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Mindfulness Freedom Workshop Ocean Grove 5 June

June 5, 2016 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

| $55

Learn Mindfulness Meditation and gain freedom from your thoughts and emotions

Join Suzie Brown for a half-day mindfulness meditation workshop, “Mindfulness Freedom”, to learn practices to help relax the mind, reduce worries, and bring present moment awareness to your whole day. We’ll be focusing on how not to feel hostage to your nagging thoughts and strong emotions. Learn tools to gain awareness of and freedom from your thoughts and emotions so that worry and fear, or dwelling and regret do not take over your headspace so often.

This workshop will give you tools to reduce the control that persistent thoughts or strong emotions have over you so you can reduce stress and anxiety and be free to choose your reactions more wisely and with ease.

After the workshop you’ll receive audio guided meditations to take home and continue to practice, as well as a Reminder Wallcard and further reading.

Suzie draws on her training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and many years of Insight meditation practice to offer this experiential workshop. Our venue is the beautiful Kyo Yoga Garden Studio tucked behind the sand dunes of Ocean Grove beach.

The workshop will include the following meditations and skills:

  • breath meditation
  • walking meditation
  • sound meditation
  • loving kindness meditation
  • mindfulness of emotions and thoughts
  • mindful listening and communicating
  • mindful movement (gentle yoga)
  • awareness and understanding of the causes of stress and how to reduce it

The workshop is suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators.

Regular price – $55 (incl GST) includes audio guided meditations, further reading, worksheets and reminder wallcard.
Discount for Avista past participants or Kyo Yoga members – $50 (incl GST).

Advance bookings only – please book and pay online at our Trybooking page.

Any questions please call Suzie Brown on 0419 002 606.

Finding the venue: Our venue is Kyo Yoga, 73 The Esplanade, Ocean Grove – you need to park or walk to the beach carpark at the bottom of Hodgson Street and walk along the walking path past the toilet block behind the dunes (this path is The Esplanade). Walk about 100m and you will find the gate to No.73 and enter there. More info on the Kyo web site.

PLEASE NOTE: this course is not suitable for those suffering acute depression, psychotic episodes or PTSD. If you’re unsure whether it’s right for you please call Suzie on 0419 002 606 to discuss and/or seek advice from your psychologist or psychiatrist before booking in.

Details

Date:
June 5, 2016
Time:
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Cost:
$55
Website:
https://www.trybooking.com/LHOQ

Organizer

Suzie Brown
Phone:
0419 002 606

Venue

Kyo Yoga
73 The Esplanade, Ocean Grove,
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