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mindfulness meditation and yoga retreat
A program inspired by Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Join Julie and Mira for 5 nights and 6 days of soulful, slow-flow vinyasa, yin yoga, and workshops and meditation based on the techniques and tools of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Led by Mira and Julie
July 9 - July 14, 2018
Join Julie and Mira for 5 nights and 6 days of soulful, slow-flow vinyasa, yin yoga, and workshops and meditation based on the techniques and tools of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Led by Mira and Julie
July 9 - July 14, 2018
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What is MBSR?
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a group-based program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the UMASS Medical Center, Centre for Mindfulness for populations with a wide range of physical and mental health problems. It uses a combination of mindfulness meditation, body awareness and yoga to help people become more mindful. After a retreat led by Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, Kabat-Zinn adapted the teachings on mindfulness into the structured eight-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course, which integrates the healing aspects of Buddhist meditation practices with the concept of psychological awareness and healing. Several core guided meditation practices are taught in the course, emphasizing connection with the present moment through expanded awareness of specific aspects of our moment-to-moment existence. The body scan, a foundational practice of the MBSR course, is derived from a traditional Burmese meditation practice called sweeping, which S.N. Goenka teaches in his 10-day Vipassana retreats. While inspired by the teachings of Buddhism, there is nothing inherently religious about mindfulness, and MBSR is taught independent of religious or cultural connotation, so while its roots are spiritual, the program itself is secular. In recent years, meditation and particularly the MBSR program have been the subject of controlled clinical research that suggest beneficial effects including stress reduction, relaxation and improvements to quality of life. |
"If there is no peace in the mind of individuals, how can there be peace in the world? Make peace in your own mind first" - S.N. Goenka |
Topics to be covered
- Defining mindfulness
- Auto-pilot: Discovering how we go through life in automatic pilot and how to shift from the “doing” mode that creates stress in our lives.
- Power of attention, attitude, awareness
- Triangle of awareness – body, thoughts, emotions
- Present-centered practices
- 8 attitudes: developing the attitudes that will help respond to any situation with curiosity and kindness
- Defining stress
- STOP (space between stimulus and reaction where we can choose a response): Discovering how to respond rather than react
- Practicing looking AT thoughts rather than FROM thoughts in order to help free ourselves from rumination and negative thought patterns
- Labeling thoughts and emotions - Recognize, Acknowledge, Investigate, Non-Identity (RAIN)
- Compassion and mindfulness-based joy
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Sample Itinerary
DAY 1: 1:30PM Arrival and check in 2:00PM Individual Meetings 4:00PM Introductions and retreat overview/setting intentions 5:00PM Yoga and Meditation 7:30PM Organic Buffet Dinner DAY 2 - DAY 5: 7:30 AM Guided Meditation (Applying techniques of MBSR) 8:30 AM Mindful Flow Yoga 10:00 AM Breakfast 3:00 PM Afternoon workshops (Mindfulness, present-centered attitudes, emotional inquiry, compassion etc.) 5:00 PM Yin Yoga and special evening program on last evening 7:30 PM Organic Buffet Dinner DAY 6: 7:30 AM Meditation 8:30AM Mindful Flow Yoga 10:00AM Breakfast 11:00AM Closing ceremony 12:00PM Check out and departure |
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