Upcoming Programs: Mindfulness and Focusing
This Fall, the mindfulness workshop sequence is being presented in person, for the first time in 2+ years! Classes will be held at the YWCA in Gettysburg, at 909 Fairfield Road.
These free programs are funded by the Gettysburg Hospital Foundation.
Register by calling Healthy Adams County at (717) 337-4137 or email jgastley2@wellspan.org.
Mindfulness and Stress Reduction: The Foundations
Sunday, October 2, 2022
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
This workshop will introduce mindfulness and
awareness of the mind-body connection in order to shape more effective
responses to stress and difficulty. We will practice some techniques of
meditation, as well as awareness of body and breath. These practices can be
especially helpful for people suffering from physical or emotional conditions
that alter the quality of life, helping them to develop new patterns of
responding and co-existing with difficulty.
Mindfulness and Stress Reduction: Building Skills
Sunday, November 6, 2022
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
This workshop builds on the skills begun in the
Foundations workshop but can also stand alone for those who have some
familiarity with meditation. We will review the foundations briefly and then
work on deepening skill in meditation with awareness of the breath. We will
explore gentle yoga as a moving meditation. We will also deepen our exploration
of mindfulness as a strategy for coping with stress and difficulty and
introduce lovingkindness meditation as a way of shaping our experience.
Mindfulness and Stress Reduction: Life as Practice
Sunday, December 4, 2022
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The final workshop in the mindfulness series
will focus on how skills in mindfulness and meditation can play out in our
everyday world to improve quality of life. New meditative techniques will
include walking meditation, open awareness, and some guided imagery. We will
examine how unhelpful patterns in our reactions to stress might be changed with
time and practice and discuss strategies for making practice ongoing.
For questions about the course, contact julie@mindthemoment.org.
