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SUMMARY:“Paying Attention”: Cultivating the Practice of Insight Meditation
DESCRIPTION:‘On the Cushion’: An Insight Meditation Sitting Group \nThese 6 sessions will be held in silence.  The purpose is to support ongoing meditation practice for those with experience\, and to provide opportunity for others to develop a sitting practice. This will not be a teaching class per se\, but will be designed around a theme.  There will be opportunities to address practice questions or struggles.  There is no registration required\, and people are free to ‘drop in’.  A cash fee of $5 will be paid to the studio upon arrival and the offering of ‘dana’ (a gift of generosity) to the teacher. \nDate: Wednesdays – September 9 to October 14 \nTime: 7:30-8:30 AM \nTeacher: Donna Paige
URL:https://mindfulnesshamilton.ca/event/paying-attention-cultivating-the-practice-of-insight-meditation
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, 17 King St. E.\, Suite 204\,\, Dundas\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS MANAGEMENT: Introduction to Mindfulness Practices
DESCRIPTION:In this four week series participants will explore the basics of simple mindfulness practices with an overview of the neuroscience that supports them. This workshop will provide participants with the tools to establish a regular personal mindful practice. Research indicates that four weeks of regular practice as little as 10 minutes a day will restructure the brain which will help you manage and cope with stress better\, regulate emotions and improve your overal well-being. \nThe series will run on Wednesdays September 23\, 30\, and October 7\, 14\, from 7-9 pm \nRegister at Eventbrite at the following link:  http://goo.gl/ilv0E \nFor more information contact; arunas@mindfulsolutionsforchange.com \n 
URL:https://mindfulnesshamilton.ca/event/mindfulness-based-stress-management-introduction-to-mindfulness-practices
LOCATION:Mindbreak Studio\, 501 Templemead Drive\, Hamilton\, Ontario\, L8W 3K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Oct 14 - Dec 9
DESCRIPTION:A new MBSR program will begin on Wednesday OCTOBER 14th\, 2015. This group will run every week for 8 weeks ending on Wednesday DECEMBER 9th. The retreat day will be scheduled by the group participants at the first session – possible dates will be Saturday November 14th or Wednesday November 18th. This course will help you by: · Introducing the theory and practice of mindfulness meditation which is based upon the mindfulness approach developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn . · Learning how to develop your own daily mindfulness meditation practice . · Learning how to enhance moment-to-moment awareness\, decrease emotional and physical symptoms\, and respond to stressors in more rewarding ways. “By living mindfully\, we can overcome stubborn mental patterns and live more joyfully.” \nLocation – 326 Locke Street South  Time –     From 4:30 to 7:00 pm What to Bring  – nothing – there will be cushions/mats and a variety of different meditation devises for people to try out. If you are already a practitioner of meditation\, then feel free to bring your own. Dress in comfortable clothing and layers is best. We will be sitting on a carpeted floor – there are chairs for people that may have difficulty with the floor. The \nMBSR program cost is $300 for 8 weeks including the retreat day. Payments can be made by either Visa or Master Card and leave the details – name of cardholder\, V/MC # and expiry date on my answering machine 905 528-0257 which is private and confidential or email at suzmcbr@gmail.com  Please email if you have any questions and/or concerns prior to the start date and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Namaste\,  Susan \n“œYour task is not to seek for love\, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”  Rumi \nJung – Consciousness:  Until you make the unconscious conscious\, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. “I need you in order to be me and you need me in order to be you.” Desmond Tutu.
URL:https://mindfulnesshamilton.ca/event/mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-oct-14-dec-9
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SUMMARY:16 Guidelines for Life - Tools for Cultural and Personal Change.
DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Compassion and Wisdom Presents: \nParticipants will develop tools to change the way they Think\, Act\, Relate and Create Meaning. The 16 Guidelines for Life are about making life more meaningful.  The 16 G’s will help deepen your personal values while challenging you to consider your world and the happiness of others. Whether your greatest challenges exist at home\, in the work place\, in your community or the world beyond\, the 16G provide the opportunity to deeply examine the nature of thought\, action\, interconnectivity and meaning in your life. \n  \nThis workshop is for those who are interested in taking mindfulness into their worlds in order to create a wise\, kind society: \n\nEducators\nFacilitators\nHealth and Mental Health workers\nParents\nBusiness Leaders\nCommunity Developers\n\n  \nThe 16G have attracted everyone from neuroscientists to school teachers\, corporations to social services agencies\, parents to community builders – anyone who is in need of motivation to change their outlook and practices. The 16G are currently being used for personal and cultural change in hospitals\, schools\, social service agencies\, drug rehab\, hospices\, universities\, youth-at-risk programs\, youth leadership programs\, businesses and prisons as well as in families\, communities and neighborhoods. \nParticipants will receive: \n  \n\nA personal experience of exercises and educational resources detailing the philosophy and origins of the 16 Guidelines.\nAccess to on-line resources and Universal Education international community\nA path to become a 16G Facilitator\n\nCraig Mackie has a MA in philosophy and a MSW. Currently in clinical practice with the Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic\, he also teaches at the University of Toronto\, Applied Mindfulness Meditation Program and is an international trainer in 16 Guidelines. \n  \nSharon Babineau is co-founder of Mindful Solutions for Change\, certified in 5 Tibetan Yogas\, and Transformative Mindfulness Methods. She is an instructor at the University of Toronto\, Applied Mindfulness Meditation program and is certified in Mindfulness Without Borders. She also keynotes on wellness in Canada and USA. \nInquiries: \nsharon@mindbreak.ca \ncraig@essentiachange.net \nwww.16guidelines.org  Program is endorsed by His Holiness the Dalia Lama\, Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom. \ncentreforcompassionandwisdom.com \n  \nREGISTER:  http://16guidelinesworkshop.eventbrite.ca \nFEES: \nRegistration includes cost of 16 G Book and Cards ($35 value) \n$200 register by Sept15th \n$225 thereafter \n\Register at:  http://16guidelinesworkshop.eventbrite.ca \nwww.essentiachange.net   www.mindfulsolutionsforchange.com \nwww.centreforcompassionandwisdom.com/ \nwww.16guidelines.org            This program is endorsed by His Holiness the Dalia Lama through the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom \n 
URL:https://mindfulnesshamilton.ca/event/16-guidelines-for-life-tools-for-cultural-and-personal-change
LOCATION:TBA Hamilton/Burlington\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Trauma-Sensitive Yoga and Mindfulness Training
DESCRIPTION:Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Training…for yoga teachers\, mindfulness instructors and therapists \nMany trauma survivors seek out yoga or mindfulness to support them in their healing journey. However\, without the proper awareness or safeguards in place\, meditative practices can be unintentionally re-traumatizing. The act of becoming more mindfully present through focus on the breath\, body or through certain intentional movements or postures can trigger memories\, emotions or physical sensations that are painful or overwhelming. Some students or clients may find themselves discouraged\, upset or coping by bottling up\, overriding or dissociating\, reluctant to return. \nCombining the principles of yoga therapy and Somatic Experiencing™\, this training will allow you to: \n\nExplore the neuroscience of trauma\, stress and emotional dysregulation\nFind out how yoga and mindfulness practices can backfire\nIdentify ways to minimize the risk of triggering trauma responses\nIntegrate new skills and practices to enhance your existing approaches\n\nCome explore how to incorporate trauma-informed principles in your work\, alternative practices that may be less activating\, and other considerations for increasing safety\, stabilization\, choice\, voice and empowerment. \nDiscover concrete ways to create a safer and more empowering experience for students and clients! \nThe workshop will cover the following topics: \n\nThe neurobiology/physiology of trauma\,\nHow emotional dysregulation occurs and how to recognize it in our students (and ourselves!)\nWhy certain yoga and mindfulness practices can backfire\, and concrete ways to make the practice of yoga – whether individually or in a group class – emotionally and physically safer.\nThe Panchamaya (Koshas) model of yoga therapy and how it applies to trauma\nChakras and trauma\nUnderstanding the role of dissociation in trauma and “spiritual bypass”\nHow the language used in many classes can be triggering\, and how to use language to create a safe environment full of choice and control for the student.\nUsing somatic exercises to help a student to reorient to the present (coming out of a trauma/fight/flight response).\nWhich asanas are generally more soothing vs. more triggering for students.\nThe complex and multidimensional aspects of trauma from both a Western and Eastern view.\nNeuroception\, interoception and proprioception\nPolyvagal theory and the vagus nerve in relation to trauma\nThe role of the psoas muscle in trauma\nWorking with dukha / sukha (pendulations between trauma and healing\, constriction and expansion)\nAnatomy of the breath\, its relationship with trauma and the nervous system\, and how to teach breath techniques safely and effectively.\n\nThrough a combination of lecture material\, case examples and hands-on practices and exercises\, participants will develop a better understanding of how to incorporate trauma-informed principles in their yoga teaching\, alternative practices that may be less triggering or activating for students\, and other consdierations for increasing student safety\, stabilization\, choice\, voice and control. \nTRAINERS: \nSarah Schlote\, MA\, CCC\, SEP\nSarah is a therapist\, Somatic Experiencing™ (SE) Practitioner\, and trainer who is certified through the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. She holds a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology from the University of Victoria in British Columbia\, completed her formal training in SE under Berns Galloway\, Kathy Kain\, and Dr. Peter Levine\, and is currently an approved general training assistant at all levels through the Somatic Experiencing™ Trauma Institute in Boulder\, CO. She has been practicing mindfulness and self-compassion since 2003 both personally and professionally\, and is passionate about increasing awareness of trauma-informed and trauma-specific care. Her experience includes mental health and addictions\, eating disorders and impulse control\, sexual abuse\, peri-natal and early attachment trauma\, shock trauma\, stress and anxiety\, dissociation\, identity development\, grief and loss\, healthy aggression and boundaries work. Additional approaches she uses include dialectical behaviour therapy skills\, psychodynamic therapy\, ego state work\, inner child work\, cognitive-behavioural therapy\, and equine-facilitated therapy. \nCaroline Owen\, BA\, E-RYT500\nCaroline runs yoga classes and teacher trainings out of her studio in Norwood\, Ontario (Peterborough area). She became interested in yoga for survivors of trauma after completing 5 year yoga therapy training in the U.S. and India with TKV Desikachar and other teachers. Having witnessed many students\, and personally experiencing yoga’s power in healing trauma\, she now had a set of tools to help others to slowly and safely release their own past traumas. She has been teaching yoga since 1991 and practicing yoga therapy since 2009. Her main teachers include TKV Desikachar\, Sharath Jois\, Esther Myers\, and Diane Bruni. She has produced a full-length professional recording\, “Open Heart – Yoga to Awaken Loving Kindness”\, and offers trainings and workshops for yoga teachers\, as well as a 200-hour trauma-sensitive yoga teacher training (dates for upcoming trainings can be found on the Wavelengths Yoga website listed above) and a 300 hour advanced yoga teacher training. She also has a passion for outdoor adventure travels\, and leads wilderness treks\, horseback rides and retreats throughout the world\, often combined with yoga\, meditation and mindfulness.
URL:https://mindfulnesshamilton.ca/event/trauma-sensitive-yoga-and-mindfulness-training
LOCATION:Sugar Ridge Retreat Centre\, 5720 Forgets Road\, Wyebridge\, Ontario\, L0K 2E0\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Schlote":MAILTO:sarah@healingrefuge.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151031T080000
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SUMMARY:New Dundas Meditation Group
DESCRIPTION:Hi to you all\, Beginning Saturday October 31 I will be offering a series of meditations on Saturday mornings. We will begin at 9:30am at 32 Princess St\, Dundas Please arrive early to get settled\, the front door will be open by 9:15am so just let yourself in\, remove shoes and head up the stairs. Chairs and blankets are provided\, please feel free to bring your own bench or cushion. These sessions are ideal for those beginning a practice of meditation or for those looking to deepen an established practice.  No experience is needed. If you know anyone who would be interested in coming along please invite them. These teachings are offered on a Dana/Donation basis. If you have any questions please contact me\, looking forward to seeing you all. angela aross1@cogeco.ca
URL:https://mindfulnesshamilton.ca/event/new-dundas-meditation-group
LOCATION:32 Princess St\,\,  Dundas\, Canada
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