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• Online Practice Group - Monday Evenings

  • Start
    24 Sep 2018
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    7:00 PM
  • End
    16 Sep 2019
  • Location
    Online

  Register

  Our new weekly, on-going online practice group

  

  Looking for support to continue your practice after taking one of our courses? Join our weekly online drop-in mindfulness group led by Mindfulness Northwest teachers.

  Schedule
  Monday evenings 7 PM - 8:30 PM starting September 24, 2018 (skipping major holidays like Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, etc.) 

  Instructors
  Our highly trained Mindfulness Northwest teaching staff.

  Location
  Offered live online.

  We'll use the Zoom video conferencing platform. Find out more about this easy to use software at www.Zoom.us. Broadband internet is required. Details on how to use Zoom will be sent with your RSVP or monthly subscription confirmation.

  Cost & Options
  You may attend one session for free to ascertain suitability. To receive information on how to connect to the weekly session, please Register using the no-cost RSVP option.

  Thereafter, we ask you to enter into a monthly subscription at one of the following monthly rates (once subscribed, you're entitled to attend the weekly Online Practice Group as often as you'd like):

  • $10: Scholarship Fee (those needing a scholarship fee or intending to only occasionally attend)
    
  • $20: Students, Seniors, and those that need a Subsidized Fee (or intending to only occasionally attend)
  • $30: Supporting Fee (the regular fee)
  • $40: Sustaining Fee (offering support to MNW and those needing a Subsidized Fee)
  • $50: Benefactor Fee (offering even more support to MNW and those needing a Subsidized Fee)

     Subscribe Here

  Please don't hesitate to email or call us (360-830-6439 ext 0) with any questions.

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• Getting Started with Mindfulness and Compassion (Arlington) - Tuesday Evenings

  • Start
    30 Oct 2018
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  • End
    13 Nov 2018
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Cascade Valley Hospital, Rainier Conference Rooms A & B, 330 S Stillaguamish Ave, Arlington, WA
  • Spaces left
    25

  Our First Class in Arlington!

  

  The practice of mindfulness helps us find the calm center in the storm of life. And the practice of compassion helps us warm our hearts and meet the calm and the chaos with more kindness and curiosity. Our 8-week classes go into these two topics in depth. This 3-week class can help you get a feeling for this rewarding work and help you choose your path forward. With three sessions, a manual, support for practice between classes, and a warm classroom community you'll get started in "the practice" in a solid way.
  

  Expect to learn:
  

  • What mindfulness is and how systematic training in being more present and aware benefits our mental and physical health
  • How mindfulness helps us be more aware of perceptions - and misperceptions!
  • What meditation is, and what it isn't
  • How mindfulness of the body grounds you and increases wise responses to stress
  • How compassion works and what distinguishes it from empathy on the one hand, and pity on the other
  • How mindfulness and compassion help to reduce burnout and caregiving fatigue
  • The difference between formal and informal mindfulness & compassion practices
    

  Expect to leave with:
  

  • A 35 page manual and access to helpful practice recordings
  • Daily life tools for pausing and bringing kindness to even the most challenging situations
  • New friends and comrades on "the path"
  • An understanding of how a meditation teacher and how meditation communities serve to support your growth
    

  We hope you'll join us in this accessible new Mindfulness Northwest class designed by our Guiding Teacher and Executive Director, Tim Burnett, based on his 30 years of meditation experience and teaching hundreds of students mindfulness and compassion.

  Schedule:
  3 classroom sessions: Tuesday evenings 6 PM - 8:30 PM, October 30 - November 13.

  Instructor:
  Joe Arellano, Certified Mindfulness Teacher through the Mindfulness Northwest Teacher Training Program.
  

  
  Location:
  Cascade Valley Hospital
  Rainier Conference Rooms A & B
  330 S Stillaguamish Ave
  Arlington, WA 98223
  (map and directions)

  Cost:
  $49.

  The fee includes all 3 meetings and instructional materials (course manual and home practice CDs).

  Registration:
  Register through Skagit Regional Health at 360-814-2424.

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• Getting Started with Mindfulness and Compassion (Anacortes) - Thursday Evenings

  • Start
    29 Nov 2018
  •  
  • End
    13 Dec 2018
  •  
  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Anacortes Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St, Anacortes, WA
  • Spaces left
    25

  Register

  Our Second Class in Anacortes!

  

  The practice of mindfulness helps us find the calm center in the storm of life. And the practice of compassion helps us warm our hearts and meet the calm and the chaos with more kindness and curiosity. Our 8-week classes go into these two topics in depth. This 3-week class can help you get a feeling for this rewarding work and help you choose your path forward. With three sessions, a manual, support for practice between classes, and a warm classroom community you'll get started in "the practice" in a solid way.
  

  Expect to learn:
  

  • What mindfulness is and how systematic training in being more present and aware benefits our mental and physical health
  • How mindfulness helps us be more aware of perceptions - and misperceptions!
  • What meditation is, and what it isn't
  • How mindfulness of the body grounds you and increases wise responses to stress
  • How compassion works and what distinguishes it from empathy on the one hand, and pity on the other
  • How mindfulness and compassion help to reduce burnout and caregiving fatigue
  • The difference between formal and informal mindfulness & compassion practices
    

  Expect to leave with:
  

  • A 35 page manual and access to helpful practice recordings
  • Daily life tools for pausing and bringing kindness to even the most challenging situations
  • New friends and comrades on "the path"
  • An understanding of how a meditation teacher and how meditation communities serve to support your growth
    

  We hope you'll join us in this accessible new Mindfulness Northwest class designed by our Guiding Teacher and Executive Director, Tim Burnett, based on his 30 years of meditation experience and teaching hundreds of students mindfulness and compassion.

  Schedule:
  3 classroom sessions: Thursday evenings 6 PM - 8:30 PM, November 29 - December 13.

  Instructor:
  Joe Arellano, Certified Mindfulness Teacher through the Mindfulness Northwest Teacher Training Program.

  Location:
  Anacortes Senior Activity Center
  1701 22nd St
  Anacortes, WA 98221
  (map and directions)

  Cost:
  $85-$125 sliding scale fee (paying on the higher end makes the lower end possible, our usual built-in "scholarship" system).

  The fee includes all 3 meetings and instructional materials (course manual and home practice CDs).
  

  Payment plans are available during registration (4 equal monthly payments; no financing fee).
  

  Financial Assistance: Scholarship assistance may be available for those unable to pay at the low end of the sliding fee scale. Please APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP.

  Registration:
     REGISTER ONLINE or register by phone at 360-830-6439 ext 0.

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• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (Anacortes) - Saturday mornings

  • Start
    19 Jan 2019
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  • End
    16 Mar 2019
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  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    Anacortes Senior Center, Sunrise Room, 1701 22nd St, Anacortes, WA
  • Spaces left
    26

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  MBSR in Anacortes.
  Learn the healing art of mindfulness in this well-respected class.
  

  

  Are you interested in mindfulness and its potential for enhancing health and well-being? Are you under stress? Are you struggling with chronic conditions such as chronic pain, depression, and anxiety? Are you feeling as if life is too much? Or do you simply want to live a fuller life with greater balance?
  

  Recent research shows Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) reduces chronic pain and boosts the immune system; addresses painful mental states like depression and anxiety; minimizes emotional reactivity and promotes well-being; increases flexible attention and sharpens mental focus; and actually thickens grey matter in the areas of empathy and problem-solving. Happiness is a delightful by-product.
  
  

  Course details:
  Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is a structured 8-week course on mindfulness that reduces stress, and promotes health and well being.  This highly participatory, practical course includes:

  • Guided instruction in mindfulness meditation practices
  • Gentle stretching and mindful yoga
  • Inquiry exercises to enhance awareness in everyday life
  • Group dialogue and small group exercises
  • Daily home assignments
  • Guided audio files for home practice
  • a 50-page workbook with short readings, a guide to the course, and resources to support your ongoing investigation of mindfulness

  Please see the MBSR page for full details about this well-researched class designed by Jon Kabat-Zinn and the Center for Mindfulness at the UMass Medical Center.

  Schedule:
  8 classroom sessions: Saturday mornings, 10 AM - 12:30 PM, January 19 - March 16, 2019

  Retreat day: Saturday, February 23, 10 AM - 4 PM

  Instructor:
  

  Joe Arellano, Certified Mindfulness Teacher through the Mindfulness Northwest Teacher Training Program.

  Location:
  Classroom sessions:
  

  Anacortes Senior Activity Center
  1701 22nd St
  Anacortes, WA 98221
  (map and directions)

   Retreat day (Saturday, February 23): 

  Semiahmoo County Park (near Blaine)
  9261 Semiahmoo Pkwy
  Blaine, WA 98230
  (map and directions)

  Cost: $310 - $450 Sliding Scale Tuition. We also have special Scholarship Tuition options available for those unable to pay at the low end of the sliding scale. Payment plans are also available during registration  (four equal monthly payments; no financing fee). 

  
  

  Additional Scholarship Assistance: May be available for those unable to register at the available sliding scale or scholarship rates. A separate application is required for additional scholarship assistance  APPLY FOR ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIP

  The registration fee includes all nine meetings and instructional materials (course manual and home practice CDs.)

  Registration:
  

     REGISTER ONLINE or register by phone at 360-830-6439 ext 0.

  Cancellation Policy:
  For all details about our registration and cancellation policies, please see our Course Registration Policies page.
  

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