Online Mindful Self Compassion Programs
Winter Program:
9 Week Online Mindful Self Compassion Course
Wednesday's January 26th- March 16th 2022
6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
An in-depth 9 week online course to elevate your well being through Mindful Self Compassion--an evidence based resource building practice. A compassionate relationship to yourself is the basis for a more meaningful and healing relationship with yourself and others in your personal and professional life.
Co Facilitated by Sandy Sousa and Adrienne Gaudet
To Register: etransfer: sandraleesousa@gmail.com
Spring Program:
8 Week Online Mindful Self Compassion Course those in Heath Care Professions
Wednesday's March 9 - May 4 2022
6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Co Facilitated by Sandy Sousa and Adrienne Gaudet
To Register:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/9-week-mindful-self-compassion-for-health-care-professionalsjan-26-mar-23-tickets-216983622857
Schedule:
Week 1 – Introduction to Mindful Self-Compassion
Week 2 – Practicing Mindfulness
Week 3 – Practicing Loving-Kindness
Week 4 – Discovering your Compassionate Voice
Week 5 – Living Deeply
Week 6 – Guided Silent Retreat
Week 7 – Meeting Difficult Emotions
Week 8 – Exploring Challenging Relationships
Week 9 – Embracing your life
All of the sessions follow a general pattern with topic discussions, exercises, and practices as well as moments of inquiry focused on the exercise or practice. The sessions include a short 10-minute break about halfway through.
A detailed email will be sent to all participants. This online course will be on Zoom. All participants must have a stable internet connection and a computer.
We Strive to make mindfulness practices accessible to all communities with the intention to be inclusive across race, gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, gender identity, religion, body size, ability, age, and class.
What is Mindful Self Compassion?
Mindful Self Compassion is a research-supported program developed by Dr. Kristin Neff and Dr. Christopher Germer. Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) combines the skills of mindfulness and self-compassion to enhance our capacity for emotional wellbeing. Research on self compassion has shown that it boosts happiness and improves relationships while reducing anxiety, depression and shame. Increased levels of self-compassion can transform empathy fatigue into wholehearted engagement with others.
The Mindful Self Compassion Program combines mindful awareness with self compassion to cultivate emotional resources for well-being. It primarily focuses on developing the skill of self compassion where we learn to offer ourselves the same quality of attention we would give a friend. We learn to motivate ourselves with kindness and caring rather than criticism. Practicing Mindful Self Compassion can enhance one's self compassion and resilience, increase compassion for others, improve one's relationships, as well as increasing one's mindful awareness and sense of well-being. It can also decrease depression, anxiety, stress, and caregiver and compassion fatigue.
Weekly sessions include teachings, discussions, experiential exercises, meditation and home practices.
It is strongly recommended to purchase the Mindful Self Compassion Workbook by Kristen Neff and Chris Germer to further support and deepen your home practice.
In MSC you will learn to:
- Practice mindfulness and self-compassion in daily life
- Understand the science of self-compassion
- Use self-compassion to live in accord with your values
- Handle difficult emotions with greater ease
- Motivate yourself with kindness rather than criticism
- Work with challenging relationships
- Manage caregiver fatigue
- Practice the art of savoring and self-appreciation
- Teach Mindful Self Compassion to others
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Additional Resources:
Recommended books, before, during, or after the course are:
Self Compassion: The Proven Power Of Being Kind To Yourself, by Kristen Neff
The Mindful Path To Self Compassion, by Christopher Germer
Recommended books, before, during, or after the course are:
Self Compassion: The Proven Power Of Being Kind To Yourself, by Kristen Neff
The Mindful Path To Self Compassion, by Christopher Germer
Videos on Mindful Self Compassion: