5-Day Framework for Living Mindfulness

About Framework for Mindful Living MBSR Intensive Program

Have you felt an inner call to approach your life with more wisdom, skill and compassion? Have you wished to engage your mind and body in ways that can support greater clarity and resilience? And, are you interested in both learning about and addressing root causes of stress that can make a difference in your life and the lives of students, patients and clients you serve?

Mindfulness is an innate resource in all human beings that is often overlooked. This program offers intentional, step by step guidance to cultivate strength and familiarity with this human birthright of awareness, naturalness, openness and warmth. Through the practices of MBSR, you will have the opportunity to explore your relationship with the body, mind, heart, and with one another in an environment rich in curiosity and engagement.
Based on the world-renowned Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course (MBSR), this five-day, residential program invites this inner exploration as we investigate the framework of the science and practice of mindfulness and its potential to impact the quality of one’s life. Included in the program:

Full introduction and guidance of the formal MBSR meditation practices;
Introduction and explication of the science and mechanisms of mindfulness;
How perception and conditioning shape how we experience the world, and how mindfulness can begin to uncouple automatic, habitual reactivity for clearer seeing and more creative responding;
Tools for deeper listening—to ourselves and others;
Methods and applications for bringing brief, informal mindfulness practices through the day to rebalance oneself emotionally, mentally, and physically;
Introduction of appropriate workplace applications of mindfulness practices for teachers and healthcare providers.

Framework for Mindful Living, is a unique opportunity for those who may not have access to an 8-week MBSR class. The program is also appropriate for those who’d like to deepen or re-invigorate their mindfulness meditation practice, and for health professionals who wish to apply mindfulness in their work with others. In the supportive environment of a retreat-like setting, there is time and space to inquire, reflect, and come close to ourselves in ways that allow for learning, insight and healing

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the program, participants will be able to:

Recognize and give examples of current personal patterns of automatic pilot and automatic, habitual stress reactivity that may lead to reduced effectiveness and burnout;
Identify and analyze current work/life stressors;
Reflect on and examine individual resources for meeting stress, comparing adaptive and maladaptive coping mechanisms;
Explain how stress expresses in human biology and physiology and how mindfulness impacts the stress cycle;
Utilize formal and informal mindfulness practices to reduce distraction, bring greater clarity and intentionality to decision-making, and increase emotional regulation;
Describe and demonstrate mindful listening as an effective skill in human relating;
Formulate a plan for utilizing mindfulness practices to support one’s own health and well-being and that of clients, patients, students and others we work with.

Fees

The fee (all in Canadian Dollars) for this 5-day Framework Retreat is comprised of:

Registration Fee.
Accommodation/Meals.

The Registration fee is payable to Dr. Kasim Al-Mashat, and Accommodations/Meals will be paid directly to Bethlehem Centre. Payment instructions and details will be emailed to you upon acceptance into the program.

Here are the fee options:

About the Instructors

The retreat will be facilitated by Dr. Kasim Al-Mashat and Florence Meleo-Meyer. Dr. Kasim Al-Mashat is a Registered Psychologist and Certified MBSR Teacher/Trainer. He is the founder of Center For Mindfulness Canada. Kasim has also completed a six-month meditation retreat in silence in Southeast Asia and presented a TEDx about mindfulness. For a full bio - click here.

Florence Meleo-Meyer serves as Global Ambassador to the MBSR Affiliates world-wide at the Mindfulness Center, Brown University and is inspired by the potential of MBSR to impact global health and well-being when taught by teachers trained with rigor, depth, and cultural sensitivity. She has trained MBSR teachers and teacher trainers for over 20 years. As Director of Oasis Institute, for Professional Education and Training at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts’ Medical School, she engaged with and supported the development of thousands of MBSR teachers globally.

Over many years, Florence directly trained MBSR teacher trainers, and was director of the Train the Trainer program. With equal focus on the refinement of teaching skills, attitudes and knowledge, the heart of her work attends to the cultivation of the deepest understanding of MBSR as a path of love, healing and transformation. She has been a leading contributor to the development of best practices for teacher training in the growing field of MBSR and MBIs. Having trained in MBSR directly with Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD and Saki Santorelli, MA, EdD, she leads MBSR Insight retreats internationally and cultivates deeper understanding of the essence of MBSR within the non-dual experience of silent meditation practice while supporting the integration as a whole life approach. For additional info about Florence’s, click here.

	Early Bird Fee (By May 31, 2020)	Regular Fee (After May 31, 2020)
Program Fee	$595	$795

Accommodation options	Nightly Rate	Total for 5 days
Shared room with one person (Meals included)	$125 per night	$625
Single room (Meals included)	$155 per night	$775
Commuters (No accommodations, meals only)	$65 per day	$325