Framework for Living Mindfully
(5-day Residential open to everyone)
September 3 to 8, 2020
Bethlehem Centre,
2371 Arbot Rd, Nanaimo, BC
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 for this 5-day Framework Retreat is comprised of:
- Registration Fee
- Accommodation/Meals.
The Registration fee is payable to Centre For Mindfulness Canada, 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:
Early Bird Rate (By May 31, 2020) |
Regular Rate (After May 31, 2020) |
|
Registration 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 |
Please note: All accommodation room options (i.e., single or shared) have shared bathrooms, and meals will be served in dinning area. Also, early-bird only applies to Registration fee.
Payment Options
- Interact e-transfer (preferred), cash or cheque
- Checks and e-transfers are payable to "Centre for Mindfulness Canada"
- Do you have questions? Please contact us at info@centreformindfulness.ca for questions or instructions on how to send the interact e-transfer or where to mail the check to.
- Receipts will be provided under "Centre For Mindfulness Canada" and not "Dr. Kasim Al-Mashat" as this 5-day retreat is not considered a Psychological Service (i.e., not applicable for extended health plan coverage if you have one).
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.
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.
How to Apply
The application for the 5-Day Framework will open on March 2, 2020. Please visit this tab again by then.
The application for the 5-Day Framework will open on March 2, 2020. Please visit this tab again by then.