Workshops
This is an opportunity to practice being kind to yourself and connect with a community of wholehearted people like you! Come and explore a surprisingly simple and straightforward way of attending to and comforting yourself when you need it the most.
Esta es una oportunidad para practicar ser amorosa contigo misma y sentirte vista, escuchada, y valorada por mujeres como tú.
This is an opportunity to practice being kind to yourself and feel seen, heard, and valued by a community of courageous women like you!
Esta es una oportunidad para practicar ser amorosa contigo misma y sentirte vista, escuchada, y valorada por mujeres como tú.
This is an opportunity to practice being kind to yourself and feel seen, heard, and valued by a community of courageous women like you!
A compassion workshop addressing the unique challenges men face in modern times, such as the need to be invulnerable as well as open-hearted
Esta es una oportunidad para practicar ser amorosa contigo misma y sentirte vista, escuchada, y valorada por mujeres como tú.
This is an opportunity to practice being kind to yourself and feel seen, heard, and valued by a community of courageous women like you!
Esta es una oportunidad para practicar ser amorosa contigo misma y sentirte vista, escuchada, y valorada por mujeres como tú.
This is an opportunity to practice being kind to yourself and feel seen, heard, and valued by a community of courageous women like you!
Esta es una oportunidad para practicar ser amorosa contigo misma y sentirte vista, escuchada, y valorada por mujeres como tú.
This is an opportunity to practice being kind to yourself and feel seen, heard, and valued by a community of courageous women like you!
This is an opportunity to practice being kind to yourself and connect with a community of wholehearted people like you! Come and explore a surprisingly simple and straightforward way of attending to and comforting yourself when you need it the most.
Esta es una oportunidad para practicar ser amorosa contigo misma y sentirte vista, escuchada, y valorada por mujeres como tú.
This is an opportunity to practice being kind to yourself and feel seen, heard, and valued by a community of courageous women like you!
The Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is an empirically-supported 8-week course designed to cultivate the skill of self-compassion.
We will meet in an intimate group for eight consecutive Wednesdays from 6 pm to 8: 30 pm.
This program is about women talking to women and discovering together how to bring more mindfulness and compassion into our daily lives.
About this Event
Join a supportive community of women for this Mindful Self-Compassion 8-week course for women.
Most cultural expectations for women are unattainable, unrealistic and sometimes contradicting. We are bombarded by messages that tell us who, what and how we should be and how we should look. Despite the fact that most—if not all—of these expectations are impossible to meet, we constantly strive to meet them. And when we don’t, we feel inadequate, powerless, isolated and small.
Maybe there is a way to deal with all these expectations in a more constructive and supportive manner?
Tickets and more information here.
Mindful self-compassion is such a way.
Self-compassion is an essential skill to live a happy and meaningful life as a woman.
We are not all naturally self-compassionate. And most of us are more likely to develop habits of self-criticism and harsh self-judgment rather than self-compassion as we grow up.
Fortunately, anyone can become more mindful and self-compassionate with specialised training and ongoing practice. We can develop a new habit of self-compassion, and literally rewire our brains over the course of eight weeks.
What is mindful self-compassion?
Self-compassion is learning to be kind and supportive to ourselves in moments of doubt, uncertainty, difficulty and failure. It is training in offering ourselves the support, in these moments, that we would offer a good friend.
The basis of the practice is mindfulness, which allows us to be fully present and attend to our experience and emotions with curiosity and without judgment. Self-compassion goes beyond mindfulness practice in that it develops the additional habit of attending to those experiences which are difficult or challenging with friendliness, kindness and warmth.
Why self-compassion?
A growing body of research has shown that the practice of self-compassion greatly enhances emotional wellbeing and resilience. It boosts happiness, reduces anxiety and depression, improves relationships, and can even help us stick to our goals. We will discuss this research in the course.
Mindful Self-Compassion for Women
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is an empirically-supported 8-week course designed to cultivate the skill of self-compassion. It was developed by Christopher Germer, PhD, a leader in the integration of mindfulness and psychotherapy, and Kristin Neff, PhD, a pioneering researcher in the field of self-compassion.
In this course, we will address the application of self-compassion techniques to the unique challenges that women face in modern times, such as the need to look perfect and do everything perfectly, to professionally thrive and advance all whilst staying pleasant and unthreatening.
This program is about women talking to women and discovering together how to bring more mindfulness and compassion into our daily lives—together. It’s about learning to support ourselves, but also developing networks of compassionate support.
In this program you will learn how to:
Manage stress with self-compassion
Motivate with kindness rather than criticism
Live life closer to your core values
Handle difficult emotions with greater ease
Transform challenging relationships for the better
Live a more meaningful and purposeful life
Dates
Sunday March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and April 5,19, 26
We will meet once a week on these Sunday mornings from 10:30 am to 1.00 pm
There is a half-day retreat on Saturday, March 28 from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm
You are able to miss two sessions maximum if needed
Why 8 weeks?
New habits—particularly those that go against deeply ingrained old habits—take time, and support, to develop. Research has shown that the self-compassion practice, under appropriate instruction, and over time, can literally rewire our brains. But these changes take time, and research shows that 8 weeks of supported practice is required to experience change and to give us the best chance of sustaining the practice going forward.
Is it for me?
This workshop is intended for women of any background. It is designed primarily for personal growth and development. However, professionals who wish to integrate mindful self-compassion into their work activities are also encouraged to attend. Meditation experience, or a background in mindfulness, is not required to participate in this program.
Group ethos
This workshop will be conducted in a safe, supportive, and phone-free environment and will involve short exercises, guided practices, personal reflection, and a group ethos of deep listening and friendly speech.
Pricing
Early bird: $645 - ends February 16 at 11:30 pm.
After early bird: $695
Payment plans and concessions are available for those of limited means and students—please email me at jossyjimenezaceves@gmail.com
Suggested reading
It is recommended, but not required, that participants read the flowing two books for participating in MSC:
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion by Christopher Germer
Optional Reading
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Can Transform the Way we Live, Love, Parent and Lead by Brene Brown
The Gift of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed To Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown
In this intimate workshop we will explore the science and practice of self-compassion. Join a circle of like-minded women!
In this intimate workshop, we will explore the science and practice of self-compassion.
Gather with us for this specialised and supported mindful self-compassion 8-week course.
We will meet once a week on Sunday mornings from 10:30am to 1pm
There is a half-day retreat on Saturday, November 30 from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm
You are able miss two sessions maximum if needed.
This workshop run by Jossy Jimenez, is an invitation to familiarise ourselves with the practice of self-compassion and transform the way in which we relate to suffering, failures and feelings of inadequacy.
In this very intimate workshop we will explore the science and practice of self-compassion, and the special relevance this practice has to us women.
This event is about women talking to women and discovering together how to bring more mindfulness and compassion into our daily lives—together. It’s about learning to support ourselves, when we need it the most.
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is an empirically-supported 8-week course designed to cultivate the skill of self-compassion. The program is about women talking to women and discovering together how to bring more mindfulness and compassion into our daily lives – together. it’s about learning to support ourselves, but also developing supportive networks of compassionate support.
In this very intimate workshop we will explore the science and practice of self-compassion, and the special relevance this practice has to us women.
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Gather with us for this specialised and supported mindful self-compassion 8-week course.
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