Looking for new Well-Being programs to offer to your members,guests and employees can seem like an endless challenge.

Stress Reduction through Mindfulness & Movement

How do you keep offerings innovative, prevention focused and lifestyle enhancing? Adding stress reduction trainings for your employees or members may just be the answer.

Mindfulness is really about developing our awareness. By cultivating awareness, stress is eased and more positive emotions are felt. It also helps to create greater resiliency in the face of negative experiences. As seen on 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper, and in Newsweek - mindfulness is revolutionizing wellbeing settings, healthcare, the workplace, and schools.

Organizations such as Aetna, Harvard Medical School, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Dow Chemical, Google, Ford Motor Company and General Mills are recognized as leaders in starting the conversation around introducing mindfulness in the workplace. Each organization understands the importance of offering programs for their employees and members to help manage the frenetic pace of their working environments.

Stress Reduction through Mindfulness and Movement is for people who are interested in experiencing their lives differently. During the class you will explore how to cultivate awareness, settle the thoughts, find steadiness, resilience and flexibility even in the midst of daily challenges.

YOU WILL LEARN:• Mindfulness skills to integrate in to your home and work life• How to enhance your focus and attention• New ways of working with stress, illness and pain• How to recognize the difference between reacting to stress and responding to stress in yourself

VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AVAILABLE:• Small Group Consultation • Lunch and Learn – Wellbeing Education• 4 or 8 Week Stress Reduction Through Mindfulness and Movement Class• Individualized Private Mindfulness Sessions

Susie Gray Holden, CWC is a Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach and Qualified MBSR Instructor. She has been meditating since 1996 and has completed over 300 hours in mindfulness training through the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society at UMASS where she is also a candidate for MBSR teacher certification. Susie brings optimism, laughter and compassion to her workshops. She specializes in teaching mindfulness to healthcare professionals, cultivating wellbeing and preventing overwork and burnout. Learn more at: susiegrayholdenwellness.com

This Stress Reduction through Mindfulness and Movement program is modeled after the MBSR Program founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Highly regarded within the medical community, the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program supports health enhancement and wellness, with a focus on prevention and learning how to take good care of yourself.

An Introductory Course in Well-Being, Mindfulness,and Gentle Stretching