1. health and fitness
2. disease
3. chronic pain

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Free Introductory Session!
Sat., February
14th,
2015 at Sastun Center for Integrative Health Care
11am-12:30pm
Advance registration is required
Please join us for a free introductory session of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
(MBSR), now in it’s 9th year at Sastun Center. MBSR is a clinically-based program with 35 years
of scientific research documenting its effectiveness.
Since this internationally renowned stress reduction program began at University of
Massachusetts Medical Center in 1979, over 20,000 have graduated from the UMass program
alone. MBSR is ongoing at over 300 major hospitals and academic medical centers in the U.S.
including Scripps, Mayo Clinic, Harvard, Stanford and Duke Center for Integrative Medicine.
Participants who complete the 8 week course consistently report and demonstrate these lasting
benefits:
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Decreased physical and psychological symptoms
Increased ability to relax and cope with stressful situations
Improved self-esteem and enthusiasm for life
Reductions in pain levels and an enhanced ability to cope with pain that may not go away
Strengthened immune response
Increase in brain activity associated with positive mood states
Created by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, MBSR helps people gain skills to lead more adaptive lives in the
face of stress, pain and illness. MBSR complements the medical management of a wide
variety of health challenges. People participate for reasons as varied as chronic pain, heart
disease, cancer, headaches, anxiety and panic, GI distress, high blood pressure, asthma, stress,
sleep or eating disturbances, fibromyalgia and substance abuse. High level stress, burnout or a
desire to take a more proactive role in promoting one’s well-being are also common motivations
for attending this course.
Mindfulness practice helps us to be more deeply present to our bodies , thoughts, and feelings in a
less judgmental and reactive way. Mindfulness practices are conducive to self-insight and
facilitate the cultivation of deep states of calm in mind and body.
When and Where:
Overland Park on Saturdays, 10am – noon , March 7th - April 25th. OR
Fairway on Mondays, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, March 9th – April 27th.
A daylong silent retreat will be held on Sunday, April 12 th from 10am – 4pm.
Tuition: $495 for the course of 9 sessions, CD’s and workbook.
Contact: Lisa Pinsker at 913-789-9696 or email [email protected] to reserve a
space or for more information.