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There are Mindfulness Classes
that can help you get on the MindfulnessPath in the San Fernando
Valley of Los Angeles County in California. These
courses are meant to help you cultivate and deepen your Mindfulness
Meditation.
8-Week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Basic Mindfulness Class
Classes Designed to Deepen Mindfulness
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8-Week Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction
 What is Mindfulness
Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Training?
There is a gap between knowing what to do and knowing how to do it.
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction provides a bridge for both.
Developed more than three decades ago at the University of
Massachusetts Medical Center by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., Mindfulness
Training helps a person live in the present moment and ride more easily
the ups and downs of life. By intentionally bringing a non-judgmental
awareness to breathing, body sensations, thoughts, and
feelings--including fears, anger, frustrations, desires, and self
doubts--a person is better equipped to deal with the challenges of life.
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Who should participate?
The program is for those
interested in self-development and learning ways to reduce day-to-day
stress. You may join either by your own request or by a healthcare
provider-referral. Some participants join the program with
psychological or medical conditions (headaches, depression, chronic
pain, heart disease, hypertension, gastrointestinal problems, anxiety
and panic disorders, etc.). The program is complementary to traditional
therapies.
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 What can be learned?
People simply observe
what arises in the body and mind, perceiving each experience as an
event in their own field of awareness. This fuller, moment to moment,
non-judgmental awareness known as Mindfulness frees a person to make
clearer and more attuned decisions.
The majority of people
completing the program report lasting decreases in problematic physical
and psychological symptoms. Most people also report an increased
ability to relax, greater energy and enthusiasm for life, heightened
self-confidence and an increased ability to cope more effectively with
both short and long-term stressful situations.
Scientific research
indicates that while not "curing" medical problems, conventional
medical treatment outcomes have in many cases been greatly improved by
MBSR as evidenced by reduced drug therapies and reduced progression of
disease.
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How long is the program?
The Mindfulness program
takes place in 2˝ hour class-like sessions, once weekly for 8
consecutive weeks. There is also an individual pre-program interview
and a single 7-Hour Saturday class meeting.
Using this mind/body
approach regularly calls for a time investment of 45 minutes per day, 6
days a week throughout the duration of the program. The course consists
of activities that cultivate the practice of living mindfully. This
includes meditation, relaxation, easy stretching postures, class
discussions and home supported exercises with CDs and workbook handouts.
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The full cost of the
program including course materials is $450. A senior
discount is
available. Payment arrangements will be considered on an individual
basis.
* Space is limited to preserve an intimate atmosphere. To
register or for more information, please use the Contact
Page.
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Basic Mindfulness Class
A Class for Beginners and a way to re-start
your practice.
Being mindful is a means of calming the mind by paying attention to
your moment-to-moment experiences in a wholly non-judgmental manner. As
you practice mindfulness, you learn to gather your inner resources in
order to manage pain, illness and stress. This special form of
attentiveness enables you to find new insights into life situations
and, in turn, develop richer and more skillful responses to life’s
events. Mindfulness encourages deep relaxation, heightened awareness
and clarity of thought. You are doing something for yourself that no
one else can do for you.
This class is designed
for those new to meditation or those who would like a refresher. There
will be simple instructions in the practice of mindfulness meditation.
We will have discussions and you will be invited to ask questions. Come
and learn to practice and add mindfulness to your life.
The full cost of the
program including course materials is $275. A senior
discount is
available. Payment arrangements will be considered on an individual
basis.
* Space is limited to preserve an intimate atmosphere. To
register or for more information, please use the Contact
Page.
Classes Designed to Deepen Mindfulness
These 4 to 6-week classes are designed for beginners as well as those
who have a regular meditation practice. The classes explore, with
mindful investigation and understanding, how to work with reactive
mind-states. Each class focuses on a particular topic, investigating
ways to recognize the quality of being more present in the face of
reactive habits and patterns where suffering is experienced. By knowing
these reactive states, and how they can be changed, we are lead to
being free of them.
Class topics may include:
- Embracing thought distractions that remove us
from the present moment.
- Working with fear using mindful awareness of
how fear projects its own realities.
- Examining death and dying with compassion while
exploring stages of self-preservation.
- Working with anger and the cultivation of
patience and compassion.
- Contact Dr. Blumenfeld for other class topics.
* Space is limited to preserve an intimate atmosphere. To
register or for more information, please use the Contact
Page.
How
to enroll?
Space is limited to preserve an intimate
atmosphere. To register or for more information, please use the Contact Page.
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