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Tools for Mindful

Living Retreat

Mindfulness- Based

Stress Reduction Class

Mindfulness in the Media

Images from Aldermarsh

Retreat Center

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Can Mindfulness help manage Pain and Mental Illness?

CNN Health

November 26, 2010

    After a parachute jump injury two decades ago, US Army Ranger Monty Reed was introduced to Mindfulness at the V.A. Hospital in Seattle. “I felt like the pain I deal with every day is the enemy I had to fight,” says Reed, 45, Seattle.

     “Mindfulness helped him deal with the pain and flashbacks.  Reed realized that in addition to his physical pain, his attitude towards his own irrational anger was making him more angry, and that anger further aggravated the pain. 

     Reed still has flashbacks and sometimes gets angry, but he says he’s better able to manage them now.”

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Wishing you a Happy New Year!

Make 2011 Your Year of

Living Mindfully!

A New Year- A Fresh Start-

A perfect time to discover how mindfulness can help you live with more awareness, equanimity and joy.

If you have ever wondered what mindfulness is - and how it can benefit you-this is your chance to discover by enrolling in a Mindful Living Retreat or

Stress Reduction class.

    I look forward to sharing with the you what so many have now discovered -that Mindfulness is a simple but powerful way of bringing relaxed awareness and

balance back into your life!

Tools for Mindful Living Retreat

Friday March 4- Sunday March 6

You are invited…

      To give yourself the gift of discovering and deepening mindfulness practice; of quieting your mind and reawakening stillness and connection with yourself. In our hectic lives, it is hard to find a time for tranquility to restore and rejuvenate.

    Allow the peaceful nature of this beautiful retreat center, surrounded by meadows, woods and wetlands to support you to step out of the distractions and  responsibilities of your everyday life and taste the experience of "just being."

Retreat Includes 

    Guided instruction in mindfulness practices of sitting meditation, walking meditation, mindful eating, mindful movement and body awareness. Silent practice periods, and personal time for self reflection and exploration in nature. Interactive group discussion, and a focus on establishing and maintaining a mindfulness practice.

  Anyone wanting to integrate mindful awareness in their life is welcome- beginning and experienced meditators.

LOCATION-   Aldermarsh Retreat Center, S. Whidbey Island

Aldermarsh Website

COST - $395

includes retreat, lodging & healthy, nutritious meals.

($375 -Early registration- if received by February 1)

  $315- Non-residential retreat.

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Mindfulness -Based Stress Reduction

March 23-May 11

Wednesdays -7- 9 p.m.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teaches effective tools for managing stress and cultivating relaxed awareness.This MBSR class is based on John Kabat-Zinn’s renowned program that thousands have found helpful in relieving psychological and physical symptoms, and improving overall health and wellbeing.

Participants report better coping and communication skills, less reactivity, improved relationships, and a more balanced life.

LOCATION-   M’Illumino, Seattle

COST: Tuition & Materials Fee-$250

Reduced Tuition & Materials Fee-$220

(for those experiencing financial stress)

Includes: 8 classes, Day of Mindfulness, Workkbook,

Handouts & 3 Mindfulness Practice CDs

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Limited Space- Early Registration recommended!