Mindfulness training for everyone from February 3, 2023
Do you suffer from a flood of thoughts? Do you feel like you don't have time for yourself and that emotions overwhelm you? Or perhaps it's difficult for you to feel anything. Do you find yourself worrying? Do you have a sense that life is slipping away, weeks turning into months and months into years?
If you answered yes to at least one of the above questions, we invite you to join this course.
It will help you regain more balance and peace in your life, offering a chance to connect with your own emotions.
Mindfulness is about opening yourself to experiencing your life in its full dimension, in every moment and moment-to-moment, with presence and acceptance.
Mindfulness helps expand self-awareness. Through it, you can better understand the workings of the mind and body, as well as the nature of emotions and thoughts, allowing you to broaden your perspective and enjoy life more fully. The mindfulness course is practical in nature, and your own experience serves as the foundation for learning. The group is helpful in this process, as together, in a safe atmosphere of curiosity and kindness, you will explore how the mind operates.
No prior preparation or experience in mindfulness practice is needed to participate in the program.
THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU IF:
- You are seeking more peace and balance in your life.
- You want to learn how to respond differently to stress and reduce its negative impact on your health.
- You want to get to know yourself better and gain a deeper understanding of yourself.
- You want to stop reacting automatically and consciously choose what and how you will do things.
- You are intrigued by mindfulness and want to learn what it is.
- You want to learn how to take better care of yourself.
- You already practice meditation and want to deepen your practice and explore a different approach.
The course is educational and developmental in nature and is not psychotherapy.
POSITIVE EFFECTS SUPPORTED BY RESEARCH INCLUDE:
- Reduction in anxiety and stress levels.
- Enhancement of mental and physical resilience.
- Increased ability to sustain attention.
- Improved emotional regulation skills.
- Decreased susceptibility to depressive states.
- Enhanced concentration abilities.
- Reduction in chronic pain by lowering the perception of physical pain.
- Lowering of blood pressure.
Pre-week - What is mindfulness?
Week 1 - Start where you are (mindfulness and the restless mind)
Week 2 - Body as a place of presence
Week 3 - Introduction to grounding in mindfulness
Week 4 - Working with distractions
Week 5 - Exploring the stream of thoughts
Week 6 - The observer's stance
Day of Mindfulness - Immersion in practice
Week 7 - Self-acceptance
Week 8 - Living mindfully
The course includes:
- Pre-course telephone consultation
- 9 group meetings lasting approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes each
- Day of Mindfulness (6 hours)
- Recordings for regular home practice based on the methods learned throughout the course (ranging from 15 to 50 minutes per day)
- PDF handbook
- Optional summary consultation after the last meeting
- Certificate upon attending at least 6 out of the 9 meetings
- Facebook group for course graduates
- Access to monthly 'Practice Together' meetings on Zoom
DATES: Fridays, 9:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Day of Mindfulness: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)
February 3, 2023, February 10, 2023, February 17, 2023, February 24, 2023, March 3, 2023, March 10, 2023, March 17, 2023, March 24, 2023 (Day of Mindfulness: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM), March 31, 2023, April 14, 2023
LOCATION: Online via Zoom
The course is conducted online in real time, so access to a device with a functioning camera and microphone is necessary.
Classes are not recorded.
FACILITATORS: Magdalena Wegner - Mindfulness teacher, certified Nonviolent Communication trainer, Transactional Analysis practitioner, sociotherapist, and consultant. Founder of Wyspa Zmian.
Weronika Chmielewska - Mindfulness teacher, co-founder and President of the EduMind Mindfulness in Education Foundation, owner of My Mindful Way Nika Chmielewska. Background in economics, works as an insurance broker.
PRICE: The online course is priced at 1100 PLN.
If you register and pay the deposit before December 15, 2022, you can avail of a lower price: 990 PLN.
If finances are the only obstacle for you, please contact us, and we will find a solution.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The course will start if a minimum of 6 people join, with a maximum group size of 18 people.
After registration, we will ask you to complete a short survey and invite you to a 15-30 minute phone or Zoom conversation to address any doubts or concerns.
The course is supervised by Mindfulness Association Poland.
No prior meditation experience is required to participate in the program.
