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MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION PROGRAM
DETAILS
An eight week program offering an introduction
to meditation and an approach
to working with stress, pain, and illness.
Mindfulness
Meditation is a practice which involves cultivating a gentle, caring, nonjudgmental awareness toward all of our experiences moment-to-moment. It can help us
reconnect with our inner resources of acceptance, calm and insight even in the face of difficulty. This can be helpful to those of us living with stress from work, our relationships, our healing of childhood wounds, our mid-life transitions,
our chronic pain or illness. During the course you will learn a variety of mindfulness meditation techniques based on paying attention to your breath, physical sensations, thoughts and feelings.
Facilitator: Beth Trotter, M.A., R.C.C. has practised in the Buddhist Vipassana tradition for twenty years and has been a psychotherapist in private practice during that time. She is committed
to creating a safe, supportive and respectful learning environment within which each person can develop their natural capacity for mindfulness and presence. She also brings the experience of working in a meditative way to her own physical
challenges and historical trauma.
Co-Facilitator: Janet Lironi a clinical counsellor, was introduced to Mindfulness when she attended Beth Trotter's Stress Reduction Program. She had been practising meditation in various
traditions since 1968. This course inspired her to pursue the Vipassana tradition, which she has been studying and practising for ten years. Janet continues to learn and appreciate the practice of listening deeply, being present, and living
with compassion.
Eight week mindfulness based stress reduction course:
The program consists of eight 2-1/4 hour sessions once a week and one full day retreat. It allows each person to explore their individual experience with group support, but it is not a therapy group.
Next Class Begins: TBA
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Full Day Retreat: TBA
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Location: Fairfield Community Place,
1330 Fairfield Rd, Victoria.
Cost: $375 (some subsidies available) including pre-course telephone interview, audio cds and handouts.
Registration: Please register early, as class size is limited. To register send $50 non-refundable deposit to Beth Trotter, 210 Vancouver
St. Victoria BC V8V 3S8.
This course is modeled after the Stress Reduction and Relaxation Program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre. Beth trained
in Vancouver with Dr. Adrianne Ross, a student of Jon Kabat-Zin.
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