This class is offered online via ZOOM and as an in-person class in the Laguna Beach area. Same class dates apply to both locations. Please make your location selection via registration link below.
Embracing Yourself with Love and Compassion through Transitions. Whether it’s a new job, moving, retirement, empty nest, health issues and more of life’s challenges, Mindful Self Compassion can help.
Together, we will go on an 8-week adventure to identify and develop our innate resource of self-compassion to enhance our capacity for emotional well-being to better navigate life’s changes.. Most of us feel deep compassion for our close friends when they are struggling but how about yourself? What would it be like to receive the same caring attention from yourself, when you need it the most? Mindful Self-Compassion involves the capacity to comfort and soothe ourselves, and to motivate ourselves with encouragement when we suffer, fail, or feel inadequate.
WHAT IS MINDFUL SELF-COMPASSION?
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is an empirically-supported 8-week training program designed to cultivate the skill of self-compassion. Based on the groundbreaking research of Kristin Neff, PhD, and Christopher Germer, PhD, MSC teaches core principles and practices that enable participants to respond to difficult moments in their lives with kindness, care and understanding.
WHAT DO PARTICPANTS LEARN?
> That self-compassion is a skill that can help you meet life’s difficulties with wisdom and kindness
> How to offer yourself the compassion you would naturally extend to a dear friend or stranger
> A courageous attitude of mind that will give you emotional stability and resilience to be more fully present with uncertainty so you can recover from life’s difficulties and move on with more ease and confidence
DETAILS
> When: Every Monday from 12:00 - 2:30pm(PT)September 9th through October 28th. Additionally, we will participate in a four hour Silent Retreat on Saturday October 19th, 9:00am - 1:00pm (PT)
> Where: Online Zoom platform.
> What to bring: please bring a pen and journal and wear comfortable clothing that you can sit in.
REGISTRATION
> A $100 non-refundable deposit is required to register, with the balance due for standard tuition no later than one week before the start date of the workshop. Payment is accepted via Venmo, Check, PayPal and Credit Card.
> Standard Tuition: $600. A $100 non-refundable deposit registration fee and the balance ($500) due by September 2nd. Every effort is made to help people in need. Please email me if there are financial concerns.
> Early Bird Tuition: $500. A $100 non-refundable deposit registration fee and the balance ($400) due by August 12th. Use coupon code EARLYBIRD6 at checkout. Code will expire on August 12.
Cancellation and Refund Policy: Participants who withdraw 30 days prior to the start date of a workshop will have the option to credit their tuition towards another MSC Workshop. Must use credit within one year from date of workshop or receive a partial refund of 50% of the course tuition less the $100 non-refundable deposit.
