Co-Sponsored with The Jewish Community Center
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Elaine Retholtz
| Wednesday, October 06, 2010 - Thursday, December 09, 2010 |
Evening Sessions: 7–9:30 p.m. -OR-
Morning Sessions: 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
October 7th – December 9th (skip November 25th)
Meeting Time(s): (Evening and Morning sections are offered)
Orientation Sessions: (required for anyone interested in taking the class)
Wednesday, October 6th, 7-9:30pm OR
Thursday, October 7th, 10am-12:30pm
Evening Session:
8 Wednesdays, 7-9:30pm
October 13th–December 8th (skip November 24th)
Morning Session:
8 Thursdays, 10am-12:30pm
October 14th–December 9th (skip November 25th)
Daylong Session: Sunday, November 21st, 10am - 5pm
Are you dealing with stress, chronic illness, or pain? This 8-week course includes instruction in mindfulness meditation practice, gentle stretching and yoga, group dialogue and inquiry, and provides daily practice support materials. Modeled after the renowned program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts over 30 years ago, MBSR can bring you lasting changes in physical and psychological symptoms, greater energy, improved self-esteem, and increased ability to cope with pain and stress. Attendance is required at one of the orientation sessions.
SPECIAL LOCATION: Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue (at West 76th Street), NYC
To register: visit http://www.jccmanhattan.org or call JCC at 646-505-5708
Elaine Retholtz has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1988. In 2004, she completed the internship in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and in 2005, the Teacher Development Intensive at the Center for Mindfulness in Worcester Massachusetts. She is also a graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders Program. Elaine has been teaching the traditional 8 week MBSR program at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan since 2005.
In addition, she has adapted the MBSR program into a 3-day model suitable for use in institutions. Elaine is on the faculty at the Tri-State College of Acupuncture, where she teaches MBSR to first year students. Here she also guides students in cultivating mindfulness of the experience of learning to be acupuncturists and taking on the identity of healers.
As part of a facility-wide staff stress reduction initiative, she trained the staff at Rivington House, a residential facility for people living with AIDS. Pre and post measures of participating staff showed significant decreases in perceived stress and emotional exhaustion, and increases in self-compassion. As a result of her experience at Tri-State and Rivington House, she is very interested in using MBSR as a vehicle for insitutional culture change.
Elaine is an associate teacher at New York Insight Meditation Center.
