Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) courses offered through the CMHA, Winnipeg Region office:
MBSR is an approach to self-care that can assist in managing stress, pain and illness. The practice of meditation is used to help people learn to focus awareness on body sensations, thoughts, and emotions in a nonjudgmental way. Through this practice, a person is given the opportunity to explore their inner world of mind/body, recognize and mobilize their inner psychological resources and take better care of the self.
The course is modeled on the program developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center
The course consists of eight weekly classes and one day-long class on a Saturday. It is designed to introduce Mindfulness practice as a way of reducing stress and developing greater balance, control, and fuller participation in your life. Mindfulness is a way of learning to relate directly to whatever is happening in your life, including the challenges of stress, pain, illness and everyday demands.
In the course, you will practice skills to improve your ability to let go of the past, worry less about your future, and live more fully in the present. The course includes guided mindfulness meditations and mindful stretching/movement. All instruction is modified for each individual's needs. You are provided with daily assignments contained in two guided meditation CDs and weekly handouts.
Courses are taught by trained instructors with backgrounds in Family and
Marriage Therapy, Social Work, and Recreational Therapy.
Cost (8 week course)
$75.00 for non CMHA Winnipeg Members/ $50.00 for Members of CMHA
Winnipeg. Notes: Subsidy available for low income households. Courses may
be covered by some insurance providers (ask your health benefit provider for
coverage details of social work services).
A new MBSR course has been scheduled for March 2010. Click here to access the poster for this new course. To register call 982-6100 or click here to go to our online registration page.
Other MBSR News/Information/Resources:
This spring, Dr. Steven Hick, the director of MBSR Ottawa, delivered a week long Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course for mental health professionals in Winnipeg.
Dr. Hick was also the key speaker for the launch event of this year's Mental Health Week. On Monday, May 5, 2008, Dr. Hick delivered a public education event called "Mindfulness and being in the moment... the key to positive mental health." Video of the event has been separated into three parts and can be accessed through the following links (the video files are in Adobe Flash format):
- Mindfulness and being in the moment - Part One.
- 117 mB - Mindfulness and being in the moment - Part Two.
- 104 mB - Mindfulness and being in the moment - Part Three.
- 65 mB
A selection of Dr. Hick's guided meditations are available below as mp3 files:
- Listen to or download the Body Scan guided meditation.
- 30.7 mB - Listen to or download the Breath Awareness guided meditation.
- 17 mB - Listen to or download a Guided Sitting Meditation.
- 26.9 mB - Listen to or download a Guided Mindfulness Yoga audio file. - 31.2 mB
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