Courses and Retreats
Below is a current list of Amanda’s courses she will be teaching. Please note, all “More Info / Register” buttons will lead you to an outside website to complete your registration and make your payment. None of the these courses will be processed on Amanda’s website.
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (8-week series)
Hartford Hospital Integrative Medicine
LOCATION: 1290 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield, CT
ORIENTATION: January 3, 2019 6:30pm-8pm
WHEN: Class meets on Thursdays from 6:30-9:00pm starting January 10 through February 28, 2019 with an all-day retreat on Sunday, February 17, 2019 from 9-4pm.
DESCRIPTION: Mindfulness is a way to fully engage with your life and learn to live in the present moment. This 8-week intensive mindfulness training will help you develop the skills to bring your attention to the present moment and directly work with your own stress, illness, pain or everyday challenges of life.
Participants who have completed the 8-week mindfulness based stress reduction course have reported reduction in stress and anxiety/depression, decreased pain (both acute and chronic), increased concentration, greater energy level and improved self-esteem.
COST: $400 for Hartford Hospital employees and $450 non-hospital employees
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (8-week series)
Copper Beech Institute, West Hartford, CT
ORIENTATION: Monday, January 7, 2019 from 9:30am-11am
WHEN: Class meets on Mondays from 9:30am until 12pm, starting January 15, 2019 (no class on February 11) with an all-day retreat on Sunday, February 23rd and course ending on March 11, 2019
DESCRIPTION: Mindfulness is a way of learning to relate directly to whatever is happening in your life. It is a way of taking charge of your life, a way of doing something for yourself that no one else can do for you — consciously and systematically working with your own stress, pain, illness, and the challenges and demands of everyday life. Restoring within yourself a balanced sense of well-being requires increased awareness of all aspects of self, including body and mind, heart and soul. Mindfulness-based stress reduction is intended to ignite this inner capacity and infuse your life with awareness.
The Undefended Heart (A six-week course in self compassion)
Copper Beech Institute, West Hartford, CT
WHEN: Class meets on Wednesdays January 9, 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 2019 from 10-12pm.
DESCRIPTION: Mindful practice is instrumental in learning to harness our attention into the present moment. To fully embrace the present moment, we must have inner clarity, connection and compassion.
This six-week course is a deep dive into self-discovery and self-compassion. It is through the cultivation of self-compassion that we can tame our inner critic, identify our core wounds and triggers, set healthy boundaries (both inner and outer), work with challenging relationships, and learn how to meet our own “unmet” needs. We will discover how to create the conditions to awaken to our worthiness and live with an undefended heart.
The Undefended Heart (A six-week course in self compassion)
Copper Beech Institute, West Hartford, CT
WHEN: Class meets on Thursdays March 14, 21, 28, April 4, 11, 18, 2019 from 10-12pm.
DESCRIPTION: Mindful practice is instrumental in learning to harness our attention into the present moment. To fully embrace the present moment, we must have inner clarity, connection and compassion.
This six-week course is a deep dive into self-discovery and self-compassion. It is through the cultivation of self-compassion that we can tame our inner critic, identify our core wounds and triggers, set healthy boundaries (both inner and outer), work with challenging relationships, and learn how to meet our own “unmet” needs. We will discover how to create the conditions to awaken to our worthiness and live with an undefended heart.