Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

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PAMF offers the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program, an intensive 8-week course that helps people cope with physical and mental ailments. During the weekly two-and-a-half-hour sessions, participants learn and practice mindful meditation, simple yoga, breathing awareness, and an exercise focusing on bodily sensations.

The course includes regular group discussion and a full-day, silent meditation retreat. The MBSRP class is designed to help people learn how to deal effectively with physical and emotional stresses.

The program was developed in the early 1980s by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., a University of Massachusetts molecular biologist who studied Buddhist meditation and incorporated its key principles into a course harnessing the link between mind and body. PAMF has offered the course since 1998, with Renée Burgard instructing since October 2001.

Renée Burgard is a licensed clinical social worker specializing in disability rehabilitation and pain management, who has been practicing and teaching mindful meditation for years and has completed professional training to teach the course.

Research shows that the mindfulness approach can reduce:

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Blood pressure
  • Muscle tension
  • The effects of chronic illness and pain.

Free Orientations offered quarterly:

  • 2008: September 3
  • 6:30 to 9 p.m.
  • Level 3, Hearst Center for Health Education

Sunday Retreats :

  • August 10 and October 12: Retreat will be in the Center for Health Education, 3rd floor, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Classes Starting:

  • September 15 & 16, 2008

Location:

Palo Alto Clinic
Level 3, Neurology Department Lobby Area
795 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, Ca 94301
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Cost: $310
(Includes text book, workbook and CD)

Speakers / Instructors: Renée Burgard

PAMF physicians refer patients to the program, though it is open to all patients. For information on the next session of the program click here to view our education calendar or call the Education Division at (650) 853-2960.

Pre-Registration

You can pre-register for classes by filling in the form below. Please note this request form does not automatically enroll you in the class. We will make every effort to accommodate your request for a particular class. Your registration will be finalized with a confirmatory e-mail or phone call from PAMF, as well as collection of any necessary class fees.

You can expect a confirmation within two business days.

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Time: 6:30 - 9 p.m.

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  • July 7, 2008
  • September 15, 2008
  • July 8, 2008
  • September 16, 2008

 

 

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