Stress – Stress Management Through MBSR

Hi, today I’d like to give you some info about a course I plan to run several times over the next year. Over the years I have personally tried many, many ways to reduce stress.  When I found MBSR I was truly grateful because it is probably the best way of stress management around.

What is MBSR?

The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program was developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. MBSR is a common form of complementary therapy addressing a variety of health problems – most commonly stemming from stress.

Completed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction studies have found that pain-related drug utilisation was decreased, and activity levels and feelings of self-esteem increased, for a majority of participants. More information on these studies can be found on the University of Massachusetts Medical School website: Center for Mindfulness; http://www.umassmed.edu/cfm/index.aspx

The Online mindfulness-based stress reduction course  (MBSR) I run is designed to help you learn new ways of handling difficult physical sensations, feelings and moods.

The core skill that you will learn is mindfulness: Mindfulness is a basic human quality, a way of learning to pay attention to whatever is happening in your life that allows you a greater sense of connection to your life inwardly and outwardly. Mindfulness is also a practice, a systematic method aimed at cultivating clarity, insight, and understanding.

In the context of your health, mindfulness is a way for you to experientially learn to take better care of yourself by exploring and understanding the interplay of mind and body and mobilizing your own inner resources for coping, growing, and healing.

Most people completing MBSR programmes report that they gain lasting benefits, such as:
 

• More energy and enthusiasm
• A greater capacity for relaxation
• More self-esteem and confidence
• An increased ability to handle stressful situations
• Decrease physical and psychological symptoms from illness
• Reduce pain levels and an enhanced ability to cope and deal with chronic pain

Who is MBSR for?

I would say everybody! But particularly it’s  for you if you want to learn how to take better care of yourself and discover a deeper sense of ease and peace of mind—and if you are willing to actively engage in your own health and well-being.

Mindfulness practice is ideal for cultivating greater awareness of the unity of mind and body, as well as of the ways our unconscious thoughts, feelings, and behaviours can undermine emotional and physical health. The mind is known to be a factor in stress and stress-related disorders, and mindfulness has been shown to positively affect a range of autonomic physiological processes, such as lowering blood pressure and reducing overall emotional reactivity.

In addition to mindfulness practices, MBSR uses different forms of body movement to help reverse disuse atrophy attributable to our culture’s largely sedentary lifestyle, especially for those with pain and chronic illnesses.

Let Me Know Now If You Want To Do It.

So, what are you waiting for?  if you think you are interested, either in the group 8 week course, or an individual course. Just contact me now.

Peace,

 

 

Gavin J Gowans

P.s. If you are ready to commit to do the work, you can find more balance, control and participation in your life, than before.