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Mindfulness: A Beginner's Journey 1.0 (Six-Week Class)

8/4/2022

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Coming in March! A 6-Week Course to Help You Access Greater Peace, Joy, and Fulfillment in Life. Decrease stress, anxiety, and depression, increase compassion, attention, and creativity, ease chronic pain, and improve sleep quality and memory.
Mindfulness: A Beginner's Journey 1.0 (Six-Week Class)
Registration is opening in January
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Enhancing Resiliency for Faculty and Staff (90-minute workshop or six-week class)

8/3/2022

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Learn how to reduce stress and increase job satisfaction by promoting awareness, presence, compassion, reflection, and inspiration – the inner resources needed to help students flourish, socially, emotionally, and academically. 
Enhancing Resiliency for Faculty and Staff (One-hour to 90-minute workshop or six-week class)
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Mindfulness in the Classroom Workshop (90 min)

8/3/2022

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Introduction to mindfulness: Research on personal & classroom use, How to bring mindfulness practice into the classroom, Resources for classroom practice. 
Mindfulness in the Classroom Workshop (90 min)
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Enhancing Resiliency for Students (One-hour to 90-minute workshop or six-week class)

8/3/2022

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Reduce stress and anxiety by promoting awareness, presence, compassion, reflection, and inspiration – the inner resources needed for students to flourish, socially, emotionally and academically.  Students will learn to bring greater calm, mindfulness, and awareness into the classroom and life to enhance their relationships. The program also promotes empathy and compassion through caring practice and mindful listening activities.
Enhancing Resiliency for Students (One-hour to 90-minute workshop or six-week class)
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Mindful Student Leader Workshop (One-hour to one-day workshop)

8/3/2022

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The ability to lead begins with the process of self-discovery, self-awareness, and self-leadership, which will enhance the ability to lead others. In this workshop, students will learn how to cultivate attention and awareness that allows them to live all aspects of their lives with a sense of skill, connection, openness, and balance.
Mindful Student Leader Workshop (One-hour to one-day workshop)
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Mindfulness Meditation Drop-in Sessions (One Hour)

8/2/2022

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Beginning Sunday, September 11, 2022 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CST on Zoom. Studies have shown that meditating in a group can be a wonderful compliment to your individual meditation practice or help you to start meditating. Each week we will offer a theme in mindfulness and compassion with a short talk followed by a one hour guided meditation.
Establish a regular meditation practice, connect with like-minded people, and be part of an authentic community with shared values. 
Everyone is welcome! Come join us every week or "drop in" when you can attend. 

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Weekly Mindfulness Sessions (30 min)

8/1/2022

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Weekly, informal mindfulness and/or meditation drop-in sessions for faculty and staff. No previous mindfulness knowledge or experience required.
Weekly Mindfulness Sessions (30 min)
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Introduction to Mindfulness in the Workplace (90 min session)

7/26/2022

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This informative, interactive workshop provides individuals and organizations with a foundational understanding of what mindfulness is, the proven health and business benefits, and an understanding of what it means to be mindful.​
Includes:
  • Explanations of the principles of mindfulness
  • Customized to your team’s top interests, as determined through consultation
  • Experiences of traditional formal practices
Participants will learn how mindfulness can transform the challenges of the workplace into valuable opportunities for personal and professional growth and enhanced effectiveness. Through discussion and practice, we learn how mindfulness can help us develop balance, concentration, resilience, communication, connection with others, integrity, compassion, and meaning—characteristics that allow us to thrive in the workplace.
Most of us spend the majority of our day working or thinking about work. Often, our jobs can feel like an uncontrollable journey – sometimes exhilarating, other times discouraging, creatively fulfilling, or tragically toxic. But is it the job that is distressing or is it the mind that we bring to the task?
Participants will learn how mindfulness can transform the annoyances, conflicts, and anxieties of the workplace into valuable opportunities for professional and personal growth.
Through discussion and practice, we learn how mindfulness can help us develop honesty, agility, openness, courage, maturity, respect, and authenticity – characteristics that allow us to thrive in the workplace.
Introduction to Mindfulness in the Workplace (90 min session) ​
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The Power of Self-Compassion (One hour to 90 min)

7/26/2022

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Practicing self-compassion motivates us to make positive changes in our lives because we care about ourselves and the suffering we are experiencing in our lives and wanted to make progress and improvements. Gain practical skills to help bring self-compassion into your daily life. Develop tools to help handle difficult emotions with greater ease, and to motivate yourself with kindness rather than criticism. The six-week class provides opportunities for more in-depth study and practice.
The Power of Self-Compassion (One hour to 90 min)
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The Power of Self-Compassion (six-week class)

7/26/2022

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Practicing self-compassion motivates us to make positive changes in our lives because we care about ourselves and the suffering we are experiencing in our lives and wanted to make progress and improvements. Gain practical skills to help bring self-compassion into your daily life. Develop tools to help handle difficult emotions with greater ease, and to motivate yourself with kindness rather than criticism. The six-week class provides opportunities for more in-depth study and practice.
Participants of this program will learn some of the core skills of the 8-week Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program developed by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer. MSC is an empirically supported and internationally recognized program designed to cultivate self-compassion by teaching skills for responding in a kind, compassionate way whenever we are experiencing painful emotions.
The Power of Self-Compassion (six-week class)
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A Beginner’s Journey Continues 2.0​ (Six-Week Class)

7/26/2022

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The next step for individuals who have completed Mindfulness: A Beginner's Journey 1.0​ and who want to deepen their mindfulness and meditation practice. One-on-one coaching is provided for students interested in receiving support to get help overcoming the challenges of maintaining a regular mindfulness and meditation practice and improved awareness of habitual patterns.
A Beginner’s Journey Continues 2.0​ (Six-Week Class)
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Why Does Mindfulness Matter? (90 min.)

7/25/2022

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This session provides an overview of mindfulness and simple yet highly effective strategies and guidance to help us be more resilient and make that shift, moment by moment of our lives, into a more spacious, clear, reliable, and loving connection with ourselves and the world.
Why does Mindfulness matter? (90 min.)
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Day of Mindfulness Retreat (6-hour)

7/25/2022

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We will explore various mindfulness meditations including sitting, walking, loving-kindness, and compassion meditations, as well as mindful movements. For beginners and experienced meditators alike. Mindfulness practices will have enough guidance to allow people of all levels of meditation practice to attend. This workshop will be held in silence, allowing one to develop concentration and insight.
Day of Mindfulness Retreat (6-hour)
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Mindfulness in the Workplace: Eight-week Program (For Individuals or Organizations)

7/25/2022

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Mindfulness in the Workplace: Eight-week Program. Sessions are held live in person or virtually. Introduce employees to the benefits of mindfulness and meditation at work with this eight-week program.
(This program is open to individuals or organizations)
Eight 60-minute sessions over 8 weeks that will cover:
  • Introduction to mindfulness with an exploration then builds on this foundation by applying mindfulness to a different context with each class
  • Basics of meditation, its benefits, and how to integrate it into daily life.
  • Practical tools to reduce stress, innovate, communicate effectively, and develop emotional intelligence, compassion, and resiliency.
  • How to develop a daily mindfulness practice
  • Science-backed benefits of meditation and how the practice can specifically help individuals at work
  • Learn how the ways you normally work might be holding you back—and how to change that.
  • Schedule your day for improved efficiency and increased productivity to keep your workload manageable.
  • Develop mindfulness habits that have the ability to replace old and un-useful habits.
  • Discover the secret to real and long-lasting happiness.
The Mindfulness in the Workplace class helps your organization integrate simple, practical, scientifically-backed mindfulness practices into work (and home) life.
Core Foundation
Week 1 - Basics/Mindfulness of Breathing
Week 2  - Mindfulness of Body and Stress
Week 3 - Emotional Intelligence
Week 4 - Mindfulness of Thinking and Thoughts
Week 5 - Compassion and Kindness Half-Day Retreat
Week 6 - Communication and Relational Mindfulness
Week 7 – Well-Being and Resilience
Week 8 - Meaning, Integrity, and Moving Forward
What can you expect?
This is not your typical training course. Participants go through the training alongside others who are putting mindfulness into action at work. Unlike mindfulness apps, participants get human interaction to help stay accountable. Extra support is available in our private Facebook group, where participants can ask questions and interact with each other and with the course’s facilitator, Chris George.
Chris is also available to answer individual questions via email and during the three live webinar sessions. Participants can track their own progress, and group leaders can track the progress of team members to ensure the training has been utilized.
Course Program Includes:
  • Guided instruction
  • Weekly action steps
  • One-on-one coaching
  • Support via email
Expectations
The program requires effort and consistency. Mindfulness and meditation can only be of lasting value if you have the discipline to practice regularly, as well as the motivation to try and be mindful throughout your day. Daily practice is expected.
Meditation is an important part of mindfulness, whether you initially enjoy it or not, as it awakens you to your current situation. When you practice with an alert and open mind for just a little bit of time, you will begin to recognize the benefits that naturally occur and become accustomed to the practice.
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Mindfulness for College Students Workshop (One-hour)

7/25/2022

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Designed to teach mindfulness, meditation, and stress management to college students. ​Mindfulness has been shown to provide significant improvement in anxiety, depression, and stress reactivity, and reduce implicit bias for college students.
This workshop teaches participants proven mindfulness awareness and concentration practices. Through guided mindfulness meditation, small group discussions, and mindful movement, students learn how to ease a busy mind, direct and sustain attention, investigate emotions and feelings, cultivate compassion for themselves and others, and improve communication in their relationships.
Mindfulness for College Students Workshop (One-hour)
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Mindful Leadership in the Workplace (90-minute session)

7/24/2022

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This program includes mindfulness meditation practice and practical applications of mindful leadership to explore ways in which our ability to create space in our day affects our ability to lead—whether we are leading an organization, team, our family, or daily life.
Mindful Leadership in the Workplace (90-minute session)
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Mindful Coaching in the Workplace

7/23/2022

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Mindful Coaching. Coaching for professionals who would like individualized guidance and support with developing and sustaining mindfulness at work (and life) practice. Our coaching program employs a direct approach with curiosity, patience, kindness, compassion, empathy, acceptance, and understanding to help create powerful and lasting change.
Mindful Coaching includes:
  • (50 min) one-on-one sessions either in-person (if local) or through Zoom.
  • Specific Exercises to integrate mindfulness into your daily life or work life.  You will learn skills in the areas of mindfulness, compassion, and emotional intelligence that can be used in everyday life to help with moment-to-moment stress and anxiety. These exercises can help improve your day-to-day life with mindful living and may consist of meditations, self-assessments, mindful movement, and journaling.
  • Personalized and guided meditations and reflections during sessions and recorded meditations for home practice.
  • Individualized mindfulness coaching based on your personal needs. During one-on-one coaching sessions, I can help you rediscover the most important aspects of compassion and kindness, self-care, and personal wellness.
  • Learn how to reduce stress and anxiety. Mindfulness is a powerful process that involves focusing attention on the present moment experience without judgement. It allows for deep peacefulness which leads to decreased levels of cortisol, blood pressure, heart rate and respiration rates – all factors in reducing both physical as well as mental health.
  • Help to clarify goals, identify obstacles, and develop strategies to overcome each obstacle. In creating these strategies, I will target your unique skills and gifts. By helping you to make the most of your strengths, I will provide the support you need to achieve long-lasting change.
80% of people who received coaching reported increased self-confidence
Over 70% improvements in work performance, relationships, and more effective communication skills
86% of companies report that they recouped their investment on coaching and more
(source: ICF 2009)
If you are interested in scheduling a complimentary session​ or would like more information, please reach out to me at chris@mindfulprograms.com.
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Introduction to Mindfulness for Faculty/Staff (One-hour to one-day workshop)

7/23/2022

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Mindfulness is the ability to be fully present, and aware of where we are and what we are doing. It allows us to not be overly reactive or overwhelmed by what is going on around us but change our relationship to it. It allows us to focus awareness on the present moment, calmly acknowledging and accepting our feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations. Programs for faculty and staff include:
  • Mindfulness in the Classroom Workshop
  • Weekly Mindfulness Sessions
Introduction to Mindfulness for Faculty/Staff (One-hour to one-day workshop)
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Mindful Pathways Program (Three months)

7/22/2022

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Individualized program to guide individuals through a three-month Mindfulness and Compassion curriculum consisting of one-one coaching, Day of Mindfulness silent retreat, guided meditations, journaling, and assessment.
Mindful Pathways Program (Three months)
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Mindful Personal Coaching Program

7/22/2022

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One-on-one coaching for people interested in personalized guidance and support with beginning or maintaining a mindfulness and meditation practice and cultivating greater well-being and happiness.
I base my coaching on the person-centered and strengths approach based on the belief that individuals have within themselves vast resources for self-understanding and for altering their self-concepts, basic attitudes, and self-directed behavior.
I coach individuals with a gentle and kind approach with compassion, empathy, acceptance, understanding, and an open heart. I ask pertinent questions, to assist you, the client, in moving forward to create the discipline and vision for your life. I use reflective inquiry to explore your next steps and clarify your goals.
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Guided Meditation Sessions

7/21/2022

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Guided Meditation Sessions provide employees with an opportunity to practice meditation and relax and recharge during the workday. Participants will practice basic mindfulness practices and leave with simple strategies for integrating mindfulness into their day.
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Retreats

7/20/2022

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Mindfulness retreats are designed to be inspiring and transformational. They provide the opportunity to experience a variety of practices including awareness, compassion, and kindness practices, body scan, mindful movement including walking, and mindful communication. Explore how mindfulness can set the stage for deep work, creativity, and better collaboration and teamwork. 
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Mindfulness Consultation

7/19/2022

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Mindfulness Consultation Development and implementation of strategies for the integration of mindfulness practices into overall company or organization operations and culture.
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