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An invitation to love, compassion, and freedom . . .
Do you often feel stressed out or overwhelmed?
Do you wonder how life got so busy?
Have joy and fun become scarce commodities?
YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE!
Scientific research has shown that mindfulness can literally change the structure of the brain, and enable us to build healthy, supportive relationships.
Even a few minutes of mindfulness practice a day can help shift things in significantly positive ways. As our patterns of reactivity, judgment, and defensiveness begin to dissolve, we can start to experience a richness in our relationships that we’ve never felt before; including the relationship with our self.
We can uncover a greater sense of connection and closeness, and feel more known, accepted, and understood. Imagine waking up every day feeling more alive, connected, and secure – without fear or worry about being anyone else but your most authentic self.
“Imagine empowering your mind to actually strengthen your brain and give you more freedom in your life. That’s what learning to have mindful awareness can do for you. Getting more flexible, having more fun, and even strengthening your ability to pay attention and avoid distractions are all what research has proven as the positive outcomes of mindfulness training,” Daniel Siegel MD, author of The Mindful Brain
HERE’S HOW IT WILL WORK:
- We will meet together via conference call for an hour and a half a week for 6 weeks. If you can’t make it during class time, you can listen to a recording.
- Each class will consist of a mindfulness practice, a lesson and some group discussion/sharing. Even though we are a virtual community we will be sharing with and supporting each other!
- As Erin introduces you to the practices, you will be invited to practice each day in between classes. You’ll be given guided mindfulness practices to follow and other exercises to explore.
- Your life will be the laboratory and you will be the scientist exploring and looking deeply into how things are working or not working and seeing where you might want to make changes.
- You will be a part of the Mindfulness and Practical Magic Facebook community where you can continue to share your experiences and support each other in between classes and beyond. This give-and-take with other like-minded students and with Erin’s guidance will enrich this transformative journey.
- The concepts in this carefully crafted program will build so that at the end of the 6 weeks, you will have a new arsenal of tools to use.
HERE’S WHAT PARTICIPANTS HAVE SAID:
Taking Erin’s Mindfulness course literally helped change the course of my life. I had been looking forward to it for a year after witnessing the transformation of so many others. During those 8 weeks shared with Erin and the other participants, l experienced so many profound internal shifts. I remember looking forward to our weekly meetings and homework assignments, eager for new tools to try out and incorporate in my life. Now, years later, I am still using so much of what Erin invited us to try. Thanks to Erin, mindfulness has become a solid rock in my life, around which I have built my ever shifting journey. ~Brittany Taylor, acro-yogi, entrepreneur, minimalist, Simple Living and Travel, Austin, TX (note: Brittany took the class in-person) For more testimonials or to learn more about my background and qualifications, please click here.
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET:
WEEK 1: INTRODUCTION AND CLIMBING BACK INTO THE BODY
- how mindlessness gets us into trouble: physically, emotionally and inter-personally
- what mindfulness is and how can it restore balance to the body and mind
- how thoughts, emotions and physical sensations affect each other
- in this culture that reveres thinking, we will start climbing back into the body
Week 2: FINDING STILLNESS AND USING THE BODY AS A COMPASS
- messages from the body, how we can tune in and let it guide us
- using the breath to find stillness
- mindful eating: each meal is an opportunity for being fully present
Week 3: THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF PAUSING
- working with discomfort, physical and emotional
- walking your way to stillness
- what we can learn from unpleasant events
- your body is still talking…are you listening yet?
Week 4: COMING TO OUR SENSES
- using hearing and vision to bring us home
- what are you thinking?? are your thoughts serving you or causing suffering and how to get unstuck
- how do you know it’s not a blessing? looking deeply at the stories we tell ourselves and what messages we send
- becoming intimately familiar with our automatic reactions to stress; are we getting in our own way and if so, how to mindfully step aside
Week 5: HOW CHANGING OUR WORDS CAN TRANSFORM OUR HEARTS
- the dark quiet places are where the treasure is always buried; going deep into stillness
- how to communicate effectively so we don’t get derailed in day-to-day interactions
- working mindfully with “difficult people” in our lives so we can find freedom no matter what!
- what the mountains (and nature in general) can teach us about stillness and being grounded
Week 6: REWIRING THE BRAIN FOR MORE LOVING RELATIONSHIPS
- exercising our compassion and kindness muscles-for self and others
- actively cultivating gratitude, making space for what is going right
- verbal aikido
- bringing it all together-personal recipes for freedom and practical magic using mindfulness practices
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS CLASS:
people who are…
- Interested in doing the inner work that leads to freedom and increased joy. We’ll be shining the light into some dark corners. You are ready to look honestly at the whole experience of being human; “the full catastrophe.”
- Open minded and open hearted
- Ready to put some time in. Changes don’t happen overnight. Consider this analogous to exercise for the brain. If you don’t do the workout, you don’t see results.
- Willing to shed ways of being that are not conducive to joy and freedom. We’ll be getting out of our comfort zones. The only way out is through.
When:
Thursdays, May 7, 14, 21
Wednesday May 27
Thursday June 4, 11
6:30-8:00 PM EST
Price:
Only $89!! (less than $15 per week)
This is being offered at a very low, introductory rate and prices will be significantly higher for future offerings.
By registering for this course, you acknowledge the privacy policy and disclaimer.
Enrollment will close on May 14th. If you enroll between the 7th and 13th, you can listen to the recording of the first class whenever it’s convenient for you and you’ll be caught up.
YES, sign me up!
Want a more personalized experience?
Add 4, 1-hour, personal coaching sessions with me to support you through the program and really help you shed what is no longer serving you. This individualized attention can help support you through the group work and will be offered at 10% off my normal rate ($225 instead of $250).
Your total for this package would be $314
This is all being offered at a very low, introductory rate and prices will be significantly higher for future offerings.
Yes, sign me up!
Organizations I’ve worked with include:
- Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
- Global Exchange Gathering
- All That Matters, Wakefield, RI
- Newton Wellesley Family Practice, Newton, MA
- Downtown Project, Las Vegas, NV
- Providence Public Library, Providence, RI
- Northeastern University, Boston, MA
- Discover You, Health and Wellness Expo
- Outer Banks Yoga and Pilates Studio, Kitty Hawk, NC
- Willett Free Library
- George Lucas Foundation
- SXSW, Austin, TX
- eMindful
- BOOST, Palm Springs, CA
