Emotional Balance Through Mindfulness Practice
Source: Trent University
Are you looking for a way to reduce anxiety and learn mindfulness skills?
This course provides the relative theoretical and practical skills within mindfulness and is related to emotional exploration as well. The well-developed curriculum is based on understanding the development of youths’ physical and psychological characteristics, existing strategies of mitigating emotional distress from CBT, and targeted mindfulness teaching techniques for youths. Additionally, a creative component is from the Buddhist teaching of investigation (dhamma-vicaya), which provides an easy-to-use way to pursue a deeper process behind the mindful experience.
- Enhancing focus: Cultivating the ability to concentrate better, allowing individuals to stay attuned to the task or activity at hand with reduced distractions.
- Heightening self-awareness: Through mindfulness, individuals gain a deeper understanding of their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, enabling better self-management.
- Improving emotional regulation: The practice helps individuals better cope with stress and challenges by regulating emotions, staying calm and rational, and minimizing the impact of impulsive and negative feelings.
- Cultivating investigative thinking patterns: Understanding and practicing mindfulness facilitates investigative thinking patterns, helping to prevent negative emotions and become more rational.
Course Details:
- In-person 8 week course
- Two hours of instruction per week Tuesdays 6-8pm or Saturday 10am-12pm
- First meeting Date: May 24th (Saturday) or May 20 (Tuesday evening)
- Last meeting Date : July 19th (Saturday) or July 15th (Tuesday evening
- No classes will be held the week of Canada Day
- Price:
- $400 for community members (If you register by May 1, you are eligible for the early bird discount. Use code Early10 at checkout).
- Trent undergraduate students receive a 30% off discount. Please email microcredential@trentu.ca for more details.
- Trent alumni receive a 10% off discount. Please email alumni@trentu.ca for more details.
Only one discount code can be used per order
In Partnership with:
1. Mindfulness - Understand and experience the 3 principles of meditation
2. Investigation - Learn the additional skill of mindfulness to deepen exploring
3. Identifying the Bodily Sensation between your body with breath
4. Observing the Inner Feeling by identifying the difference between feelings and emotions
5. Releasing Negative Emotion - Increase the ability to notice the present body sensation, feeling, and emotions
6. Befriending with Surrounding - Improve inter-relationships
7. Self-Compassion - Balance the inside and outside
8. Daily Attitudes/Graduation - Integrate both knowledge and experience into daily practice
This course is evaluated based on attendance at workshops, assessments by the supervisor, and completing an end-of-program reflection.
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There are no formal prerequisites for this course, although an interest in mindfulness would be beneficial.
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