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Greetings!
"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn."
Hal Borland
Although it seems like a particularly long winter here in the northeast, we know that spring does not skip its turn. As each day lengthens we can begin to see hope as the grass begins to peek through the melting snow. Enjoy the daily changes this month...to the landscape, the daylight, and moving ourselves out of hibernation and into spring. I have highlighted a few events coming up that may help usher you out of winter mode...an evening dialogue with Jon Kabat-Zinn, a community symposium on sustainablility (internally and externally), the monthly meditation maintenance sessions, as well as the upcoming spring session of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. As always, I welcome your comments, thoughts and suggestions to continue to make Stress Resources your resource for building and sustaining your strategies for resiliency.
Wishing you a mindful month, Pam
Pamela Katz Ressler, RN, BSN, HN-BC
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Meditation Maintenance |
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Spring into renewing your meditation practice this month with joining fellow meditators at Meditation Maintenance Sessions. These sessions are a great way to give yourself a self-care "tune-up" once a month.
Evening sessions meet from 7-9 PM on the second Monday of each month:
- March 9, 2009
- April 13, 2009
- May 11, 2009
- June 8, 2009
Daytime sessions meet from 12:30-2:30 PM on the second Friday of each month:
- March 13, 2009
- April 10, 2009
- May 8, 2009
- June 5, 2009 (Note this session will be on the 1st Friday of the month)
Both evening and daytime sessions will be held at Stress Resources' office (97 Lowell Rd, Concord, MA) this year. It will be necessary to pre-register for sessions this year, as space is limited. I will contact you only if a session is filled. If you do not hear from me, there is space available in the session. Meditation Maintenance sessions are $15 per session. Register by e-mail or by phone (978-369-5243).
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| Classes are filling for Spring MBSR |
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Registration is underway for the Spring session of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. Both Thursday evening and Friday morning sessions currently have openings. If you have been putting off making this proactive, positive change in your life, NOW is the time to take the first step, by registering today. The group classes of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program (MBSR) will begin on April 2 and April 3. Blue Cross Blue Shield discounts and Continuing Education credit for nurses and other healthcare providers are offered. You may also arrange individual MBSR training with me at my Concord office at times that meet your schedule. To learn more about the group classes or our newly expanded individual options, click here |
| An Evening with Jon Kabat-Zinn |
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Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn will be speaking in Worcester, MA on Wednesday, March 18 to benefit the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society (previously the Stress Reduction Clinic at University of Massachusetts Medical School). Jon founded the Stress Reduction Clinic and developed the framework for Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction in 1979...2009 marks the 30th anniversary!
The March 18 event is entitled, This Analog Life: Reconnecting with What is Most Important in an Always Uncertain World. Here is Jon Kabat-Zinn's description of the evening: "Almost inevitably, we are entrained into the ever-increasing pace at which things are moving in this newly digital age of 24/7 connectivity, information saturation, and instant response expectations. The pace itself can degrade our capacity to pay attention undividedly. Coupled with the calamities befalling our society and the world that do not admit to wise solutions using old ways of thinking and acting, we are all at high risk of losing touch with ourselves in the most fundamental of ways. By befriending the present moment, and learning how to reside in awareness rather than getting caught up in agitated thinking and emotional upheavals, we have a chance to reclaim our lives, our bodies, and our minds, remember what is most important, and embody in our being and our doing what we most value. The evening will be dynamical and participatory, including considerable dialogue and inquiry with the audience."
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| Changes & Choices Symposium |
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 Join me and other workshop presenters for a unique family-friendly symposium on Changes and Choices in our Economy and Environment. The event will be held on Saturday, March 28 from 9 AM until 1 PM at Concord-Carlisle High School in Concord, MA and is built around the overarching theme of sustainability. The keynote speaker will be Tedd Saunders, author of The Bottom Line of Green is Black. Workshops, presentations and films will address sustainability from many difference perspectives. I will be presenting a workshop entitled: Cultivating our Internal Environment of Renewal, focusing on sustainable stress reduction during times of change and crisis. The symposium is FREE and open to the public. For more information, contact Concord-Carlisle Adult and Community Education or call 978-318-1540 | |
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