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SUMMARY:Wake Up Kate 8-Week MBSR Course
DESCRIPTION:WHAT IS MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION? \nThis 8 week\, 9 session MBSR curriculum is being offered by Wake Up Kate and is based on an intensive training in mindfulness meditation. The curriculum was developed by the University of Massachusetts Medical School & Centre For Mindfulness over the course of three decades and is designed to teach participants how to integrate and apply mindfulness in their everyday lives and to the range of challenges arising from life stresses. Learn more here. \nWHY PARTICIPATE?\n“Mindfulness provides a simple but powerful route for getting ourselves unstuck\, back in touch with our wisdom and vitality. It is a way to take charge of the direction and quality of our own lives\, including our relationships with the family\, our relationships to work and the larger world and planet\, and most fundamentally\, our relationship with ourself as a person.” Jon Kabat-Zinn. \nThis 35 year old course is highly respected in the medical\, business and educational community. It has been featured on 60 minutes with Anderson Cooper\, on PBS in Bill Moyer’s documentary\, Healing and the Mind (seen by more than 40 million people)\, Time Life Magazine\, The Oprah Winfrey show\, ABC’s Evening News with Dan Harris and hundreds of publications. \nWHAT DOES THE 8-WEEK MBSR COURSE INCLUDE?\n\nWake Up Kate’s signature introduction to mindfulness keynote and MBSR orientation (1.5 hours).\nEight weekly classes (2.5 hours each).\nOne ALL DAY silent retreat usually on a Saturday or Sunday.\nDedicated one-on-one weekly email consultation with a Qualified Mindfulness Instructor.\nOn going resources\, teaching tips and support with Membership in Wake Up Kate’s Private Facebook community.\nOne-on-one guided instruction in mindfulness across all foundational mindfulness practices including sitting and walking meditation\, mindful eating\, mindful dialogue/communication\, body scans and body-mind awareness.\nGentle stretching\, mindful yoga.\nGroup dialogue\, experiential exercises and enquiry aimed at cultivating emotional intelligence and self-awareness in everyday life and work.\nDaily home assignments.\nLife time access to Wake Up Kate’s guided meditation recordings to keep you on track after the course ends.\nAn easy to use home practice manual to keep you on track.\n\nAN EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAM\nTwo decades of published research indicate that the majority of people who complete this course experience: \n\nReduced stress\, anxiety and depression\nImprovements with pain\, tiredness and headaches\nIncreased awareness and concentration\nIncreased perception and memory\nGreater energy and enthusiasm for life\nImproved self-esteem\nAn ability to cope more effectively with both short and long term stressful situations\n\nWHEN:\nMandatory Orientation: Tuesday October 10th\, 2017 | 6.30pm-8.00pm \nClass Dates: 8 Tuesdays: October 17\, 24\, 31\, November 7\, 14\, 21\, 28. December 5th. Class Time: 6.30pm-9.00pm \nAll Day Retreat: Saturday November 25th\, 9am – 4pm \nWHERE:\nMacLachlan College | 337 Trafalgar Road | Oakville\, Ontario \nLIMITED TIME OFFER\nSUPER EARLY BIRD $595+HST \n\nGET $100 OFF UNTIL AUGUST 29\nENTER PROMO CODE: SUPERWAKEUPKATEFALLMBSR\n\nEARLY BIRD $620+HST \n\nGET $75 OFF UNTIL SEPTEMBER 26\nENTER PROMO CODE: WAKEUPKATEFALLMBSR\n\nREGULAR PRICE $695+HST \n\nAFTER SEPTEMBER 26\, 2017\n\nDON’T FORGET TO ENTER THE PROMO CODE TO RECEIVE YOUR EARLY REGISTRATION OFFER. \n\n100% RISK FREE GUARANTEE\nFull tuition is due to register for the course. If at the end of the mandatory orientation session you decide – or we decide – this course is not for you\, your full tuition will be refunded in full\, less a $50 non-refundable processing fee. Once you begin the program (after Orientation)\, your tuition fee is non-refundable.
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SUMMARY:Wakeful Retreat - A One Day Semi-Silent Retreat
DESCRIPTION:HAVE YOU BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT DOING A SILENT RETREAT?\nDo you have a mindfulness or meditation practice\, but just can’t seem to keep it going? Or\, perhaps you’ve been curious about doing a silent meditation retreat but the thought of doing 2\, 3 or 4 days is a little overwhelming? One of the most powerful ways to grow or deepen your practice is by attending a few retreats every year. Join Qualified MBSR Teacher and Mindfulness Instructor\, Kate Kerr for this semi-silent 1-day retreat and learn how to practice mindfulness & discover powerful strategies to live a more conscious and successful life. The benefits you’ll walk away with include understanding and managing your mind better\, reducing stress\, responding more skillfully in challenging situations\, increasing focus\, having stronger mental resilience and learning all the tools you need to practice mindfulness anytime\, anywhere. Click here to learn about the benefits you will walk away with and how to prepare for the retreat. \nTHIS RETREAT IS FOR:\n\nAnyone who wishes to quiet the negative inner voice that inhibits peace and happiness\nAnyone who is interested in establishing a healing meditation practice for the mind and emotions\nAnyone who seeks a means to be more compassionate and forgiving towards themselves.\nSuitable for business leaders\, employees\, teachers\, healthcare professionals\, entrepreneurs and parents\nSuitable for beginners\, as well as those looking to refresh or deepen their mindfulness practice\n\nOUR RETREAT INCLUDES:\n\nA qualified\, experienced mindfulness facilitator & senior trainer.\nA welcome package with strategies on how to prepare for the retreat and get the most out of the day.\nKate’s inspirational keynote talk on what mindfulness really is\, the neuroscience behind it\, the physiology of stress.\nWake Up Kate’s latest training guide: “The Most Important Five Steps You’ll Ever Need To Know To Master Meditation”.\nTraining in ALL the foundational mindfulness practices\, including the body scan\, mindful movement\, sitting with awareness of breath\, mountain meditation\, walking meditation\, sound meditation\, thoughts are not facts meditation\, loving kindness meditation.\nA transformational eating meditation to help transform your health and cultivate greater breakthrough thinking in your life and work.\nThe EXACT tools you need to implement mindfulness at work and at home.\nExclusive bonus material [only available in this retreat] “10 Steps To Mindfulness”\nPowerful resources and handouts.\nMembership in Wake Up Kate’s Private FB Community.\nClosing discussion\, what you MUST KNOW STRATEGIES to transition to informal life\, on going support and resources.\n\nABOUT THE RETREAT INSTRUCTOR: KATE KERR\, BA (HONS)\nKate is President of Wake Up Kate and a Qualified MBSR Instructor (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction). She has studied mindfulness meditation and interpersonal neurobiology at the Mindfulness Centre since 2011. She has deepened her practice at numerous 8 day silent retreats with Shinzen Young in Vipassana insight meditation. Kate completed her professional training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction with the highly regarded international MBSR Professional Education and Training at University of Massachusetts Medical School. Most recently Kate completed the intensive Mind Body Medicine Training with Saki Santoreli\, Florence Meleo-Meyer and Judson Brewer. Kate thrives on an active daily meditation practice of her own embodying mindfulness as a way of life. \nPRAISE FOR WAKE UP KATE COURSES & RETREATS\n“Kate you are truly a gifted facilitator. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with such empathy and compassion. You are inspirational. So much of what you shared has resonated deeply with me. I’ve experienced adversity many times in my life but in the last few years it has affected my health and happiness and I’ve been searching for how to regain my balance. Your retreat was just what I needed. Thank you for’ waking’ me up and helping me find my way back to me.” — Carolyn Simpson\, President\, Money Moods Incorporated \nWHEN:\nSaturday Nov 18th\, 2017 | 9am-4pm \nWHERE:\nMacLachlan College | 337 Trafalgar Road | Oakville \nCOST:\n\nLIMITED TIME OFFER: GET $70 OFF UNTIL NOV 4\, 2017\n$227+hst UNTIL NOV 4\, 2017\nENTER PROMO CODE: WAKEFULRETREATNOV2017\n$297+hst AFTER NOV 4th\, 2017
URL:https://mindfulnesshamilton.ca/event/wakeful-retreat-a-one-day-semi-silent-retreat
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