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Mindfulness Approach For Working With Addictions
Mindfulness
Based Addiction Recovery (MBAR) is a secular mindfulness-based approach
to promoting recovery from addiction and understanding relapse.
MBAR
is a secular mindfulness course for anyone who has behavior that is
substance-related or not, where one acts out of craving and is unable to
stop despite negative consequences. This course is also for professionals
working in the field of addiction, and who would like to understand
addiction through the mindfulness lens, and may want to go on to do a
train the trainer course that is delivered internationally.
Every
day starting from January 20, there will be either a pre-recorded
session, a meditation, and suggested exercises to do at home. Vimalasara
will conduct two Zoom call webinars. These will be on Saturday Feb 1st
and Saturday 15th at 10 am Pacific Time (6 pm GMT).
There
will also be a Facebook Group where you can interact with each other ask
questions and Valerie Mason-John, aka Vimalasara, will do her best to
answer.
Course
format
Signing
up for this event gives you access to:
·
Daily emails with pre recorded
sessions, meditations, practice suggestions, coaching and inspiration
- Access to over 12
pre-recorded sessions on aspects of addiction and recovery
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Support, encouragement, and
personal instruction in our welcoming and friendly online community
- Class Zoom call, at a
time to be determined.
This
MBAR course is run by the program's founder, Vimalasara Mason-John
(pictured above). Vimalasara is a noted mindfulness teacher, and the
author of 8 books. She is also the chairperson of Triratna's
Vancouver Buddhist Centre. Her name, Vimalasara, means "she
whose essence is stainless and pure"
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