STRESS REDUCTION SEMINAR FOR PARENTS - A FOUR WEEK SERIES
PRESENTED BY: DR. THOMAS J. CASEY, NEURODEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICIAN
Dates: January 28, February 4th, 11th and 18th, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Location: 937 Haverford Rd., Suite 101
Bryn Mawr PA 19010
Phone: 610-527-0147
This series is designed to provide experiences and techniques parents can use to reduce stress in their life and in their children’s lives. Each session will feature guided experiences in mindfulness meditation. Mindfulness means paying attention on purpose to present moment reality. There will be periods of small group and larger group discussion.
The first session will introduce methods of brief relaxation and mindful eating. There will be an extended guided body scan meditation. We will review the principles and attitudinal foundations of mindfulness. Participants will receive an audio CD for guided home practice.
The second session will begin with a brief body scan meditation. We’ll review the home practice experience. We will discuss the brain/body mechanisms of stress reactivity and how mindfulness changes them. Class experience will focus on cultivating relaxed awareness through sitting meditation. Participants will receive an audio CD for guided sitting meditation during the next week.
The third session will begin with a brief sitting mediation and introduce the practice of mindful stretching. We’ll discuss the connection between embodied awareness in the present moment and the cultivation of empathy and compassion in ourselves and our children. A home practice CD of mindful stretching will be distributed
The fourth session will consist of guided experience in each of the three prior weeks’ practices and a presentation of a fourth practice of loving kindness meditation. Exploration of resources for further mindfulness practices will be reviewed.
REGISTRATION: By Phone ~ 610-527-0147
Calls for registration will be taken after January 1, 2010. Space is limited.
INTRODUCTORY COST: $120.00 per couple.
NOTE: If both parents cannot come, you are encouraged to come with a relative, friend or another person who can be a mutual support in learning stress management.
PRESENTED BY: DR. THOMAS J. CASEY, NEURODEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICIAN
Dates: January 28, February 4th, 11th and 18th, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Location: 937 Haverford Rd., Suite 101
Bryn Mawr PA 19010
Phone: 610-527-0147
This series is designed to provide experiences and techniques parents can use to reduce stress in their life and in their children’s lives. Each session will feature guided experiences in mindfulness meditation. Mindfulness means paying attention on purpose to present moment reality. There will be periods of small group and larger group discussion.
The first session will introduce methods of brief relaxation and mindful eating. There will be an extended guided body scan meditation. We will review the principles and attitudinal foundations of mindfulness. Participants will receive an audio CD for guided home practice.
The second session will begin with a brief body scan meditation. We’ll review the home practice experience. We will discuss the brain/body mechanisms of stress reactivity and how mindfulness changes them. Class experience will focus on cultivating relaxed awareness through sitting meditation. Participants will receive an audio CD for guided sitting meditation during the next week.
The third session will begin with a brief sitting mediation and introduce the practice of mindful stretching. We’ll discuss the connection between embodied awareness in the present moment and the cultivation of empathy and compassion in ourselves and our children. A home practice CD of mindful stretching will be distributed
The fourth session will consist of guided experience in each of the three prior weeks’ practices and a presentation of a fourth practice of loving kindness meditation. Exploration of resources for further mindfulness practices will be reviewed.
REGISTRATION: By Phone ~ 610-527-0147
Calls for registration will be taken after January 1, 2010. Space is limited.
INTRODUCTORY COST: $120.00 per couple.
NOTE: If both parents cannot come, you are encouraged to come with a relative, friend or another person who can be a mutual support in learning stress management.
