Upcoming Mindfulness Courses
Mindfulness is a lifetime's journey along a path that ultimately leads nowhere, only to who you are.
– Jon Kabat-Zinn
These 8-week mindfulness programmes are for anyone who wants to learn mindfulness and different mindfulness practices, including sitting meditation, mindful stretching, body scan, mindful walking, mindful eating and mindful communication, in a structured way.
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Research findings suggest that the practice of mindfulness is helpful for stress coping, reducing depression, anxiety and burnout, improving sleep, pain or illness coping, enhancing our immune functioning and happiness. Mindfulness practice is also found to alter the structure and neural activity of the brain. These changes are linked to improved concentration, mood regulation and empathy. Many mindfulness practitioners find that mindfulness practice positively and often profoundly affect their lives.
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Below are the upcoming mindfulness programmes offered by Samantha.
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
MBSR was developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in the US in 1979, for stress reduction and as a supplementary intervention to various medical treatments. Scientific research in the past decades suggest that MBSR can positively affect participants' lives. The programme is effective in reducing stress, depression, anxiety, burnout and various medical symptoms, improving sleep and chronic pain, as well as enhancing our immune function and happiness. MBSR is one of the most scientifically researched mindfulness programmes.
Themes：
• Coming back to the present moment
• Waking up to the autopilot
• Keeping the body in awareness
• Understanding stress reactivity
• Mindful responding
• Mindfulness in communication
• Mindfulness in daily life
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Format：didactic teaching, mindfulness practices, interactive discussion, sharing and inquiry. Home practices of around 10-30 minutes a day will be assigned. Participants practice at home with the guiding audio instructions.
2-hour orientation talk, 8 weekly sessions, 2.5 hours each (plus daily home practice of around 45 mins) , 7-hour all-day silent retreat
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Language: Cantonese
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MBSR is for people who
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are suffering from stress, chronic fatigue, sleep problems, pain or other medical conditions;
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are always tensed, anxious and depressed; and
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are willing to take better care of themselves and learn how to live with ease.
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March - May 2025 (FULL)
Orientation: 12 March at 19:00 - 20:30
Classes: 19 March - 7 May Wed at 19:00 - 21:30 / 19:00 - 22:00 (Class 1 & Class 8)
All Day Retreat: 27 April Sunday at 10:00 - 17:00
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Location : 121 Des Voeux Road Central, Central
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July - Sept 2025
Orientation: 30 July at 19:00 - 20:30
Classes: 6 Aug - 24 Sept Wed at 19:00 - 21:30 / 19:00 - 22:00 (Class 1 & Class 8)
All Day Retreat: 14 Sept Sunday at 10:00 - 17:00
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Location : HQ, 450-454 Portland Street, Prince Edward,
Kowloon (Prince Edward MTR Station Exit D)
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