Mindfulness meditation has received attention in the media and research. It has been effectively used as a complimentary approach to traditional medicine and psychotherapy. Mindfulness is a secular form of meditation that is based on thousands of years of wisdom traditions.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program is one of the most researched and well-respected evidence-based mindfulness programs. This introduction workshop provides participants with the history and origins of MBSR as well as opportunities to engage in formal MBSR mindfulness meditation practices. This will enable you to directly sample the practices, while learning more about the concept and format of this extraordinary program, which has benefited tens of thousands of people around the world since 1979.

In the full program, we will also be exploring themes of perception, automatic habitual stress reactivity, mindfulness-mediated stress response, and interpersonal communication.

If you are interested in learning more about it, attend one of the FREE MBSR introduction / information sessions below. Open to anyone 19 years and older. At the same time, it is a free prerequisite for those who are interested in registering in an eight-week MBSR program.

Format : Zoom interactive online session

Trainer: Kevin Fong

Kevin Fong is the Founding Teacher of the ATINAT Institute of Mindfulness Training (AIMT) and Gaia Tree Centre for Mindfulness. He has extensive practice / teaching experiences in secular mindfulness arena that includes being a :

• Certified MBSR teacher, mentor/supervisor and teacher-trainer, trained & certified by University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society and Mindfulness Center at the Brown University - School of Public Health.
• Certified MBCT teacher and supervisor, trained & certified by Oxford University Mindfulness Centre
• Teacher - Interpersonal Mindfulness Program (developed from Insight Dialogue)
• Certified teacher for the UK Mindfulness in School Project's (MiSP) .b, Paws b and .b Foundation programs
• Besides teaching Mindfulness, Kevin also teaches QiGong as an alternative mindful movement.
• Kevin graduated from the University of Warwick Business School in the UK with an MBA.
• Currently, he also serves as Advisor to the Oxford Mindfulness Centre

Event brought to you by:

• Gaia Tree
• ATINAT Institute of Mindfulness Training