Mindful Motherhood Stress Reduction Class
To register call 888-99-MY-MGH (888-996-9644)
This workshop is taught by Dr. Gillian Lerner, licensed psychologist specializing in women’s health and wellness. Dr. Lerner is strongly committed to helping women take better care of themselves in order to take optimal care of their children.
This two-hour workshop is designed to support women in the postpartum period, where participants will learn essential tools for managing stress and developing resiliency while adapting to the new role of motherhood. Most postpartum women experience some sense of feeling overwhelmed. Often depression, anxiety, and insomnia can accompany the joy of a new baby. With the focus on calming the mind and body, releasing negative thoughts and beliefs, and accessing a deep sense of well-being, participants will learn valuable self-care tools that they can readily integrate into their lives. New mothers who have learned this technique report feeling a greater sense of joy, ease, and presence both in themselves and their babies.
WHEN: The second Thursday of every month starting July 14 to December 8, 2011.
TIME: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
WHERE: Marin General Hospital Meeting Rooms (location varies by month)
COST: $35 per person
Come experience a mindful approach to motherhood, where you can learn to manage stress skillfully and access deep peace and joy during this transformative time!
Download a .pdf of the course description and schedule here.
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This course is taught by Dr. Gillian Lerner, licensed psychologist specializing in women’s health and wellness. With over fifteen years of clinical experience, Dr. Lerner works with women through their transition into motherhood, supporting prenatal and postpartum adjustment and treating perinatal mood disorders. This prenatal stress reduction class is based on the practice of Integrative Restoration – iRest®, which offers an easily accessible set of tools that can effectively prevent and treat stress related conditions we experience in our daily lives. iRest is an evidence-based mind/body practice now being used in medical centers across the country.
Participants will learn skills, which will allow them to feel better equipped for the physical and psychological changes that accompany the pregnant and postpartum time including depression, anxiety, and insomnia.
Within a four-week course (meeting one and a half hours each week) participants will:
• Learn essential tools and insights for managing stress
• Experience simple breathing and body awareness techniques
• Learn how to embrace emotions, thoughts and fears with mindful awareness
• Build confidence and trust in one’s own inner capacity
• Develop inner resilience and equanimity
Time: 9:30 am – 11:00 am
Cost: $75 per person
To register: call (888) 996-9644
Location:
Marin General Hospital
250 Bon Air Road
(Magnolia Room)
Download a .pdf of the course description and class schedule here.
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