Mindfulness Dimensions
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Now Enrolling Next ONLINE 8 Week Course /FALL 2024
Upcoming MBSR Course : Four class time to choose from.
CERTIFIED MBSR INSTRUCTOR: Karen Waddell
CFM UMASS & BROWN UNIVERSITY Teacher Graduate
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Trained
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IF YOU ARE LIKE ME AND LOOKING TO...
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Approach life with more composure, energy, understanding and enthusiasm.
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Develop the ability to cope more effectively with both short-term and long-term stressful situations.
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Enhance your ability to manage and reduce pain levels in many instances.
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Improve your focus, resilience and capacity to recover more quickly from challenging events.
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You have arrived at the right place. Like so many others I invite you to register and join this transformative journey.
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The practice of mindfulness has been shown to exert a powerful influence on one’s health, mental balance and happiness. Developed and inspired by the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D (author of Full Catastrophe Living), MBSR offers practical, scientifically supported teachings, to reduce stress, facilitate relaxation, and promote physical health and emotional well-being.
This course is for those new to mindfulness awareness, as well as for those who have
studied with me before as a way to refresh your practice. Mindfulness training is intended for individuals who are generally healthy, and who would like to learn to manage their stress more skilfully.
DISCOVER THE POWER AND FREEDOM OF MINDFULNESS
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NOW ENROLLING FALL 2024!
The OFFICIAL ONLINE 8 WEEK MBSR COURSE
Register early to ensure placement
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PLUS THIS OPPORTUNITY...
As part of this course, you have the additional opportunity to participate in an independent research study. The study is being conducted by Dr. Clifford Saron and his colleagues at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis. They are investigating the effects of mindfulness-based training on reactions to social and emotional scenes and situations, and on interpersonal experiences in daily life.
If you choose to participate, you will be asked to complete 3 assessments and would be compensated up to $230 USD for your time. The 3 assessments would be completed from your own home and would take place the week before your course begins, the week after your course ends, and 8 weeks after your course ends. Participation in this research is entirely optional and is not part of the training you will receive in your MBSR course. If you are interested in learning more about the study, please follow this link to see if you are eligible to participate.
IMPORTANT: To participate in this research study, you must fully enroll in your class at least four days before the official class start date.
Thank you for your interest and consideration!
CONTACT LINK for the SARON STUDY
https://ucdavis.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9n5iYy17KqZFf3E
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THE 8 WEEK FALL MBSR COURSE
with Karen Waddell
(certified MBSR teacher)
ORIENTATION: THURS SEPT 19th, 7:00-8:15PM ​​​
(You choose what day suits you to attend in the week. All times in EST.
TUESDAY EVENINGS: Starting SEPT 24, 6:30- 9:00PM
WEDNESDAYS AFTERNOONS: Starting SEPT 25th, 2:00- 4:30PM
THURSDAY EVENINGS: Starting SEPT 26, 7:00-9:30PM
'ALL-DAY’ RETREAT: SAT. NOV 2nd, 9:00AM -3:30PM.
Almost 30 hours of instruction in this course. Small class size.
Multiple MP3 recorded meditation guides and supplemental support material for each class also provided.
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Contact me directly to enrol and to ensure your placement.
(Fill out the MBSR contact form).​​​
Can't make these sessions?
NEXT 8 WEEK MBSR COURSE will BEGIN IN JANUARY 2024 TBA
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TEACHER'S NOTE
Currently, there are a wide-range of mindfulness-based programs that have developed out of the basic structure and format of MBSR. I applaud these adaptations and experiments, as there are many doors into ‘mindfulness’. I teach the original MBSR course as developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn. My teaching adheres to a high level of structure and standards, without such adherence, the veracity of MBSR would be diminished and the scientific results increasingly suspect. You will learn how this secular, scientific, evidence-based practice has become an accepted part of mainstream medicine, and discover how it can positively affect the quality of your everyday life.
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TESTAMONIALS
Karen’s thoughtful teaching and skills leaned in the MBSR course has given me the resources, strength, and clarity to be an active participant with the obstacles that "come up" in life. It's the medicine I needed - valuable tools have been learned to really let go of pain and unnerving, habitual self-torture. ~Chris R
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" Karen a very knowledgable and experienced CERTIFIED MBSR teacher. From the moment I met Karen I felt welcome and cared for. She is incredibly warm and compassionate. I have a deep appreciation for Karen’s ability to empathize with others; it made the space feel safe even before I was familiar with my peers. The structure of the course had a good flow and I always felt like I was building upon what we had previously learned the week before. I often left the classes feeling like my appreciation for value of meditation, and mindfulness had grown and I personally felt rejuvenated. I enjoyed that Karen would incorporate what she was currently learning as well in her own life, it felt like the right amount of spontaneity to make the course fresh. This is the only MBSR course I have taken, but I truly believe that Karen’s passion, kindness and fun energy make it a unique MBSR experience that I will be forever grateful for."
~ C.I.
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