Free for graduates of any mindfulness program.
Come and share a day of silent practice in community at one of our All Day Retreats. Join others who are currently taking a class series or have graduated from a mindfulness-based program to refresh or deepen your practice. These retreats are free and open to any graduate of a mindfulness-based class (i.e., MBSR, MBCT, MBRP, MSC, etc.).
Classes are held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Please RSVP by clicking a date below to be added to the roster.
Upcoming All Day Retreats
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a highly structured, 8-week program that supports the development of practical mindfulness skills, which can lead to greater awareness and enhanced wellbeing.
Join others seeking greater ease in response to the challenges of modern living and learn new ways of understanding our shared human experience through mindfulness. Co-sponsored with the Samaritan CenterLocation: Samaritan Center (class held in adjacent chapel building) Wednesday Days, 10:30am-1:00pm Teacher: Jonas Batt
To register here, follow this link To register through Samaritan, please Call 206.527.2266 ext. 117 or Co-sponsored with the Samaritan Center Tuesday nights 6:30-9:00pm Teacher: TBD To register here, follow this link To register through Samaritan, please Call 206.527.2266 ext. 117 or Location: 308 4th Avenue South, Kirkland 98033 Wednesday Nights 6:45-9:15pm Teacher: Jonas Batt
To register, follow this link. Co-sponsored with the Samaritan Center Wednesday Nights 6:00-8:30pm Teacher: Janice Sack-Ory
To register, follow this linkSeattle
SEATTLE • February 17th – April 6th
564 NE Ravenna Boulevard, Seattle 98115
February 17th – April 6th
All-Day Retreat on Saturday, March 26th
Email registrar@samaritanps.org, or
Go to Samaritan’s web page and download/print a registration form. http://www.samaritanps.org/node/2969SEATTLE • April 19th – June 7th
Location: Samaritan Center (class held in adjacent chapel building)
564 NE Ravenna Boulevard, Seattle 98115
April 19th – June 7th
All-Day Retreat on Saturday, May 28th
Email registrar@samaritanps.org, or
Go to Samaritan’s web page and download/print a registration form. http://www.samaritanps.org/node/2969Kirkland
KIRKLAND • Feb 3rd – March 23rd
February 3rd – March 23rd
All-Day Retreat on Saturday, March 12thBellevue
BELLEVUE • March 9th – April 27th
Location: Newport Presbyterian Church
4010 120th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98006
March 9th – April 27th
All-Day Retreat on Saturday, April 16th
MBSR Classes
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a highly structured, 8-week program (eight class sessions and an All Day Retreat) that supports the development of practical mindfulness skills, which can lead to greater awareness and enhanced wellbeing.
Join others seeking greater ease in response to the challenges of modern living and learn new ways of understanding our shared human experience through mindfulness.
This highly participatory, practical course includes:
- Guided instruction in mindfulness meditation practices
- Gentle stretching and mindful yoga
- Inquiry exercises to enhance awareness in everyday life
- Group dialogue and small group exercises
- Daily home assignments
- Guided audio files for home practice
- A workbook with a guide to the course, short readings, and other resources to support your ongoing investigation of mindfulness[/fusion_text]
Cost:
$290-$390 sliding scale. The high end of sliding scale helps provide scholarships at the low end. Thank you for your consideration.
The fee includes nine meetings (eight classroom sessions and an All Day Retreat) and instructional materials (a course manual and home practice recordings).
The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979, is the original source for a growing body of Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI’s), including Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP), and Mindful Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP), among others. The effectiveness of MBSR as a treatment modality is vetted by over three decades of clinical and analytical research on a wide spectrum of medical and psychological health concerns.
Recent research shows MBSR can reduce chronic pain and boost the immune system; addresses painful mental states like depression and anxiety; minimize emotional reactivity and promotes well-being; increases flexible attention and sharpens mental focus; and actually thickens grey matter in the areas of empathy and problem-solving with happiness as a delightful by-product
Kurt Hoelting, MDiv
Kurt is a Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher through the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society. A Zen student for thirty years, he has taught mindfulness in a variety of contexts for over twenty years. Kurt has taught MBSR for ten years in the Seattle Area, at venues including the VA Hospital, King County’s Healthy Incentives Program, the Samaritan Center of Puget Sound. Kurt grew up in Seattle, and has a lifelong love affair with the Cascadia bio-region. Since 1994 he has led mindfulness-based wilderness retreats in Alaska through his Alaska wilderness guide company Inside Passages, Inc. (www.insidepassages.com), where he brings decades of experience as a commercial fisherman in Alaska, and his lifelong love of the Northwest Coast bio-region, into his teaching.
Kurt has an MDiv. degree from Harvard Divinity School, and is an ordained United Church of Christ (UCC) minister. He has led numerous mindfulness trainings for clergy, rabbis, environmental leaders, and health care professionals, at venues including the Garrison Institute in New York, the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, North Cascades Institute and the Whidbey Institute.
In 2008 Kurt took a sabbatical to live car-free for a year, as a personal response to our climate crisis, exploring a close radius of his Whidbey Island home on foot, by bicycle and sea kayak. His book, The Circumference of Home: One Man’s Yearlong Quest for a Radically Local Life, chronicles that experience, and was a finalist for the 2011 Washington State Book Award.
Janice Sack-Ory, MSN, RN
Janice is a trauma sensitive Yoga Therapist, a mindfulness teacher and a retired Nurse-Midwife with 25 years of clinical and administrative experience in the healthcare arena. Janice has integrated the practice and study of yoga, mindfulness, somatic embodiment, and trauma for a decade. She is deeply committed to the process of compassionate inquiry and deep listening to one’s own body as a source for inner wisdom and in support of self-discovery, balance, and wellbeing.
Janice is certified in multiple modalities of mindfulness education within the yoga and meditation fields. Janice holds certificates in: Integrative Restoration (iRest), a form of trauma sensitive meditation and yoga; Mindful Yoga and Meditation through Spirit Rock Insight Meditation Center; Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting Preparation (MBCP); and has trained as a facilitator in Insight Dialogue.
In addition, Janice is a trained Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher through the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. She has been teaching MBSR since 2011 in both community and corporate settings, as well as with community-based physician groups. Janice also teaches iRest meditation to women veterans with Military Sexual Assault through the Federal Way Vets Center.
Jonas Batt, MA, LMHC
Jonas is a Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher through the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society. He is passionately committed to helping others learn, grow, and change through the simple power of paying attention in the present moment. Jonas has practiced and studied mindfulness and meditation since 1997, is a trained yoga instructor, holds a Master of Arts in Counseling from Seattle University, and is a licensed mental health counselor in private practice with a specialty in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).
Since 2011, Jonas has taught MBSR to veterans with PTSD at the Seattle/Puget Sound VA in support of research by Dr. David Kearney. In 2014, he began co-teaching for a multi-year study measuring the effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation (LKM) on PTSD. Jonas was previously a Clinical Supervisor and Case Manager with the Crisis Respite Program (CRP) at Seattle’s DESC; the CRP is a King County-funded, 24-hour residential psychiatric crisis respite for severely and persistently mentally ill homeless adults.
Jonas’ teaching is strongly influenced by the Western Theravada/Vipassana tradition and the mindfulness teachings of Joseph Goldstein, Steve Armstrong and other leading teachers. Extensive silent retreat experience and the application of mindfulness in daily life are also foundational to his teaching.
