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\s15\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs48 MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION
\par }\pard\plain \s16\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs38 with Vanessa Hope
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs38 
\par }\pard\plain \s17\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx204\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs32 \bullet \tab A quarter of }{\b\fs30 the}{\fs30  }{\b\fs32 workforce experiences office rage
\par }\pard\plain \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx204\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs32 \bullet \tab 23% of staff feel extreme anger at work
\par }\pard\plain \s17\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx204\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs32 \bullet \tab One in }{\b\fs30 twenty}{\fs30  }{\b\fs32 suffer from severe stress
\par \bullet \tab At least 15% of }{\fs30 the }{\b\fs32 workforce experience depression
\par \bullet \tab Staff absenteeism costs an average of \'a3700 per employee p. a.
\par \bullet \tab 18 days a year is lost due to anger }{\fs30 and }{\b\fs32 stress related illness
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\par }\pard\plain \s21\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx204\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs32 What is Mindfulness?
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as moment to moment, non-judgmental awareness. This capacity may sound simple; however, when we take 
time to purposely attend to the activity of the mind we find that it shuttles continuously between the future and the past. We realise that we are seldom present to the moments of our lives. Mindfulness teaches us that every moment is an opportunity to be
 present }{\fs30 and }{\fs28 aware, so that }{\fs30 our }{\fs28 lives can become the meditation as we learn to dance more creatively with life\rquote s chal\-lenges and joys.
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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was developed by Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979 and is now the largest and most well-known stress reduction programme world\-
wide. Learning practices taken from yoga and meditation, participants are helped to access their internal resources for balance and healing through the cultivation of present moment awareness.  More rec
ently these practices have also proved useful in the treatment of depression in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy programmes (MBCT) pioneered by Zindel Segal, John Teasdale and Mark Williams.
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\par }\pard\plain \s22\ql \li0\ri0\sl-289\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx204\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs28 In the words of Jon Kabat Zinn \'93the present moment is the only moment when you\rquote 
re actually alive, so if growth or healing is to occur, it\rquote s now, not some other moment when you get your life together or get cured\'94. Research studies on both MBSR and MBCT document the following effects
\par 
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\par \bullet \tab Increased ability to relax
\par \bullet \tab Greater energy and enthusiasm for life
\par \bullet \tab Improved self-esteem
\par \bullet \tab More creative capacity to cope with stress
\par \bullet \tab Improved relationships
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indfulness to participants and to encourage the cultivation }{\fs28 and }{\fs30 deepening of present moment awareness }{\fs28 by exploration of }{\fs30 the following practices:
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\par \bullet \tab Sitting Meditation
\par \bullet \tab Mindful Movement
\par \bullet \tab Walking meditation
\par \bullet \tab Eating meditation
\par \bullet \tab Mountain meditation
\par \bullet \tab Loving-kindness practice
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 which will include the following topics
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\par \bullet \tab Understanding stress physiology and the implications of new neuroscience research}{\fs28 
\par }{\fs30 \bullet \tab How to learn to respond rather than react to stress
\par 
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\par }{Vanessa Hope BAHons DSH
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Vanessa Hope is an accredited mindfulness teacher with the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, University of Wales, Bangor, which is the centre for mindfulness training in the UK.  She has trained with teachers both from 
Bangor and the Center for Mindfulness, Massachusetts, where Jon Kabat-Zinn started the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programme over 25 years ago.  Her professional background is as a Homeopath and she has been in practice since 1990. She has 
also lectured at several Homeopathy colleges and been a supervisor for both students and practitioners. She has been practicing yoga and meditation for over 25 years and started teaching mindfulness-based courses in 2001.  Since then, she has run courses 
for the general public three times a year and also community-funded courses for 60+, low-income groups, social workers, carers and mental health and victim support groups.    
\par Vanessa can be contacted on:
\par 01707 644309
\par 0773 670 6092
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