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How do we typically react when things go wrong in our lives—when we suffer, fail or feel inadequate? Our first instinct is to avoid uncomfortable feelings, a strategy which usually just makes things worse. What is a healthier alternative? Mindfulness is the first step—turning with loving awareness toward difficult experience (thoughts, emotions, and sensations). Self-compassion comes next—bringing loving awareness to ourselves. Together, mindfulness and self-compassion comprise a state of warm, connected, presence during difficult moments in our lives.
Self-compassion is an important inner resource that increases resilience during challenging and difficult times. It involves the capacity to comfort and soothe oneself, and to motivate ourselves with encouragement when we struggle, fail, or feel inadequate. Thousands of studies shows that self-compassion is strongly associated with emotional wellbeing, better coping, healthy habits, more satisfying relationships, and lower levels of anxiety and depression. Developing this resource is especially important now, as people are growing weary after months of dealing with changes, uncertainty and losses related to the pandemic.

with Chris Germer and others

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This is an in-depth opportunity for people to immerse themselves in some of the key practices and exercises of the full 8-week Mindful Self-Compassion program offered in an intensive 2-day format. Through talks, meditation, experiential exercises, and group discussion, you learn how to:

• Identify the three key components of self-compassion
• Describe relevant research that supports the benefits of self-compassion
• Practice techniques to increase self-compassion in everyday life
• Use self-compassion to alleviate caregiver burnout.

By connecting with your natural capacity for kindness toward suffering, you can develop healthy, enduring patterns of relating to all of life’s circumstances.

With Chris Germer and Arve Thürmann

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This MSC Teacher Training is an intensive, 6-day, residential program. The training is built around the eight weekly sessions of MSC with each half day dedicated to a condensed, experiential review of one of the sessions, followed by small group activities designed to give attendees opportunities to practice teaching, guiding and facilitating discussion in that session with the close consultation of one of the Teacher Trainers. In addition, the training includes short talks, group exercises, discussion, and periods of silence. Participants will be provided with the essential materials to teach MSC programs.

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Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer are pioneers in the scientific development of self-compassion. They have brought their respective experience together in the empirically-supported Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program. This Core Skills Workshop allows an opportunity for people to immerse themselves in some of the key practices and exercises of the full 8-week program in an intensive 2-day format.

Program activities include talks, meditation, experiential exercises, and group discussion. Participants will directly experience self-compassion and learn practices that evoke self-compassion in daily life. No previous experience with mindfulness or meditation is required to attend the program.

Schedule 10-1pm PT:
Tuesday January 4th
Friday January 7th
Tuesday January 11th
Friday January 14th

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Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer are pioneers in the scientific development of self-compassion. They have brought their experience together in the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) training. This intensive training offers you a unique opportunity: immerse yourself in the key practices of mindful self-compassion, taught by the founders Kristin Neff and Chris Germer. Learn how powerful and transformative mindful self-compassion is, while staying at a relaxing and inspiring accommodation in the natural surroundings of the Veluwe in the Netherlands. A life-changing experience!

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Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer are pioneers in the scientific development of self-compassion. They have brought their experience together in the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) training. This intensive training offers you a unique opportunity: immerse yourself in the key practices of mindful self-compassion, taught by the founders Kristin Neff and Chris Germer. Learn how powerful and transformative mindful self-compassion is, while staying at a relaxing and inspiring accommodation in the natural surroundings of the Veluwe in the Netherlands. A life-changing experience!