Untangling Anxiety: Session 1 – Virtual

Through awareness and compassion practices that help foster resilience, wellbeing and social connection, you will learn how to begin unwinding unhelpful automatic habits such as anxiety, smartphone overuse, stress eating, and procrastinating.. Topics will include:

• Overview of mindfulness and meditation practices
• Overview of the Habit Loop and Reward Based Learning
• Enhancing mind/body connections
• Perception and creative responding; how you perceive is how you respond
• Understanding stress and anxiety; reducing and recovering more quickly
• Negativity bias and cultivating positivity
• Mindful communication

This 8-week course is appropriate for people at any level of meditation experience who would like to nurture the habit of a daily mindfulness practice. Each class will include a variety of formal and informal meditations, mindful movement, discussions, and experiential learning.