Online Retreat - Meditation as Medicine: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Bob Stahl and Jan Landry
September 25 - 27, 2020
When:
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Friday, September 25th: 7:30 – 9:30 pm
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Saturday, September 26th: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm and 2:00 – 5:00 pm
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Sunday, September 27th: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
What is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)?
Meditation as medicine is an approach to stress reduction, chronic pain, illness and well-being. This retreat will offer you key teachings and meditation practices of MBSR and will include discussion and inquiry in both small and large groups.
Mindfulness is the practice of cultivating non-judgmental awareness in day-to-day life. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was developed in 1979, by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, from the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. MBSR seeded the mindfulness movement which is now found all over the world bringing mindfulness to medicine, psychology, education, science, business, and government.
Mindfulness develops the potential to experience each moment, no matter how difficult or intense, with serenity and clarity. One can feel more alive and gain access to the powerful inner resources for healing. MBSR consists of intensive training in mindfulness meditation, gentle mindful movement and group support.
Who is it for?
This online retreat is suitable for anyone wanting to live better with stress, pain or illness. It is designed for people who yearn for more balance in day-to-day life and wish to promote healthy living and renewal, as well as for those seeking to improve health and well-being.
MSBR graduates report lasting benefits in
- Increased self-awareness, trust and acceptance
- More effective coping strategies
- More balance in the face of difficulties
- More accepting attitude to life and challengesDecrease in Chronic Pain
- Lasting decreases in stress-related symptoms
- Significant decreases in anxiety and depression
- Improved concentration and creativity
About the Teachers
Bob Stahl
Bob Stahl is a co-author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, Living With Your Heart Wide Open, Calming the Rush of Panic, and A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook for Anxiety. Bob is the Guiding teacher at Insight Santa Cruz and visiting teacher at Spirit Rock and Insight Meditation. He also founded and directs mindfulness-based stress […]
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Jan Landry has worked in the field of hospice care both as a nurse and as a chaplain, for over 30 years. Her work in the field of death and dying, serves as an ongoing reminder of how precious each and every moment of life is, and informs her meditation practice which has developed and […]
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