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Shallowford Presby. Church Hosts Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction

Public Invited to Attend Free Info Session to Learn More!

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is an 8-week, evidenced-based program using mindfulness meditation and gentle yoga to cultivate awareness and reduce stress. Held Tuesdays, August 11 – September 29, 2015 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Shallowford Presbyterian Church, 2375 Shallowford Road, Atlanta, GA 30345

Free Community information/orientation sessions August 2 (5:30-6:30 p.m.) or August 4 (7-8 p.m.) to introduce the program. “Is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Me?”

Kay Stewart, M. Ed, is the facilitator for the series sponsored by the Shallowford Family Counseling Center. Participants learn to notice the world in a way that brings transformative peace to you and those around you. They learn to cultivate the innate human capacity for wholehearted awareness through self-observation and healing of stress-causing emotional and behavioral patterns, in order to live in full joy, stability and compassion. Classes includes group dialogue, home practices and mindful yoga. Supporting materials are provided

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Cost for the series is $260.00 per person. You may register online at www.shallowford.org/mindfulness, or call the church to sign up, 404.321.1844.

Kay Stewart, M.Ed., founded Stillwaters Mindfulness Training after completing graduate studies in Mindfulness and Contemplative Education in May, 2013. For more than 26 years, Kay served on the faculty in the Department of Health and Physical Education at Emory University. Her passion for cultivating health and well-being in individuals and communities began in 1979 after losing of both parents to chronic disease early in their life.
Read more about Kay and mindful-based stress reduction at http://stillwatersmindfulness.com/.

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