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Stress Less Studio and Training
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Introduction:
Mindfulness and the mind-heart-body connection are increasingly recognized to play key roles in promoting mental and heart health. Stress Less Studio and Training offers workshops, training, and coaching on mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, visualization and brain retraining for positive mindset.
Topics will include: What stress/fear is and how it affects the body and keeps us from recovering. Stress reduction techniques, relaxation tools, meditation and mindfulness. I use frames of curiosity, kindness and non-judgement. I offer components of Pain Reprocessing Therapy, MBSR, and Breathwork with my life experiences–especially my journey with Long COVID.
Program Delivery
At present, workshops and coaching are remotely-delivered through ZOOM, a video-conferencing tool that allows for online face-to-face video, voice, and text-based communications.
Zoom software is available for desktop, tablets, and smartphones. Participants can download Zoom for personal computers (Zoom Desktop Client), tablets, or smartphones from: https://zoom.us/download
To ensure privacy and security, we request participants to only use their own personal devices and private internet connections to access Zoom and attend group meetings. In addition, please only use the instructor-provided link to attend workshops at set class times.
Benefits and Risks
Scientific research has greatly supported the role of mindfulness in improving mental health among various study groups (e.g. students, healthy adults, individuals with chronic disease). Nevertheless, as we build greater awareness and pay closer attention to our experiences (positive and negative), there is some possibility that we may become aware of negative emotions and distressing thoughts during mindfulness meditation.
Additional Considerations
These programs are not clinical programs and are not a replacement for professional medical or psychological services. The programs will introduce participants to mindfulness and the practice of mindfulness meditation as a personal resource to help reduce psychological stress, promote mental well-being, and overall health.
These services are offered in conjunction with established medical therapies for chronic illness. Participants should communicate matters related to their medical and psychological care (including referral requests to professional medical and psychological services) to their physician, cardiologist, psychologist, or nurse practitioner.
I agree to not disclose information that may help to identify another group member to anyone outside the group. This includes, but is not limited to: names, descriptions, medical information, and personal experiences shared during group discussions.
Informed consent
I agree my consent and participation in this workshop to be voluntary.
I understand that I can withdraw consent at any point during the course of the program.
I acknowledge that I have read this document in its entirety, had the opportunity to discuss the program in greater detail before participation, and were provided with answers that were to my satisfaction.
Knowing these, I consent to voluntarily participate in the group mindfulness program, accept the risk and benefits, and abide by the program delivery and group communication considerations mentioned previously in this document.