This Mindful Self Compassion series runs on 8 consecutive Wednesday evenings from 6:30 pm to 9 pm starting Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Classes will be held online due to COVID-19. Additional half-day retreat as well at the halfway point. Early bird price is $395 thru August 10, 2020, after which price goes to $500. This Fall 2020 workshop is geared especially towards therapists, and most especially towards BIPOC therapists and therapists from or working with marginalized communities in San Francisco, but also for community members who also self-identify as coming from a marginalized community. Other community members are welcome too, but if signups exceed 30, priority will go to those coming from marginalized communities. This is for purposes of the grant – as anyone could naturally benefit from Mindful Self Compassion, regardless of background.
Dr. Chandra is applying for a grant to make this course free for this community, but in any event would offer this for sliding scale to make it affordable. Write Dr. Chandra at sflovedojo <at> icloud <dot> com for details.
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Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC)Â is an empirically-supported, 8-week, training program designed to cultivate the skill of self-compassion. Based on the groundbreaking research of Kristin Neff and the clinical expertise of Christopher Germer, MSC teaches core principles and practices that enable participants to respond to difficult moments in their lives with kindness, care and understanding.
The three key components of self-compassion are self-kindness, a sense of common humanity, and balanced, mindful awareness. Kindness opens our hearts to suffering, so we can give ourselves what we need. Common humanity opens us to our essential interrelatedness, so that we know we aren’t alone. Mindfulness opens us to the present moment, so we can accept our experience with greater ease. Together they comprise a state of warm-hearted, connected presence.
Self-compassion can be learned by anyone, even those who didn’t receive enough affection in childhood or who feel uncomfortable when they are good to themselves. It’s a courageous attitude that stands up to harm, including the harm that we unwittingly inflict on ourselves through self-criticism, self-isolation, or self-absorption. Self-compassion provides emotional strength and resilience, allowing us to admit our shortcomings, motivate ourselves with kindness, forgive ourselves when needed, relate wholeheartedly to others, and be more authentically ourselves.
Rapidly expanding research demonstrates that self-compassion is strongly associated with emotional wellbeing, less anxiety, depression and stress, building resilience, preventing burn-out, maintaining healthy habits such as diet and exercise, and cultivating satisfying personal relationships. And it’s easier than you think.
After participating in this 8-week workshop, you’ll be able to:
- Practice self-compassion in daily life
- Understand the empirically-supported benefits of self-compassion
- Motivate yourself with kindness rather than criticism
- Handle difficult emotions with greater ease
- Transform challenging relationships, old and new
- Manage caregiver fatigue
- Practice the art of savoring and self-appreciation
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