Introduction to Meditation and Mindfulness

Join Anne Arntson for this 3 hour workshop. You will be introduced to the key concepts of mindfulness and meditation, the scientific research that underpins them and how this relates to managing stress, health and wellbeing.

Discussion is interspersed with guided meditations and simple, practical methods that you can take away and start using immediately.

This introductory workshop is a good way to begin a meditation practice and bring more presence to your life.

You will receive a follow-up email with links to audio and written resources as well as be invited to a follow-up session.

Mindfulness Based Pain Management ~ An 8 Week Series

This is a simple eight-week program of mindfulness-based practices that is specifically designed for people suffering from persistent pain, illness or the stress associated with these or other conditions. Participants quickly learn to manage their pain and live life fully once again in a warm, friendly group setting.

These mindfulness-based practices soothe the brain’s pain networks, while also significantly reducing the anxiety, stress, exhaustion, irritability, and depression that often accompanies chronic pain and illness. Whether they experience back pain, arthritis, or migraines, are recovering from surgery, suffering from fibromyalgia, celiac disease, or undergoing chemotherapy, participants quickly learn to manage their pain and live life fully once again.

Participants receive a workbook and audio files to support their daily practice and exploration. The work takes just ten to twenty minutes per day and the course has been shown to be as effective as prescription painkillers to soothe some of the most common causes of pain.
Please purchase a copy of You are not your Pain by Vydiamala Burch and Danny Penman prior to beginning the course.

Partial scholarships available. Sign up here.

Date:  Tuesdays, July 10th – August 28th, 6:00 – 8:30pm

Location: University Place Studio