Courtesy: Benjamin Lehman
Each week includes a thematic talk, practice, group check-ins, time for questions and guidance for home practice.
You’ll learn:
The importance of using mindfulness every day
How to practice research-based techniques
To process your experiences in conversation with others
Mindfulness practices originate from ancient wisdom transitions, they allow us to tune into our thoughts and emotions without judgement, attending to our habits of mind with calmness and clarity to foster well-being.
Week 1
Theme: Types of mindfulness practices
Practice: Mindful eating & body scan
Overview of formal and informal practices
Week 2
Theme: Be right where you are
Practice: Mindfulness of breathing
Research studies on mindfulness
Week 3
Theme: Our minds and thoughts
Practice: Mindfulness of sound and walking
Becoming the observer of our thoughts & reactions to our experience
Week 4
Theme: Kind attention
Practice: Kind attention
RAIN technique
Week 5
Theme: Be with things as they are
Practice: Kind attention and movement
Exploration of pleasant, neutral and unpleasant
Week 6
Theme: Moving forward
Practice: Kind attention, movement and mindful breath
Recommendations for continuing your practice
Your instructors Shawn and Jeff Holmes:
We are partners in life and work and with humor and sensitivity will guide you through Six Weeks of Mindfulness Meditation*. Shawn and Jeff have over 300 hours of training as meditation teachers, have taught mindfulness and mediation programs in Victoria, BC and online since 2018 and will complete a two-year certification program in mindfulness meditation with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield in February 2021. We are co-owners of The You in You Consulting, Inc.
This class is being offered.
Wednesdays: July 8th – Aug 12th @ 6:30 - 7:30 pm
*This six-week program will satisfy their practicum requirement. A program evaluation will be distributed and a portion of the program will be recorded (audio only) to satisfy the practicum requirements.
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Dates: Jul. 8th – Aug. 12th