Stress Reduction Training & Getting The Word Out :-)
G Ross Clark
Thanking you in advance.
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Ross
519-648-2985
FEES & DATES (Note: we provide phone support for any missed classes)
When: Monday, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Where: Breslau Mennonite Church library, 226 Woolwich, Breslau ON. (click for map)
8 Week Program: Oct 7, 15(Tue), 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 16 (retreat), 18, 25
Cost: $445, includes CD’s, plus course materials
Contact: Email caringa...@gmail.com or Phone Ross at 519-648-2985
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- Friendly Discounts
- The course can be repeated for free.
- Two free Mindfulness Coaching sessions.
- Telephone support for any missed classes.
- The MBSR course may be covered under your health insurance plan.
“Because it is more fun to do things with a friend.”
Friendly Discounts
We offer a $50.00 discount for both the originator and a $50.00 discount to the friend. The originator can receive up to a maximum discount $200.00 and each friend the originator refers and each friend will receive a $50.00 discount.
The referred friend can also receive a further $50.00 discount for themselves and for each friend they refer.
Example:
Full Cost of the 8 week program including retreat and training materials,
$495.00
Less $50 early signup 495 – 50 = 445
Less $50 referring a friend 445 – 50 = 395
* Longevity- If you have taken a class with us before you will also receive an additional $50.00 discount.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was founded by John Kabat Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1979. MBSR has now spread to multiple populations including health professionals and medical and nursing students as well as in multiple settings including work places and educational setting.
"Moment to moment non-judgmental awareness."
-Jon Kabat Zinn , Ph.D. (1990)
Two decades of published research indicates that the majority of people who complete MBSR courses report:
- Improved self-esteem
- An increased ability to relax
- Greater energy and enthusiasm for life
- Lasting decreases in physical and psychological symptoms
- Reductions in pain levels and an enhanced ability to cope with pain that may not go away
- An ability to cope more effectively with both short and long-term stressful situations.
Mindfulness is:
Mindfulness is a way of learning to consciously and systematically work with stress, pain, illness, and the challenges and demands of everyday life by not turning away from them but learning to be resilient with and through them.
Mindfulness is not something that one gets or acquires. It is already within the human experience a deep internal resource of attention, intention and attitude. That is available to us and is patiently waiting to be observed and used in the service of learning, growing, and healing.
Reasons people participate in MBSR:
- Illness
- Fatigue
- Headaches
- Depression
- GI distress
- Chronic pain
- Anxiety and panic
- Sleep disturbances
- High blood pressure
- Compassion Fatigue
- Stress — job, family or financial
Present Moment Practice-
- Cognitive benefits
- Emotional benefits
- Physiological Benefits
- Increased self-awareness
- Increase in positive thoughts
- Increased ability to concentrate
- Increased capacity for empathy
- Increased capacity for compassion
- Lower blood pressure and pulse rate
- Increased ability to regulate emotions
- Increase in ability to be non-judgmental
- Increased brain activation in regions associated with positive thoughts and mood
The 4 basic MBSR practices are:
- The Body Scan- mindful attention while lying down
- Mindful Walking- mindful attention in daily life and activities
- Mindful Sitting Meditation- mindful attention while sitting still
- Mindful Stretching- mindful attention while stretching or doing yoga
The class is highly participatory and includes:
- Group dialogue
- Poetry and Stories
- Pre and post assessment
- 4 audio CD's and a workbook
- Individually tailored instruction
- Gentle stretching and mindful yoga
- Daily home assignments- at least 45 minutes a day
- Guided instruction in mindfulness meditation practice
- Inquiry exercises to enhance personal awareness in everyday life
- Didactic instruction on stress response and stress hardiness models and research
Empirical Assessment of MBSR
- Grossman (2004): Grossman, P.; Neimann, L.; Schmidt, S.; Walach, H. (2004). Mindfulness based stress reduction and health benefits: A meta-analysis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57, 35-43.
Selected Studies
- Rosensweig et al 2003
N= 2nd Year Medical Students
140 MBSR Participants
162 control group (didactic stress management)
Non-Random: Pre-Post: Control Design
Results: MBSR group scored significantly lower than control group on the Profile of Mood States' Total Mood Disturbance as well as the Tension-Anxiety, Confusion-Bewilderment, and Fatigue-Inertia subscales
"It
is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a
time by yourself.. It is only love that can give us insight into what is
real and what is important. And so a radical act of love makes sense-
love for life and for the emergence of one's truest self."
-Jon Kabat-Zinn