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You are warmly invited to attend a FREE introductory session to the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, currently scheduled for the following evenings:
Monday, January 28th, 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Monday, February 4th, 6:00 to 7:30 pmBoth sessions will be held at The Center for Natural & Integrative Medicine, 6651 Vineland Rd., Suite 150, Orlando, FL 32819
Sian Beilock
Sian Beilock, a psychology professor at The University of Chicago and an expert on brain science, recently wrote: “mindfulness is a capacity for heightened present-moment awareness that we all possess to a greater or lesser extent. Training this capacity seems to have a quieting effect on brain areas associated with our subjective appraisal of our self. By considering thoughts and feelings as transitory mental events that occur, but are separate from the self, people are able to lessen their hold on their worries and positive mental health outcomes follow.” read more
Courtesy of Oprah.com
In a project called The Happiness Experiment, Oprah Magazine sends one woman to test drive MBSR. Learn about the firsthand accounts of someone attracted to the study by Richard Davidson, PhD, and Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, in which mindfulness meditation caused the brains of biotech workers to light up where the happiness regions are.
