Community Class Details
The next "A Mindful Course" begins
Thursdays September 9th-November 18th, 2010
Professional Course listed below
Register now by calling 630.368.0122 for this Chicago area session
Schedule
- 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Thursday evenings beginning in September AND a - Retreat on a Saturday in November 6th
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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Free Offer
Graduates of the class can attend the full-day retreat for any future classes FREE to deepen their practice (pre-registration required).
Content
The course curriculum features rich, research-based content including
- instruction in mindful practices
- interactive sitting and walking meditation
- somatic awareness practices
- guidance for gentle yoga practice
- and the full-day retreat.
In addition to the class and retreat, take advantage of two private sessions one-on-one with one of the professional facilitators who will get to know you and your particular needs to help you get the maximum benefit from this life-changing experience.
Fee
A one-time tuition expense of just $500.00 covers everything you need for the course: practice CDs, course materials, Full Catastrophe Living, and a full-day retreat.
Locations
This class is available in Chicago, IL, and Los Angeles, CA
CHICAGO
Conveniently located at Clarus Center, near the Naperville, IL
just 40 minutes from the heart of Chicago:
Clarus Center
28379 Davis Parkway, Unit 801,
Warrenville, IL 60555
For Directions click here http://www.claruscenter.com/clarusdirections.htm
LOS ANGELES
The next L.A. offering for A Mindful Course is in Winter 2007on Saturday mornings.Classes are held at 3201 Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90406
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Professional Class Details
A Mindful Course for Professionals
Fridays September 10th-November 19th, 2010
(click here to download a pdf flyer of the course)
This expanded course centers around the core mbsr curriculum and features rich, research-based content including:
- instruction in mindful practices
- interactive sitting and walking meditation
- somatic awareness practices
- neuroscience research
- guidance for gentle yoga practice
- and the full-day retreat.
What You Will Learn
- Develop your own daily discipline of meditation and relaxation through classroom instruction, formal sitting & walking & body scan meditations, gentle yoga and informal practices. Full-day immersion retreat will deepen your practices.
- The fundamentals of mindfulness practice, why it’s important to you and to your clients, and
put those fundamentals into practice immediately. - Neuroscience research that supports developing a more mindful relationship with your own
and with client’s distress, difficult thoughts, and pain, thereby deepening your empathy and expanding your repertoire of clinical skills in treating clients with stress, pain and psychological disorders. - How to incorporate mindfulness into your professional life via basic mindfulness and somatic practices, in ways that benefit both you and your clients.
Who Should Attend
MDs, PsyDs, PhDs, MSWs, LCPCs, RNs, NPs, OTs, massage therapists and other bodyworkers, internal & external coaches.
What
- Pre- & Post Interviews
- 32 hours of group learning,instruction & practice,
including a day long retreat
- Workbook with homework, articles
- Copy of Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn
- CDs for guided meditation practice
- Connections with colleagues in discussion of application
- Post-course consultation for application in your practice
- CE certificate at completion
- Class size min = 6, max = 12
Where
Wellness House
131 N. County Line Road
Hinsdale, IL 60521
www.wellnesshouse.org
When
Eight (8) Friday afternoons from 2-5 p.m
September 9th- November 18th, 2010
Retreat Day TBD
HowContact Chris Johnson, PsyD 630-368-0122 or email at: drchris@Q4-consulting.com.
Cost $750; $50 off by 8/30/10
NEXT CLASS BEGINS:
Chicago, Western Suburbs Thursdays September 9th - November 18th, 2010REGISTER TODAY:
For the next Chicago area class, contact Chris Johnson, Psy.D. at 630.368.0122 to register For the next Los Angeles class, contact Eleanore Feldman, MSW, LCSW at 310.903.7001 to register.
"I wish I had taken the class sooner. I learned that I can control myself to deal with things that I cannot control; to accept the things I cannot change. I'm meditating daily now."
~R.K., student
©2004-2006 Eleanore Feldman, M.S.W., and Chris Johnson, Psy.D.
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