Classes

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Mindfulness and Trauma informed care

$120-500

This is a 2-4 hour class that explores intersections between mindfulness and creating a trauma informed environment. We experience mindfulness practices. review trauma informed care, identify risks and benefits of mindfulness practice, and review best practices.

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Mindfulness tools in the workplace

starting at $150

This can range from a one hour lunch and learn to a half day workshop, tailored to your group size, team, and organization's setting. All programs are inspired by the MBSR spirit and curricullum, which includes experiential learning, positive psychology, and the science of stress and resilience.The goal is to offer tools that are usable to participants right away, and support in implementing the tools that each individual or team finds useful.

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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course

$90-525

This 8 week class an internationally recognized, evidence based course designed to guide and support participants in cultivating moment to moment awareness in an in depth and systematic way. The course was originally designed at University of Massachusett's Medical Center (1979- present) to support patients with medical conditions exacerbated by stress, and now is offered in a variety of settings and as a way to promote health, well BEING, and resilience in anyone seeking to increase ease and clarity in their life.

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Jan 9-Feb 262020

Thursday evenings

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Montrose, CO

Healthy Rhythm Art Gallery

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MBSR inspired trainings and workshops can meet the need for continuing education, wellness programming, community education, staff training, or team retreats. The MBSR course is currently approved for CPE (continuing professional education) by the Colorado National Association of Social Workers and we will pursue approval for additional courses and professions.
We work with wellness programs to promote employee participation in community classes,as well as modify and create classes to be offered on site, exclusively to staff, volunteers, or event attendees.
Some elements that can be included: mindful communication, awareness of breathing, body scanning, mindful movement, triggers, self care, awareness of thoughts and emotions, information about stress and the body, reaction vs response, group discussion,non judgement, implicit bias, meeting difficult moments, informal mindfulness, and being trauma informed.

Benefits

Research has supported a variety of potential benefits from practicing mindfulness. With a daily 30 min practice, some studies found changes in the brain in as little as two weeks (Davidson, et la).

Improved immune function

Sense of physical and emotional well being

Enhanced self efficacy and coping

Reduced burnout

Emotional ingelligence skills

References: Meditation for Health and Happiness, UW Integrative Medicine
Department of Family Medicine, Clinician handout, March 2007.

“The Science of Mindfulness” by Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, www.mindful.org, December 12, 2016

“Mindfulness can improve heart health” Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical School, published February 2018

https://www.umassmed.edu/cfm/research/mbsr-research/