The MBSR program complements and supports conventional medical care. Through MBSR, patients learn how to mobilize their inner resources for coping and healing — especially for dealing with symptoms of chronic illness, and symptoms that no longer respond to standard medical treatment. Mindfulness practice helps people promote their own health by reducing the effects of stress in mind and body.
You recognize the present moment just as it is. When you practice mindfulness, you will often focus attention to things you usually ignore, for example:.
Research studies show that many people who suffer from chronic pain and stress-related illness have been helped by the daily practice of MBSR. Since that clinic first opened in , MBSR has become a recognized medical intervention that inspires continuing research, and influences other treatment programs around the world.
MBSR is fully described in Dr. The practice of mindfulness has developed most formally in the spiritual traditions of Asia, but mindfulness is present also in traditional practices of the Western religions Judaism , Christianity , Islam. However, Meditation for Health is a secular medical program. We teach mindfulness as a basic awareness practice — a way of looking at things that can be shared by people of all faiths and philosophies. This 9 week program is offered in 2 parts.
Patients who complete the program are invited to attend follow-up meetings of meditation and discussion. These meet 3 times a year. The medical services of the program are covered by OHIP if an insured patient is referred by their physician for medically necessary treatment.
As well, patients are charged a sign-up fee to pay for some materials and program services not insured by OHIP. Our recordings are available for download at this website see bottom of page , or through iTunes. Recordings are also available in CD format for purchase by participants who require CDs. Your commitment is the key to MBSR. We intend to support you fully, but no one else can do the actual practicing for you — are YOU ready? Lucinda Sykes, M. She has participated in more than 20 training and educational events sponsored by the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts — beginning with 2 residential training programs under the direction of Dr.
If you are not a caregiver at the moment, you either have been in the past, or likely will be in the future. This behavioural medicine program is designed to teach effective methods of coping with stress in order to allow individuals to improve their own health and well-being. Mindfulness is a non-judgmental way of paying attention in the present moment and may increase the ability to accept that which cannot be changed, reduce emotional reactivity, and reduce negative thinking.
Through training in mindfulness mediation and gentle mindful movement, you will learn how to use your innate resources and abilities to respond to stress more effectively and with greater calm and clarity. Facilitator Dr.
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