We offer the internationally acclaimed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Training and the MBSR and Mindfulness Based Cancer Recovery Program.
COVID-19 has rapidly changed our lives. Most of us are under a shelter-in-place directive and are feeling the challenges of sustained isolation. Many people are out of work and struggling with limited resources. Some have contracted the virus already or know someone who has. Even if your situation is relatively okay, there is probably a vein of anxiety running through your life that was not there a short time ago.
For this reason Jeanne Vargas and the Mindfulness in Every Day Living invites you to to join a gathering of people and explore the inner resource of self-compassion to navigate these difficult times. It's important that we pause to get in contact with the emotional distress we are experiencing so that we can give ourselves the care we need.
The MBSR Training we offer will be a chance to take on the impact of the coronavirus COVID-19 experience in our lives and nourish ourselves with the inner resources of self-compassion and mindfulness.
LOVING YOUR SELF - Self-compassion is a source of unconditional love, connection and presence available to all. Mindfulness is being present in the moment, looking at ourselves without judgment or expectation, sensing all that is present for us, and taking time to ask, "What is here for me now?" and "What is asked of me now?"
The Coronavirus COVID-19 and the Omicron variant was a crisis and an opportunity. Among other things, sheltering-in-place gives you the chance to cultivate the resource of self-compassion. Online programs offer an opportunity to participate safely from the comfort of your own home and come away with important tools that can support you for years to come. We hope you can join us. Go to the Registration page to register to attend.
MBSR is an eight-week program, that assists people who want to learn to use their own internal resources to respond more skillfully to stress, medical, and psychological conditions, and promote healthy living. Research suggests that mindfulness practice can positively affect stress resilience, physical and mental health, academic skills, self-regulation of emotional reactivity, interpersonal skills, general well-being, and happiness.
The MBSR and Mindfulness Based Cancer Recovery Program are nine-week programs. MBSR and Mindful Cancer Recovery are an online group programs that teach the principles of mindfulness and how to apply them to cope more effectively with stress, illness, treatment and the the challenges of every day living. You will learn how to access internal resources and how to apply techniques and practices to respond more skillfully to life's challenges.
Some reasons people come to the group program include, but are not limited to:
The intentional, present-moment awareness, developed through mindfulness meditation practices, helps us experience whatever is happening in our life as it unfolds with curiosity, non-judging attention, and compassion for ourselves and others.
Engaging with our life in this manner helps us become more skillful and creative in our responses, while gaining insight into how to free ourselves from habitual patterns of reacting such as anxiously anticipating the future, chronically focusing on the past, or just going through the motions of living, missing what is actually occurring right now, including when things are pleasant and joyful.
This kind of awareness, cultivated by the practice of mindfulness meditation, enables us to wake up to the pleasures in our lives and enhances our ability to tap into our wisdom and internal resources in difficult times.
The practice of mindfulness is accessible, universal, and can be practically integrated into your everyday life.
The program can be a complement to current medical care as well as promotion of health and well-being.
The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness Based Cancer Recovery Program has been offered by Jeanne Ann Vargas, MA, in NW Illinois and surrounding areas since January 2016. It is sponsored by Jeanne A. Vargas and Mindfulness in Every Day Living.com.
Both programs are modeled after the well-known MBSR program developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD.
The Mindfulness in Every Day Living.com was founded on Jeanne's vision belief that mindfulness, the nonjudgmental and clear awareness of one's experience, enables one to use the wisdom of the body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness. Jeanne learned this herself first hand as she coped with chronic illness and chronic pain.
Jeanne A. Vargas, MA, is a mentor and leader in the awakening of individuals and organizations to their true potential and alignment with their highest purpose, that all may live with a deep connection and meaning. We inspire, guide, teach and connect people, ideas, wisdom and resources to help transform lives toward greater awareness.
The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program consists of eight (8) weekly sessions, offered afternoons or evenings .
Courses and support groups are offered Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer.
This highly participatory, supportive, and structured program will provide you with:
MBSR and Cancer Recovery Home Practice Manual
Jeanne Vargas Mindfulness in Every Day Living.com offer ONLINE via Zoom Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Training, the Chronic Pain and Anxiety Community Sangha, and the Mindfulness Based Cancer Recovery Program in the comfort of your own home via Zoom.
We will show you how to see things clearly when you are faced with the struggle between fear and free your mind by letting go and letting be of the things that obscure your vision and confuse your mind.
We teach you how when you are confronted with the face of fear, anger and hatred, you can create a pause for contemplation and action. Opening your mind to the awareness of the forces of goodness and consciousness, gives you strength to respond with acceptance and commitment. Spread goodness and inspiration. Be contagious! Open your heart and mind to allow the Light through. Become stronger, stress hardy and resilient.
After all, there's no way of knowing how things will turn out.
Go to the Registration page and complete your registration now.
Jeanne A. Vargas, MA
804 E Humphrey Avenue
Rock Falls, Illinois 61071
(815)499-1818
The Jeanne Ann Vargas is practiced and skilled at creating a safe, supportive, and deeply engaging experiential learning environment. Jeanne will assist you in learning methods, providing group and individualized instruction on how to learn, practice and integrate mindfulness in your everyday life. The program is challenging and life-affirming.