Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program (MBSR)
Learn Skills to Live and Cope with Stress
with our eight week program Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is about taking control of our lives, being aware of influences that affect our well-being and health, and finding peace-of-mind and balance in an oftentimes chaotic world. MBSR will teach you to consciously and methodically deal with stress, pain, illness, and the demanding challenges of everyday life. Research is proving that we can learn to use our own innate resources to: - Cope more effectively with both short and long-term stressful situations
- Increase our ability to relax
- Decrease physical and psychological symptoms from illness
- Reduce pain levels and an enhanced ability to cope and deal with chronic pain
Developed by renowned practitioner and author Jon Kabat-Zinn, MBSR teaches participants to intentionally deal and cope with stress, pain, illness and the demands of everyday life. Participants will learn skills in mindfulness meditaiton and how to build upon personal strengths in order to respond more effectively to health challenges and offset the adverse effects of stress. The MBSR will help participants cope and live more fully with such challenges as: | Chronic Pain | Depression | | High Blood | Headaches | | Pressure | Asthma | | Cancer | Crohn's | | Heart Disease | Job | | Fibromyalgia | Family | | Diabetes | Anxiety | | Sleep Disorders | HIV/AIDS | | Fear | School | The course meets once per week for eight weeks, with one daylong Saturday or Sunday class. The program cost includes: - Guided instruction in mindfulness meditation practices
- Group discussions
- Gentle stretching and yoga
- Daily "homework"
- Individual, tailored instruction
- CD's and workbook
- CEU's avialable for an addition $25 fee
An interesting article was included in Newsweek entitled What the Beatles Gave Science , that highlights the benefits research is discovering about meditation. Read USA Today's coverage of Mindfulness' "colossal shift in acceptance" and use in hospitals and schools here. Finally, CNN's Health Minute covers how Mindfulness Training Busts Stress. To register on-line, click here. Call 612-624-9459 or email somer012@umn.edu to learn more. You may also print out our registration form and send it to our secure fax at 612-625-8164.
Winter 2010 Programs at the University of Minnesota
| Morning | | | Date: | Wednesday, January 27 to March 17, 2010 | | Time: | 9:30 am - 12:00 noon
Note: The program ends at 12:30 pm the first and last session | | Cost: | $375 includes program fee and all materials
10% discount for Members of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association and the University of Minnesota Retirees Association | | Place: | Mayo Meditation Room
Mayo Memorial Building
University of Minnesota
420 Delaware Street
Minneapolis, MN 55455 | | | | | Evening | | | Date: | Thursday, January 28 to March 18, 2010 | | Time: | 6:30 to 9:00 pm
Note: The program ends at 9:30 the first and last sessions | | Cost: | $375 includes program fee and all materials
10% discount for Members of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association and the University of Minnesota Retirees Association | | Place: | University of Minnesota | | | | | All-Day Retreat: | Saturday, March 6, 2010 - This is an all-day session and is for participants of the morning and evening MBSR program. | Free Information Sessions: Free information sessions will be scheduled in early January. Check back soon for dates. Please call 612-624-9459 or email somer012@umn.edu to register. You may also register on-line at www.tickets.umn.edu
Winter 2010 Program at the The Marsh
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| | | Date: | Monday, February 1 to March 22, 2010 | | Time: | 6:30 to 9:00 pm
Note: The program ends at 9:30 the first and last sessions | | Cost: | $395 Marsh members; $440 non-members
Includes program fee, all materials and lunch for the all-day retreat
| | Place: | The Marsh, A Center for Balance and Fitness
15000 Minnetonka Boulevard
Minnetonka, MN 55345
952-935-2202
www.themarsh.com | | | | All-Day Retreat:
| Sunday, March 14, 2010 - This is an all-day session and is for participants of the Marsh MBSR program. |
Winter 2010 Program at Woodwinds Health Campus
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| | | Date: | Sunday, January 24 to March 14, 2010 | | Time: | 4:00 to 6:30 pm
Note: The program begins at 3:30 the first and last sessions | | Cost: | $375 Includes program fee, all materials and lunch for the all-day retreat
10% discount for staff and volunteers of Woodwinds Health Campus
| | Place: | Woodwinds Health Campus
1925 Woodwinds Dr
Woodbury, MN 55125
651-232-0228
https://www.woodwinds.org/ | | | | All-Day Retreat:
| Saturday, February 27, 2010 - This is an all-day session and is for participants of the Woodwinds MBSR program. |
Please call 612-624-9459 or email somer012@umn.edu to register. You may also register on-line at www.tickets.umn.edu
All-Day Retreats for MBSR Graduates All MBSR graduates are welcome to attend the MBSR all-day retreats. Space is limited and registration in advance is required. The upcoming all-day retreats are listed below. Please call 612-626-2395 or somer012@umn.edu to register. Saturday, Febraury 27, Woodwinds Health Campus
Saturday, March 6, University of Minnesota
Sunday, March 14, The Marsh
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