Mindfulness Classes
Course Update
- Morning & Evening sections available, 8-Week Mindfulness Foundation course, a community-driven online w/ Paula Huffman, BS, RN, EYRT, starting soon!
- Mindful Parenting with Caroline Hexdall- Hybrid Model – coming soon!
- Mindfulness Refreshers are back, with Paula Huffman starting on Saturday, January 14, 2023
The UNC Mindfulness-based Program for Stress and Pain Management offers meditation and mind-body awareness training that will teach you to slow down, set priorities, and stay calm, focused, and relaxed during a busy life. These practices will enhance your body’s natural adaptive healing ability and cultivate the mind’s clarity and insight.
This evidence-based program is based on Jon Kabat-Zinn’s model. Mindfulness is ‘the awareness that arises from paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgmentally.’ It enables individuals to step out of ‘automatic pilot.’ and connect and respond to daily life with increased awareness and self-control.
The class format includes instruction and practice of mindfulness skills, mind-body exercises, group dialogue, and daily home assignments. In this program, you will receive the following:
- Eight weekly classes of 2 hours each
- Recordings with guided meditations and stretching practices
- Access extensive handouts, reading lists, home assignments, resources, etc.
- Participants are encouraged to practice home assignments for 30-40 minutes daily and complete an initial questionnaire and a course evaluation. This challenging, life-affirming course requires a solid commitment to maximal benefit. Your instructors are committed to and skilled at creating a safe, supportive, and deeply engaging learning environment.
“What I have grown to recognize about myself is that I spend a great deal of time caring for everyone…This class…taught me about my origin and my environment and its role in how I have learned to survive and cope with life. I feel better about my existence, and it has allowed me to engage in self-care.”
May
8-Week Mindfulness Foundation Course for Stress Management & Life Enhancement, with Paula Huffman, BS, RN, ERYT
Friday mornings, May 19 through July 7, 2023, from 6-8 PM EST, via Zoom
Fee: $350 General Public | UNC Payroll Deduction
UNC Payroll Deduction is available to University of North Carolina Employees
After registration, you will receive a Zoom link and instructions
Click here to register
8-Week Mindfulness Foundation Course for Stress Management & Life Enhancement, with Paula Huffman, BS, RN, ERYT
Tuesday Evenings, May 23 through July 11, 2023, from 6-8 PM EST, via Zoom
Skipping Independence Day, July 4, 2023
Fee: $350 General Public | UNC Payroll Deduction
UNC Payroll Deduction is available to University of North Carolina Employees
After registration, you will receive a Zoom link and instructions
Click here to register
Balance Through Movement Yoga Teacher Training: Lead with Compassion, 200-hour YTT, with Whitney Wilkerson & Laura Terry
OPEN HOUSE!
May 25, 2023 / 6:00 PM EST (Confirmation & Zoom link will be sent a few days prior). RSVP here.
July
Four Foundations of Mindfulness (advanced graduate level mindfulness course), with John Orr
Wednesday Evenings, July 19 through August 9, 2023, from 7-8:30 PM EST, via Zoom
Fee: $225 General Public | UNC Payroll Deduction
UNC Payroll Deduction is available to University of North Carolina Employees
After registration, you will receive a Zoom link and instructions
Click here to register
August
A Time for Healing: Renew, Replenish, and Restore, with Paula Huffman, BS, RN, ERYT
Saturday, August 12, 2023, from 9:30-3:30 PM, New Hope Camp & Conference Center, 4805 NC-86m Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Fee: $99 General Public | UNC Payroll Deduction
UNC Payroll Deduction is available to University of North Carolina Employees
Click here to register
September
Balance Through Movement Yoga Teacher Training: Lead with Compassion, 200-hour YTT, with Whitney Wilkerson & Laura Terry
Credit hours, 200 hours, 20 CEU Credit hours
Beginning Date: 09/23/23
End Date: 03/24/24
200- hours of instruction, including lectures, practicum, discussion, independent reading and projects, embodied practice, and small group exercises to integrate our mind/body curriculum so that participants are ready to teach others yoga, teach components of yoga, and mindfulness to their clients and patients, and to have a deeper understanding of their mind/body connection for their self-care.
Paula Huffman, BS, RN, ERYT
Paula has worked as a Health and Education services professional for over 40 years. Her experience in providing wellness services to both patients and students is vast. In addition, she has taught with UNC’s Program on Integrative Medicine and Mindfulness program for twelve years.
Please visit our website www.pim.med.unc.edu
FACEBOOK: @UNCPIM https://www.facebook.com/UNCpim/
Twitter: @UNC Mindfulness https://twitter.com/UNC_PIM
For more information, email mindfulness@med.unc.edu