mastering the art of stress-free living

This life – changing program delivers a powerful one – two punch in reducing stress. Combining the wisdom of Vedic and Buddhist masters with the insight of our contemporaries Deepak Chopra, Jon Kabat-Zin, Marshall Rosenberg, and the latest research from behavioral medicine, Mastering the Art of Stress – Free Living provides a peace of mind in your over-stressed, fast paced, busy life. Stress is in the attitude you have toward the events of your life. Change your perspective, live stress – free.

Mastering the Art of Stress – Free Living

What’s included? 4 powerful group sessions to provide you with all the tools and information to create positive change in your life. 6 weeks of e-minders – a weekly e-mail to remind you of what you’ve learned and how to apply your new knowledge to your life. Unlimited e-mail support for all 10 weeks – ask questions, share, get support.

Here is what class of 2012 had to say:
“Hi Julia,
Your e-minders have been wonderful! Full of great information and very helpful. I have been trying to keep up with meditating twice a day for 30 mins. It has been hard to fit meditation into my day in the mornings but I’m going to keep trying different things to see what will fit into my life best. I have noticed a lot of benefits from meditation already.
Crystal”

January 25 / Lesson 1: The Practice of Seated Meditation

February 1 / Lesson 2: Mastering Emotional Freedom

February 8 / Lesson 3: The Art of Everyday Mindfullness

February 15 / Lesson 4:  The Art of Conscious Communication,

The Practice of Seated Meditation

Start with the formal seated meditation practice. Following in the footsteps of ancient Vedic seers, you’ll embark on the journey of self-discovery with the help of 5,000-year-old practice of sound meditation. This healing practice brings the inner calm, and deep relaxation, while moving you beyond mind’s busy activity and emotional turbulence into profound peace and expanded awareness. Mantra meditation is a natural technique that is easy for anyone to learn. It offers many profound benefits:

Benefits of Meditation:
Releases stress and anxiety
Promotes restful sleep
Strengthens the immunity
Increases peace of mind
Lowers blood pressure
Slows the heart rate
Awakens creativity

Mastering Emotional Freedom

Do you bottle up and internalize stress? Or, instead, you get angry and look for someone to blame? Maybe, you simply choose to withdraw from an unpleasant situation. Stress is present in everyone’s life; yet, each person has his or her own distinctive stress response and coping strategies. Identify your unique stress mechanism to replace the habitual reaction with a conscious response. Finish the class with a 7-step program to eliminate mental toxicity that is at the root of your emotional reactivity.

The Art of Every Day Mindfulness

The third part of the program, the Art of Every Day Mindfulness, brings the principles of meditation home, to your work, the dinner table, to your relationships and conversations. At the heart of this lesson is the Buddhist practice of mindfulness, non-doing and present moment awareness. What are you thinking when you are in the shower? When you are eating your lunch or dinner? When you are talking to your kids? By introducing this practice to your life you will be able to disconnect from the perpetual, vicious circle of thoughts and step out of your story into the world of all possibilities.

The Art of Conscious Communication

Very often we speak in ways that injure others and ourselves. Free yourself from emotional slavery by learning how to communicative with assertiveness and honestly, while being a compassionate and respectful listener. Conscious communication is uniquely simple, yet powerful and transformative practice that concludes Mastering the Art of Stress Free Living program.

The science of neuroplasticity explains our ability to change our reality by simply changing our minds: