Thursdays Jan 12, 2012 – Feb 16, 2012 (7:00-8:30pm);
Full Day Sat Feb 4 (10am-4pm)
Cultivating Therapeutic Presence and Self-Care:
Therapeutic Rhythm and Meditation Workshop for Health Professionals and Educators
Being fully present is the most valuable gift we can give to clients, students, and ourselves. In a busy and demanding world, presence can be compromised. Therapeutic presence, which includes feeling grounded, calm, spacious, and immersed, can be cultivated with awareness and practice. Therapeutic Rhythm and Mindfulness (TRM) is an innovative program incorporating drumming, mindfulness and emotional reflection to help cultivate presence and reduce the barriers (i.e. stress, busy pace, technology) to being fully in the moment. Rhythm modalities offer a fun and expressive way of releasing bodily held stress while mindfulness offers tools to be with what emerges in the present, in an accepting and compassionate way. Group drumming and mindfulness practices have both been found to reduce stress, decrease burnout, increase vitality and immune functioning, and enhance attention, focus and present moment awareness.
No previous drumming or meditation experience required.
Maximum 12 people so register early
Where: Lawrence and Avenue
Cost: $390 (Early registration $340 by December 15, 2011)
To register please contact trmworkshops@gmail.com or call Jamie at 416-780-1791
Workshop Flyer
Wednesday February 22nd, 2012 – 7:30-9:00
TRM Monthly Rhythm and Mindfulness Community Gathering
This evening is an opportunity to practice drumming, rhythm and mindfulness to enhance present moment awareness. Drumming and practicing mindfulness in community can deepen our connection with ourselves and others, as well as help to destress and enhance vitality and joy. TRM gatherings are for people who have had some experience with Shari Geller's Therapeutic Rhythm and Meditation Workshops or groups in past.
Where: Lawrence and Avenue
Cost: $25 or by donation (all proceeds donated to cancer research or Drums for Haiti)
To register please contact Shari Geller – info@drsharigeller.ca
Friday January 27, 2012 – 9:30am to 4pm
The Cultivation of Therapeutic Presence Through Mindfulness
Therapeutic Presence is the state of having one's whole self in the encounter with another by being completely in the moment on a multiplicity of levels—physically, emotionally, cognitively, and spiritually. TP involves being grounded in one's self, while being open and immersed in what is poignant in the moment with a larger sense of spaciousness. This grounded, immersed, and expanded awareness is offered in service of another's healing. TP is viewed as the essential foundation to developing a positive and healthy therapeutic relationship.
Mindfulness is a practice that helps to cultivate a state of therapeutic presence. Mindfulness involves paying attention to the present moment on purpose and with intention. In this workshop you will learn about an empirically based model of therapeutic presence as well as practice mindfulness as a way to cultivate therapeutic presence.
Where: 918 Bathurst: Culture, Arts, Media and Education Centre
Cost: $75 (student rate of $55)
(Note: Early registration by Dec 15, 2011 of $65 (student rate of $50)
To register please contact trmworkshops@gmail.com or call Jamie at 416-780-1791 x231
Wednesday March 28th, 2012 – 7:30-9:00
TRM Monthly Rhythm and Mindfulness Community Gathering
This evening is an opportunity to practice drumming, rhythm and mindfulness to enhance present moment awareness. Drumming and practicing mindfulness in community can deepen our connection with ourselves and others, as well as help to destress and enhance vitality and joy. TRM gatherings are for people who have had some experience with Shari Geller's Therapeutic Rhythm and Meditation Workshops or groups in past.
Where: Lawrence and Avenue
Cost: $25 or by donation (all proceeds donated to cancer research or Drums for Haiti)
To register please contact Shari Geller – info@drsharigeller.ca
April 5, 12, 19th – 1:30-3pm
Drumming into the Present Moment:
Therapeutic Rhythm and Mindfulness Workshop for Living Well with Cancer
Therapeutic Rhythm and Mindfulness (TRM) is an innovative program incorporating drumming, mindfulness and emotional reflection to help cultivate presence and reduce the barriers that prevent you from being fully "in the moment." Rhythm modalities offer a fun and expressive way of releasing bodily-held stress and the practice of mindfulness offers tools to be engaged in the moment in an accepting and compassionate way. Group drumming and mindfulness practices have both been found to reduce stress, increase vitality, social connectedness, and immune functioning, and enhance attention, focus and present moment awareness.
Where: Wellspring Westerkirk House at Sunnybrook
Cost: No charge for Wellspring members
To register please contact Wellspring at 416-480-4440
Wednesday April 25th, 2012 – 7:30-9:00
TRM Monthly Rhythm and Mindfulness Community Gathering
This evening is an opportunity to practice drumming, rhythm and mindfulness to enhance present moment awareness. Drumming and practicing mindfulness in community can deepen our connection with ourselves and others, as well as help to destress and enhance vitality and joy. TRM gatherings are for people who have had some experience with Shari Geller's Therapeutic Rhythm and Meditation Workshops or groups in past.
Where: Lawrence and Avenue
Cost: $25 or by donation (all proceeds donated to cancer research or Drums for Haiti)
To register please contact Shari Geller – info@drsharigeller.ca
Wednesday May 9th, 2012
Mindfulness and Resiliency Workshop for Military Couples
More information to follow
Where: Meaford Military Base
Wednesday May 30th, 2012 – 7:30-9:00
TRM Monthly Rhythm and Mindfulness Community Gathering
This evening is an opportunity to practice drumming, rhythm and mindfulness to enhance present moment awareness. Drumming and practicing mindfulness in community can deepen our connection with ourselves and others, as well as help to destress and enhance vitality and joy. TRM gatherings are for people who have had some experience with Shari Geller's Therapeutic Rhythm and Meditation Workshops or groups in past.
Where: Lawrence and Avenue
Cost: $25 or by donation (all proceeds donated to cancer research or Drums for Haiti)
To register please contact Shari Geller – info@drsharigeller.ca
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