Welcome to Mindfulness learning & practice with Getting Mindful
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About Getting Mindful
Getting Mindful: Adults & Youth Classes
Mindfulness is a mental state achieved by focusing one's attention on the present moment. It’s getting out of 'autopilot', the wandering mind (which research shows we're in 47% of our day! That's almost 1/2 the day NOT paying attention to what we're doing!) and into our moment-to-moment experiences. It's being aware and present to your life!
Benefits of Mindfulness Practice & Techniques:
* Create Awareness of self, others, & what's around you
* Attention Control
* Attention Strengthening
* Emotion regulation
* Impulse Control
* Respond versus react
* Improve Relationships
* Reduce stress
* Reduce/manage anxiety
* Present Moment Awareness versus day dreaming
Mindfulness is now in the forefront in our Western culture & studied extensively in the Science world. These studies are showing that with a regular practice, these benefits can occur for adults & youth.
When we are present, we give up dwelling on past events & future worries of unknown events, leaving anxiety behind. We give up living with continuous stress and the unhealthy hormones Cortisol & Adrenalin that accompany it, leaving stress related illness behind. We learn to respond rather than react to experiences. The more we do that, the fewer regrets there are and the the more connections we have with friends, family, peers; and therefore, we are happier.
Improving well being is more than just a short term decision, it’s a lifestyle commitment.
My classes provide an excellent opportunity to learn techniques to exercise and strengthen the mind's focus and relax the body by calming the nervous system. Once you learn these powerful techniques, you will have them for a life time.
Check out my up coming classes being offered and join the mindful movement happening in our western culture today.
Some of the techniques you will learn from these classes:
Mindful Meditation: What it is and why
Mindful of our thoughts and why
Mindful of our body sensations - Our body is wise counsel if we pay attention to it
Mindful Eating
Mindful of Emotions & managing the difficult ones mindfully
Heartfulness
Mindful communications to help improve our relationships
Parade Magazine:
“The #1 Health-Booster in 2015; politicians, children, celebrities, athletes, executives are doing it…Shouldn’t You
Adult Classes
Everyone has had the experience of our emotions making us feel out of control and then saying or doing something that we later wish we could take back. The reason this happens is that there wasn’t enough present moment awareness before the action for us to discern whether or not we actually wanted to do or say that. By being mindful you’re not acting out on auto-pilot and you have created some space whereby giving yourself choices.
The bottom line is that Mindfulness empowers people to respond rather than react. As your mindfulness coach, I will help you get there!
Adult 6 Week Program
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Next Class Date & Time TBD
$275
LOCATION:
NoVA Playlabs
3656 Centerview Dr., Unit #10, Chantilly, VA 20151
(intersection of Routes 50 & 28))
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Getting Mindful In The Workplace
Contact me for Getting Mindful workshops at your place of business. From one hour mindful practices to 4 - 6 week mindful basics workshops to learn stress reduction practices, peer awareness & communications and attention strengthening techniques, aka, Mindfulness in the workplace. :-)
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Please contact me to learn more about adult classes for presence, stress reduction and attention strengthening techniques, aka, Mindfulness :-)
Julie Pearl: Julie@gettingmindful.com
703-307-0818
Youth Classes - Grades K-12
Our kids are facing challenges we never encountered as youth such as social media, excessive screen time and a dependence on devices. Mindfulness is a life skill that can help us to lead a more balanced healthy life.
Classes include: breathing games (breath awareness) for stress reduction and emotional regulation, kid friendly Neuroscience of mindfulness: why we behave the way we do (fight flight freeze) and how to change our old habits
Activities to learn and practice presence of mind to have awareness of self and others
Contact me for private sessions or to create your 6 week class in your area.
2nd - 5th Grade -- 8 Week Class
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Wednesday TBD (recurring)
4:30 - 5:20
$275
LOCATION:
NoVA Playlabs
3656 Centerview Dr., Unit #10, Chantilly, VA 20151
(intersection of Routes 50 & 28)
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Contact me to learn more about youth classes for
kids paying attention to living :-)
Julie Pearl: Julie@gettingmindful.com
703-307-0818