Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/29/2018
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Cincinnati Nature Center
Categories
Would you like to
Approach life with more composure, energy, understanding, and enthusiasm?
Develop the ability to cope more effectively with stressful situations?
Improve focus, resilience, and the ability to manage pain?
The University of Cincinnati Center for Integrative Health and Wellness offers an experiential training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at the Cincinnati Nature Center.
The Mindfulness Stress Reduction program was developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979 and is an 8-week evidence-based group stress-reduction program that has been shown to be beneficial for:
- Anxiety & panic attacks
- Stress
- Asthma
- Cancer treatment side-effects
- Chronic illness
- Depression & grief
- Eating disturbances
- Fatigue & sleep problems
- Fibromyalgia
- GI distress
- Headaches
- Heart disease & high blood pressure
- Pain
- PTSD
- Skin disorders
The course teaches mindfulness practices (e.g. breath meditation, body scan meditation, yoga), and offers group connection aimed at enhancing self-awareness and self-care. The program is facilitated by UMass-trained MBSR instructor and Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Meera Murthi, in collaboration with the UC Center for Integrative Health & Wellness at the UC College of Medicine.
Please register for this $10 Introduction Orientation session to learn more about the program, experience a taste of what it has to offer, and
enroll in the course. Spaces are limited so register early:
For More Information
Contact susan.mcdonald@uc.edu or 513-558-5999
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