Thursday, September 22: 12:30-1:30pm; LLC 151, Lansdowne or
Friday, October 14: 12:30-1:30pm; LACC 354, Interurban
Workplace-stress and the mental and physical health problems that result are estimated to cost “$20-billion a year in workplace losses”1. So if you feel stressed, you’re not alone. Stress can wreak havoc on your decision-making capability, and in your relationships at home and work. In this Less Stresslunch-hour presentation you will learn the biology of stress, how it’s triggered, and how to relieve it with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) skills and techniques that you can take home and into the classroom. Medical research demonstrating the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction will be included.
Facilitator: Lynne Mustard Lynne trained in facilitating Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), as pioneered by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, at the Centre for Mindfulness, University of Massachusetts Medical School. She has taught Mindfulness in the community for about 10 years, as well as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction courses and workshops at UVIC, the Vancouver Island Cancer Centre, and Island Hearing. Lynne was an MBSR presenter at a National Conference for the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology and is also an experienced Yoga instructor.
1. Erin Anderssen, “Ottawa to fund creation of national mental-health strategy”, Globe and Mail;
Thursday, June 16, 2011
There is no cost to participate in these lunchtime sessions but please feel free to bring your lunch to the session and help us out by registering your interest here: Less Stress registration. If you have difficulties with the link, cut and paste the following into your browser: http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g1285.
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Less Stress – Lunchtime Presentations
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction – Lunchtime Presentations
Workplace-stress and the mental and physical health problems that result are estimated to cost “$20-billion a year in workplace losses”1. So if you feel stressed, you’re not alone. Stress can wreak havoc on your decision-making capability, and in your relationships at home and work. In this Less Stress lunch-hour presentation you will learn the biology of stress, how it’s triggered, and how to relieve it with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) skills and techniques that you can take home and into the classroom. Medical research demonstrating the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction will be included.
Facilitator: Lynne Mustard Lynne trained in facilitating Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), as pioneered by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, at the Centre for Mindfulness, University of Massachusetts Medical School. She has taught Mindfulness in the community for about 10 years, as well as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction courses and workshops at UVIC, the Vancouver Island Cancer Centre, and Island Hearing. Lynne was an MBSR presenter at a National Conference for the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology and is also an experienced Yoga instructor.
1. Erin Anderssen, “Ottawa to fund creation of national mental-health strategy”, Globe and Mail;
Thursday, June 16, 2011
There is no cost to participate in these lunchtime sessions but please feel free to bring your lunch to the session and help us out by registering your interest here: Less Stress registration. If you have difficulties with the link, cut and paste the following into your browser: http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g1285.