New Offerings

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MAY 2012

Morning and evening 3-week series in  Meditation, Mindfulness & Healing

Free Introductions to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

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Free Introductory MBSR Session

Free Introductory
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Session
(Pre-requisite for participation in the 8-week program)

Monday, 8/29
from 6:30 – 8:00 PM

Session will be held at
The Center for Natural & Integrative Medicine
6651 Vineland Rd., Orlando, FL 32819
www.drkalidas.com

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How Mindfulness Meditation Alters the Brain

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

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Oprah features MBSR

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.

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Free Evening Sessions of MBSR

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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:

Friday, June 17th at 7pm
Monday, July 18th at 7pm
Monday, August 1st at 7pm

All sessions will be held at The Center for Natural & Integrative Medicine 6651 Vineland Rd., Orlando, FL  32819

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