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Mindfulness Meditation for Health, Healing, & Stress Reduction. Instructor Michelle DuVal Director of The Mindful Center UNM Center for Life Presbyterian Healthplex New Mexico Heart Institute 8 Week Program Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) 6 Week Program Mindful Eating
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Mindfulness Meditationfor Health, Healing, & Stress Reduction • Instructor Michelle DuVal • Director of The Mindful Center • UNM Center for Life • Presbyterian Healthplex • New Mexico Heart Institute • 8 Week Program • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) • 6 Week Program • Mindful Eating • Day Courses, Workplace Workshops & Retreats
Mindfulness Meditation has been PROVEN to help in the Following Areas • Sleep Issues • Worry/ Anxiety/ Impatience • Depression • Fear/ Anger • Scattered Mind/ Memory Loss • Cardiac Issues • Type A Behavior • GI Distress • Stomach Problems • Psoriasis • Cancer Healing Processes • Hypertension • Chronic Pain • Asthma • Infertility • Headaches
What Mindfulness Meditation Is Not An Escape from Daily Activities Assuming a Particular Posture Emptying the Mind Deep Relaxation Religious Unproven Theory
Mindfulness Meditation is Mental Development and Cultivation of Awareness
What is the Present: • The Experience Itself • The Pure Flow of Biological Information • The Space Between Our Thoughts • 65,000-70,000 thoughts a day • 90% we had yesterday • 95% are of no benefit