Mindfulness-Based Program for Stress & Pain Management: An Eight-Week Course in the Art of Conscious Living

SPRING 2012 COURSES

WEDNESDAYS: 9:30am-12:00pm, May 2 – June 27, 2012

• Instructor: Susan Head
• Location: Chapel Hill Doctors, Integrative Health Center (2nd Floor, Boyd Hall, 55 Vilcom Center Drive, Chapel Hill)
   
• Required Orientation: WEDNESDAY, May 2, 2012, 6:00pm-7:30pm *
• Orientation Location: Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg (UNC School of Social Work)--325 Pittsboro St.; Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550

• Day of Mindfulness: Saturday, June 16, 2012, 9:30am-4:00pm (Fleming Lodge at Camp New Hope)

*Please note that the orientation for this course will be held at a different location and time as the usual class.

WEDNESDAYS: 6:00pm-8:30pm, May 2 – June 27, 2012

• Instructor: Susan Head
• Location: Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg (UNC School of Social Work)

• Required Orientation: WEDNESDAY, May 2, 2012, 6:00pm-7:30pm  
• Orientation Location: Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg (UNC School of Social Work)--325 Pittsboro St.; Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550

• Day of Mindfulness: Saturday, June 16, 2012, 9:30am-4:00pm (Fleming Lodge at Camp New Hope)

SUMMER 2012 COURSES

FRIDAYS: 10:00am-12:30pm, July 26* – September 21, 2012

• Instructor: Paula Huffman
• Location: Chapel Hill Doctors, Integrative Health Center (2nd Floor, Boyd Hall, 55 Vilcom Center Drive, Chapel Hill)
• Required Orientation: THURSDAY, July 26, 2012, 6:00pm-7:30pm *
• Orientation Location: Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg (UNC School of Social Work)--325 Pittsboro St.; Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550

• Day of Mindfulness: Saturday, September 8, 2012, 9:30am-4:00pm (Fleming Lodge at Camp New Hope)

*Please note that the orientation for this course will be held on Thursday July 26th at a different location and time as the usual class.

THURSDAYS: 6:00pm-8:30pm, July 26 –September 20, 2012

• Instructor: Paula Huffman
• Location: Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg (UNC School of Social Work)

• Required Orientation: THURSDAY, July 26, 2012, 6:00pm-7:30pm
• Orientation Location: Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg (UNC School of Social Work)--325 Pittsboro St.; Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550

• Day of Mindfulness: Saturday, September 8, 2012, 9:30am-4:00pm (Fleming Lodge at Camp New Hope)

Click here for details of the Basic/Foundation course

Click here for Graduate Mindfulness Classes

Download the course registration form here

To register, download and complete the registration form and email to mindfulness@med.unc.edu. Questions?  Phone 919-966-8586.

Tuition for Foundation Courses

Tuition includes 1 orientation session and 8 weekly group sessions of 2.5 hours each, 1 all-day Saturday group session, and audiotapes and other educational materials.

Note: A $25 tuition reduction is given for research participation (i.e. A UNC Affiliate tuition will reduce to $295 if registration received before orientation). See registration form for other tuition costs.

Cancellation Policy:

Before Orientation..........……………………..Full refund
Between Orientation and Class 1.……….Full refund less $25 handling fee
After Class 1 ……….................................No further refunds

Life is full of stressful events...

The UNC Mindfulness-based Program for Stress and Pain Management offers training in meditation, mind-body awareness exercises and other awareness techniques that will teach you how to slow down, set priorities and stay calm, focused and relaxed in the midst of a busy life. These practices will enhance your body's natural adaptive healing ability and will cultivate the mind's clarity, and insight. This 8-week program, follows Jon Kabat-Zinn's model and is offered by the University Headache Clinic and the Program on Integrative Medicine (Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation). Upcoming dates are listed above.

Research on MBSR at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and at the Harvard Medical School shows that the majority of people who attended the eight-week MBSR course reported lasting improvement in both physical and psychological symptoms from conditions such as heart disease, migraine headaches, some auto-immune diseases, obsessive thinking, anxiety, depression, and hostility. They also report an increased ability to relax, greater energy and enthusiasm for life, improved confidence and self-esteem, and more effective coping with both short-term and long-term stress.

Included in this program:

• Required orientation class (1.5 hrs starting at evening class time)
• 8 weekly sessions of 2.5 hours each
• One all-day Saturday retreat session (9:30am-4:00pm)
• CD set with guided meditations and yoga practices
• Class notebook with handouts, reading lists, local resources, etc.
• Invitation to participate in graduate classes
• Bulletin board of community mindfulness events
• 20 minute mindfulness consult with teacher

What will be expected of you:

• Attending the Orientation and all classes
• Half-hour of homework each day, usually in the form of practice
• Completion of initial questionnaire and culminating evaluation

Conditions that may be favorably influenced by Mindfulness practices:

• Chronic pain
• Anxiety or panic
• Depression
• Heart Disease
• Cancer
• Type A behavior
• Headaches
• Sleep disorders
• High blood pressure
• Fatigue
• Stress of all sorts

Benefits of Learning Mindfulness:

• More ease and equilibrium in every aspect of life
• Increased clarity, choice, and balance
• Deeper understanding of emotions and thoughts
• Heightened appreciation of life
• Heightened sensory awareness
• Knowledge of how thoughts and feelings interact
• More calm and joy