This six-week course is designed to introduce mindfulness practices in a simple and clear progression to integrate mindfulness into your life.
Mindfulness is the practice of cultivating purposeful present moment awareness without judgment to the experiences that are arising inwardly as well as outwardly. As we learn to cultivate mindfulness within we can begin to see the transformation of the things in our life that cause us stress. We begin to learn to relate to our difficulties if life with more openness, compassion, and acceptance.
During the course of the six weeks you will learn about mindfulness and the history and context of mindfulness, as well as, learn about the scientific research that supports it’s efficacy. From these teachings you will begin to understand how to apply mindfulness into the respective areas of life where we are looking to experience less stress- health, emotional and mental well-being, and relationships.
Mindfulness Learning Concepts will include:
- Overview of Mindfulness
- Mindfulness and Scientific Research
- Mindfulness of the Breath and Body
- Obstacles to Mindfulness
- Mindfulness and help with physical pain
- Mindfulness and difficult emotions
- Mindfulness and difficult thoughts
- Mindful Interaction and Communication