
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction
 What is Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
(MBSR) Training?
There is a gap between knowing what to do and knowing how to do
it. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction provides a bridge for both. Developed more than
three decades
ago at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., Mindfulness Training helps a person live in the
present moment and ride more easily the ups and downs of life. By
intentionally bringing a non-judgmental awareness to breathing,
body sensations, thoughts, and feelings--including fears, anger,
frustrations, desires, and self doubts--a person is better equipped
to deal with the challenges of life.
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Who should participate?
The program
is for those interested in self-development and learning ways to
reduce day-to-day stress. You may join either by your own request or
by a healthcare provider-referral. Some participants join the program
with psychological or medical conditions (headaches, depression,
chronic pain, heart disease, hypertension, gastrointestinal
problems, anxiety and panic disorders, etc.). The program is
complementary to traditional therapies.
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 What
can be learned?
People
simply observe what arises in the body and mind, perceiving each
experience as an event in their own field of awareness. This
fuller, moment to moment, non-judgmental awareness known as
Mindfulness frees a person to make clearer and more attuned
decisions.
The majority
of people completing the program report lasting decreases in
problematic physical and psychological symptoms. Most people also
report an increased ability to relax, greater energy and
enthusiasm for life, heightened self-confidence and an increased
ability to cope more effectively with both short and long-term
stressful situations.
Scientific
research indicates that while not "curing" medical problems,
conventional medical treatment outcomes have in many cases been
greatly improved by MBSR as evidenced by reduced drug therapies
and reduced progression of disease.
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How long
is the program?
The
Mindfulness program takes place in 2˝ hour class-like sessions,
once weekly for 8 consecutive weeks. There is also
an individual pre-program interview and a single 7-Hour Saturday
class meeting.
Using this
mind/body approach regularly calls for a time investment of 45
minutes per day, 6 days a week throughout the duration of the
program. The course consists of activities that cultivate the
practice of living mindfully. This includes meditation,
relaxation, easy stretching postures, class discussions and home
supported exercises with CDs and workbook handouts.
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The
full cost of the program including
course materials is $450. A senior discount is available. Payment
arrangements will be considered on an individual basis.
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Winter: |
Late Jan.
2012 |
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Fall: |
Late Sept.
2012 |
* Class dates are subject to
change.
Space is limited to preserve an intimate atmosphere. To
register or for more information, please use the
Contact Form or call
(818) 487-3773.
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4-Week
Basic Mindfulness Class
A Class for Beginners and a way to re-start your practice.
Being mindful is a means of calming the mind by paying attention
to your moment-to-moment experiences in a wholly non-judgmental
manner. As you practice mindfulness, you learn to gather your
inner resources in order to manage pain, illness and stress.
This special form of attentiveness enables you to find new
insights into life situations and, in turn, develop richer and
more skillful responses to life’s events. Mindfulness encourages
deep relaxation, heightened awareness and clarity of thought.
You are doing something for yourself that no one else can do for
you.
This class is designed for
those new to meditation or those who would like a refresher.
There will be simple instructions in the practice of mindfulness
meditation. We will have discussions and you will be invited to
ask questions. Come and learn to practice and add mindfulness to
your life.
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Winter: |
March 2012 |
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Spring: |
June 2012 |
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Fall: |
October
2012 |
* Class dates are subject to
change.
Space is limited to preserve an intimate atmosphere. To register
or for more information, please use the
Contact Form or call
(818) 487-3773.
Classes Designed to Deepen Mindfulness
These 4 to 6-week classes are designed for beginners as well as
those who have a regular meditation practice. The classes
explore, with mindful investigation and understanding, how to
work with reactive mind-states. Each class focuses on a
particular topic, investigating ways to recognize the quality of
being more present in the face of reactive habits and patterns
where suffering is experienced. By knowing these reactive
states, and how they can be changed, we are lead to being free
of them.
Class topics may include:
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Embracing thought distractions that remove us from the
present moment.
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Working with fear using mindful awareness of how fear
projects its own realities.
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Examining death
and dying with compassion while exploring stages of
self-preservation.
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Working with anger and the cultivation of patience and
compassion.
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Or a
topic you may suggest.
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Spring: |
April
2012 |
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Summer: |
August 2012 |
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Fall: |
October 2012 |
* Class dates are subject to
change.
Space is limited to preserve an intimate atmosphere. To register
or for more information, please use the
Contact Form or call
(818) 487-3773.
How to enroll?
Space is limited to preserve an intimate
atmosphere. To register or for more information, please use the Contact form
or call (818) 487-3773.
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