June Drop-In Session
This month's drop-in session for Stress Reduction
Program Graduates will be held on
Thurs,
June 9, 7-9 PM at the Wright Tavern
Center, 2 Lexington Rd., Concord.
The summer schedule for Drop-In Sessions will be:
- NO JULY DROP-IN SESSION
- AUGUST DROP-IN SESSION WILL BE ON THURS,
AUGUST 11
Join us on June 9, as we cultivate mindfulness is our
lives by sitting in silence, exploring mountain and
lake meditations, and walking the labyrinth. A great
way to jump start your summer season by dropping in
on relaxation! Pre-registration in not necessary.
Come
as you are,
and stay for as long as you are able. The drop-in
fee
is $15
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Greetings!
Welcome to the June edition of News from
Stress
Resources.
June....the month of many endings.....the end of the
school year, the end of the fiscal year, graduations
and retirements. June is also the month of
"commencements". We use the
word "commencement" interchangeably with the
word "graduation". In fact, the word commencement,
as defined by Merriam-Webster, is "to have or
make a beginning....to begin to be". Perhaps
by changing our perspective we can begin to see
June and the hustle and bustle of endings, as also a
time for beginnings.
The summer is a perfect time to begin to explore or
to continue to explore mindfulness. I will be offering
several opportunities to meet the unique needs of
each individual client and student this summer.
Please check out these offerings on the Stress
Resourceswebsite.
During the summer months, I will not be teaching a
session of the
8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program.
Instead, due to many requests, I will be offering
private, semi-private, and small group instruction
geared to the individual needs of the
student(s). This is a great way to gather a group of
friends or co-workers and explore stress management
techniques together. For those who "just don't have
time" for an 8-week course during the rest of year,
this is an opportunity to work with me in a more
flexible, concentrated format. I am calling these
summer intensives....Time For
ME(Mindfulness
Education). Flexible scheduling and locations
are available for individuals and groups.
The month of June does provide us with a time to
breathe, slow
down and perhaps smell the roses that are budding
and quickly opening each day. I hope that you
will take advantage of all this season has to offer and
perhaps begin to explore opportunities for
mindfulness.
Best wishes for a June filled with
commencements,
Pam
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Mindfulness at Walden
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"Only that day dawns to which we are awake"
-- Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Experience mindfulnss this summer at
Walden Pond -- a location that is a rhapsody of
mindfulness. Two workshops will be offered: one in
June and other in August. The workshops will
be two hours in length and will include sitting, and
walking meditations, as well as journal
writing. Come to one or both! The June workshop
will
be held on Tuesday June 28 (raindate June 29)
from
9-11 AM and the August workshop will be held
on
Wednesday August 17 (raindate August 18) from 6-8
PM. The fee for each workshop will be $30 per
person.
Pre-registration for the June 28 workshop is
necessary by June 22 To
register, call 978-369-5243 or e-mail
[email protected]. Parking is available
at
Walden Pond for $5 Call or e-mail for more
information and directions to Walden Pond in
Concord, MA.
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Time for ME Workshops
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Summer is a great time to take time for
ME.....Mindfulness
Education. Get a group of friends, co-
workers, neighbors or family members together for a
one time workshop or a series of programs addressing
stress and coping in our lives. I will be available at
select times during the summer months to provide
both individual and small group work in mindfulness
and stress management. If you find that you NEVER
have time for yourself during the rest of the
year.....make it a point to schedule a Time for ME
private or semi-private session or small group
workshop now.
I am happy to work with you to meet your needs with
specific tools of stress management for yourself or
your small group. Dates are still available in June,
July and August. Give yourself permission to take
time for Mindfulness Education this
summer!
To schedule a private or semi-private session or to
get more information on workshops, give me a call at
978-369-5243 or e-mail me at:
[email protected]
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Cultivating Forgiveness
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Some of you may have heard about an innovative
project introduced at Stanford University several
years ago......The Forgiveness Project. This
has been the focus of ongoing studies by researchers
at Stanford....can we decrease anger, hurt,
depression and stress by cultivating forgiveness, both
for ourselves and others?
The work of mindfulness addresses this by working
with feelings, emotions and allowing ourselves to let
go. When we work with loving kindness meditations
we attempt to allow these emotions of forgiveness to
arise. Dr. Fred Luskin, director of the Forgiveness
Project at Stanford University, and senior fellow at
the Center on
Conflict and Negotiation at Stanford University, will
be
presenting a workshop in the Boston area on June 18,
on ways to cultivate forgiveness for ourselves and
others. Dr. Luskin is the author of the highly-
acclaimed book, "Forgive for Good".
For more information, contact the Cambridge Insight
Meditation Center (link below) directly. Seating is
limited and pre-registration is required.
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