Wellness for Groups and Organizations | Retreats

Interested in adding self-compassion, meditation and/or mindfulness to your organizations wellness program or special event? Workshops and retreats are customized according to the wellness objectives and needs of your team or group.

Services are designed to decrease stress, burnout, empathic strain and moral distress and foster resilience, joy, mindful leadership and teamwork.

Mindful Photography

Amplify your creativity and cultivate a sense of peace with this mindful photography workshop. Learn the fundamentals of mindfulness and experience the benefits of therapeutic photography. Practice mindfulness and self-compassion while highlighting the sense of sight. Use your camera as a tool to explore and go deeper, a cell phone camera is all that is needed and an open mind. You will have many opportunities to connect with others, share your perspectives and showcase your photos throughout this course.

Mindful Self-Compassion 8-week Group Program

Learn to manage difficulty with more ease and kindness.

Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) combines the skills of mindfulness and self-compassion to enhance our emotional well-being. While mindfulness increases our awareness of the present, self-compassion encourages greater kindness and understanding in periods of suffering. It also helps us accept our flaws and better understand our challenges.

MSC is a research-supported program developed by Dr. Kristin Neff and Dr. Christopher Germer. 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.

Timing
Eight weekly sessions plus a silent retreat.

MSC Objectives:

At the completion of MSC, participants should be able to:

  • motivate themselves with encouragement rather than self-criticism;
  • relate to difficult emotions with greater moment-to-moment acceptance;
  • practice the art of savoring and self-appreciation;
  • integrate core mindfulness and self-compassion exercises into daily life;
  • describe the theory and research supporting mindful self-compassion.

 

Also available: The Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion (SC-MSC). SC-MSC is a 6-week (90 minutes per session)  adaptation of the research-supported 8-week Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program designed to begin the cultivation of the skills of self-compassion.

Emotional Emancipation Circles(SM)

Emotional Emancipation Circles(SM) are evidence-informed, psychologically sound, culturally grounded, and community-defined self-help support groups designed to help heal the trauma, disconnection and stress caused by Anti-Black Racism. In EECs we share stories and deepen our understanding of the impact that history has had on our self-worth, relationships and communities. In EECs we will also learn and practice emotional wellness skills.

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