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SUMMARY:Meditation Group on Tuesday nights now open to public
DESCRIPTION:Long established meditation group will now meet at Hamilton Quaker Meeting House\, 7 Butty Place in West Hamilton near Whitney and Lower Horning on first and third Tuesday of each month. Start at 7:30 with 45 minute sitting meditation followed by a short reading and a talking circle. We end with tea and socializing\, finished by 9:30. A donation of $2.00 appreciated.There is no teacher and the meditation is self-guided. All welcome.
URL:https://mindfulnesshamilton.ca/event/meditation-group-on-tuesday-nights-now-open-to-public
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SUMMARY:1-Day Mindfulness Core Concepts
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the research and application of mindfulness. This is the first module of our MBSR Core Facilitation Certificate Program. \nThis one-day highly experiential workshop will introduce participants to the origins\, principles and practices of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and other mindfulness-based interventions.  We will move between didactic and experiential sessions throughout the day. Participants will gain an understanding of the historical and scientific underpinnings of mindfulness and its application to stress and everyday life. \nThe morning session will consist of an orientation and overview of mindfulness concepts and origins\, and experiential exercises working with the senses. The afternoon session will delve deeper into experiencing the body through simple practices\, move into exploring thoughts and feelings\, and end with a discussion of the applications of mindfulness to daily living and how to learn more about mindfulness. \nParticipants Will Learn\n• How to define mindfulness and give a description of its theoretical underpinnings\n• To train the attention to be more present-focused\n• To start to apply core mindfulness practices to everyday life and difficult situations\n• Resources to learn more about MBSR and other mindfulness-based interventions \nWho Should Attend\nThis introductory course is meant for general interest and is most suitable for those interested in the personal and professional applications of mindfulness including healthcare providers\, other professionals\, and those wishing to teach MBSR or other mindfulness programs. There is no prerequisite for this course. \nIf you are pursuing the MBSR Facilitation Certificate and you have prior formal mindfulness training\, please contact The Centre to see if you can be exempt from completing this first training module. \nTiming\nOne-Day Course: Friday\nFriday\, September 8\, 2017 | 9:30am – 4:30pm \nFee: $335 (please note that lunch is not provided)\nAs a registered charity\, we do not charge HST. When you support us\, you support our charitable initiatives. If you’d like to learn more\, please see our Community Program. \nPayment\, cancellation and refund policies \nMore…\nFacilitator(s):Gwen Morgan MSW RSW
URL:https://mindfulnesshamilton.ca/event/1-day-mindfulness-core-concepts-2
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SUMMARY:1-Day Mindfulness Core Concepts
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the research and application of mindfulness. This is the first module of our MBSR Core Facilitation Certificate Program. \nThis one-day highly experiential workshop will introduce participants to the origins\, principles and practices of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and other mindfulness-based interventions.  We will move between didactic and experiential sessions throughout the day. Participants will gain an understanding of the historical and scientific underpinnings of mindfulness and its application to stress and everyday life. \nThe morning session will consist of an orientation and overview of mindfulness concepts and origins\, and experiential exercises working with the senses. The afternoon session will delve deeper into experiencing the body through simple practices\, move into exploring thoughts and feelings\, and end with a discussion of the applications of mindfulness to daily living and how to learn more about mindfulness. \nParticipants Will Learn\n• How to define mindfulness and give a description of its theoretical underpinnings\n• To train the attention to be more present-focused\n• To start to apply core mindfulness practices to everyday life and difficult situations\n• Resources to learn more about MBSR and other mindfulness-based interventions \nWho Should Attend\nThis introductory course is meant for general interest and is most suitable for those interested in the personal and professional applications of mindfulness including healthcare providers\, other professionals\, and those wishing to teach MBSR or other mindfulness programs. There is no prerequisite for this course. \nIf you are pursuing the MBSR Facilitation Certificate and you have prior formal mindfulness training\, please contact The Centre to see if you can be exempt from completing this first training module. \nTiming\nOne-Day Course: Friday\nFriday\, September 8\, 2017 | 9:30am – 4:30pm \nFee: $335 (please note that lunch is not provided)\nAs a registered charity\, we do not charge HST. When you support us\, you support our charitable initiatives. If you’d like to learn more\, please see our Community Program. \nPayment\, cancellation and refund policies \nMore…\nFacilitator(s):Gwen Morgan MSW RSW
URL:https://mindfulnesshamilton.ca/event/1-day-mindfulness-core-concepts-4
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170912T183000
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SUMMARY:Mindfulness for Stress Reduction - 6 week courses
DESCRIPTION:This is a 6-week course for small groups (maximum 6 participants) that is a variation on the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program.  It is primarily practice-based\, with teachings arising out of the participants’ experience.  Therefore\, it is suitable for those new to mindfulness and those wishing to continue their practice in a supportive environment.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDates and Times: \nTuesdays\, September 12 – October 17\, 6:30-8:00 pm \nor \nSaturdays\, September 16 – October 21\, 9:30-11:00 am \nFee:  $150. for 6 weeks (90 minute sessions) \nGroup size is limited. \nLocation:  West Hamilton \n(directions available upon registration) \nPlease note: \nThe courses will run continuously.  The next courses are: \nTuesdays\, October 24 – December 5 \nor \nSaturdays\, October 28 – December 9 \n(no classes week of November 13th) \nIf you are interested: \nEmail Anna at annataneburgo@gmail.com \nShe will book a phone conversation with you to ensure that the course will meet your needs. \n website www.wholehealing.ca
URL:https://mindfulnesshamilton.ca/event/mindfulness-for-stress-reduction-a-6-week-course
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SUMMARY:Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Training - Early bird rate ends August 1
DESCRIPTION:Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Training – Guelph\, ON\nPre-Approved for 20 CE Credits with the\nCanadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association \nIntegrating principles drawn from neuroscience\, attachment theory\, Somatic Experiencing and trauma-informed care to increase safety\, embodiment\, choice\, voice and empowerment for trauma survivors \nMindfulness has become a popular tool in many clinicians’ toolkits\, and the research behind it is overwhelmingly positive.  Trauma survivors often seek out mindfulness or other forms of meditation or spirituality\, such as yoga\, to support them in their healing journey\, or have been “prescribed” these by a professional.  However\, without the proper awareness or safeguards in place\, these practices can be activating and re-traumatizing for some people\, leading to many adverse effects\, such as anxiety\, panic\, psychotic breaks\, terror\, dissolution of ego boundaries\, flashbacks\, repressed material resurfacing\, and uncomfortable physical sensations associated with unresolved trauma responses. \nOthers turn to contemplative practices as a form of spiritual bypassing\, a way to dissociate and avoid or disconnect from distressing symptoms.  As is true with other approaches\, no one modality is a panacea and recognizing when a tool is the right fit or not is important.  This East meets West workshop will review the shadow side of spirituality\, and introduce practical principles to adapt mindfulness in a trauma-informed way.  Participants will be introduced to: \n\nIntegrating a trauma lens of polyvagal theory\, attachment theory and psychophysiology into mindfulness\nAdverse effects and benefits of contemplative practices\, in particular for those with early developmental trauma\nBody memory\, the biological cycle of stress activation\, defensive responses and completion\, and how thwarted self-protective efforts can manifest during meditation\nFrameworks and principles to support a more nuanced approach to mindfulness\, in alignment with staged models of trauma treatment\nCaveats around breath work practices for trauma\nWays to adapt mindfulness to support client safety\, choice\, voice and empowerment
URL:https://mindfulnesshamilton.ca/event/trauma-informed-mindfulness-training-early-bird-rate-ends-august-1
ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Schlote":MAILTO:sarah@healingrefuge.com
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SUMMARY:Mindful Self-Compassion
DESCRIPTION:Increasingly\, health-care institutions are coming under pressure to do more with less\, to provide quality care with less resources and to improve the experience of patients and their families. \nAs a result\, many health-care workers find themselves grappling with increased levels of stress\, burnout\, compassion/empathy fatigue and conflict within their teams and colleagues. \nThere is a way to create workplaces that both support physician/staff/learner; one that creates resilience and enables compassionate care not only for patients but for fellow co-workers as well. \nMindful Self-Compassion provides emotional strength and resilience\, allowing us to admit our shortcomings\, motivate ourselves with kindness\, forgive ourselves when needed\, relate wholeheartedly to others\, and be more authentically ourselves. Increased self-compassion improves compassion for others. \n\nMotivate yourself with kindness rather than criticism\n Handle difficult emotions with greater ease\n Transform challenging relationships\, old and new\n Manage caregiver fatigue\n Practice the art of savoring and self-appreciation\n\nMultiple studies have shown that 30-60% of physicians and other health care providers are experiencing significant levels of professional and personal distress\, including burnout\, emotional exhaustion\, and low self-accomplishment. Burnout has been linked to many adverse outcomes including poor quality of care\, increased errors and decreased ability to demonstrate empathy. \nHow can the individuals who choose this “helping” profession thrive in the face of personal and work \nstresses? As we meet suffering in clinical practice\, can we practice building resilience rather than cynicism \nand exhaustion? Who of us has not left themselves out in the process of caring for others? Who does not \nhave an inner critic that barks at us periodically? Who has difficulty navigating stress or conflict in \ninterpersonal relationships? \nMindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is an empirically-supported\, (evidenced based) 9-week\, training program \ndesigned to cultivate the skill of self-compassion. Based on the ground-breaking research of Kristin Neff and \nthe clinical expertise of Christopher Germer\, MSC teaches core principles and practices that enable participants to respond to difficult moments in their lives with kindness\, care and understanding. \nThis mindfulness course is an experiential curriculum for all health care providers. The program uses didactic teaching\, experiential work including group\, large and small\, interpersonal work as well as individual work. \nWe will meet for 2 1/2 hours each Tuesday and will have a half day retreat after session 5. To receive the most benefit from the program\, participants are advised to attend every session along with the retreat and to develop a mindfulness practice each day during the program. \nOverall Goals \n• Promote resilience\, health and well-being within the self and the health care environment \n• Engage self-compassion and self-kindness verses the inner critic \n• Develop self and other observational tools thus improving one’s relationship with self and others \n• Learn to manage suffering and difficult emotions \n• Learn to develop compassion and set boundaries without burnout\, apathy\, numbness and exhaustion \n• Learn self-care strategies to prevent burnout \n• Develop the capacity for an open heart \n• Develop mindfulness verses over-identification \nFaculty/Teachers/Facilitators: \nBarbara Smith\, MFA\, GIT\, MS. Psych\, CRPO \nRegistered Psychotherapist in private practice and mental health counsellor with the Hamilton Family Health Team. Barbara has been involved in contemplative studies for over 4 decades and has extensive training and experience in Mindfulness. She has trained in MBSR\, DRAM (Discovering Resilience Through Applied Mindfulness)\, Mindful Communication at the University of Rochester\, NY\, is a trained MSC (Mindful Self-Compassion) teacher and studied with Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer. She presently teaches Mindful Self-Compassion and Mindful Communication courses in Hamilton. Barbara is part of the executive of Mindfulness Hamilton\, has studied with Michael Stone and the application of mindfulness in clinical practice and has studied with Pema Chodron and Thich Nhat Hanh. She has extensive professional experience as a group leader. \nMary Linda Burgess\, MSW\, RSW \nMental Health Group Facilitator with Hamilton Family Health Team\, has 20 years of experience as a Mental Health Counsellor with Hamilton Family Health Team; is a Trained Teacher in Mindful Self-Compassion with the Centre of Mindful Self-Compassion; has completed Mindful Eating course with Jan Chosen-Bays; completed training with Sunnybrook Hospital and U of Toronto in leading mindfulness based group programs; has attended MBSR training with Jon Kabat Zinn and Saki Santorelli; has attended mindfulness based programs with such esteemed teachers as Pema Chodron\, Thich Nhat Hahn\, Jack Kornfield\, Sharon Saltzberg\, Tara Brach\, Norm Feldman and Molly Swan and others. Mary Linda has extensive experience in group facilitation; currently teaches Mindful Self– Compassion courses in Hamilton. \n  \n 
URL:https://mindfulnesshamilton.ca/event/mindful-self-compassion-5
LOCATION:McMaster Innovation Park\, 175 Longwood Road South\,\, Hamilton\, Ontario\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences Program for Faculty Development":MAILTO:dicroce@mcmaster.ca
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