Happy New Year!  Eric an I wish you a Peace, Love and WellBeing . Bring More Mindfulness and Cultivate a Positive New Year with these tips: Excerpted from Guideposts.org

20 Tips for a Positive New Year

These positive thinking suggestions will help you start off the new year right! By Jon Gordon In this article: Norman Vincent Peale Guideposts.org

1. Stay positive. You can listen to the cynics and doubters and believe that success is impossible or you can know that with faith and an optimistic attitude all things are possible. 2. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement: My purpose is_______________________. 3. Take a morning walk of gratitude. I call it a “thank you walk.” It will create a fertile mind ready for success. 4. Instead of being disappointed about where you are… …think optimistically about where you are going. 5. Eat… …breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card. 6. Remember that… …adversity is not a dead-end but a detour to a better outcome. 7. Focus on… …learning, loving, growing and serving. 8. Believe that everything happens for a reason. Expect good things to come out of challenging experiences. 9. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment. 10. Mentor someone… …and be mentored by someone. 11. Live with the 3 E’s. Energy, Enthusiasm, Empathy. 12. Remember… …there’s no substitute for hard work. 13. Zoom focus. Each day when you wake up in the morning ask: “What are the three most important things I need to do today that will help me create the success I desire?” Then tune out all the distractions and focus on these actions. 14. Implement the NoComplainingRule. Complaining is like vomiting. Afterwards you feel better but everyone around you feels sick. 15. Read more books than you did in 2011. I happen to know of a few good ones! 16. Get more sleep. You can’t replace sleep with a double latte. 17. Focus on “Get to” vs “Have to.” Each day focus on what you get to do, not what you have to do. Life is a gift not an obligation. 18. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for __________. Today I accomplished____________. 19. Smile and laugh more. They are natural anti-depressants. 20. Enjoy the ride.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an intensive eight-week course designed to transform your relationship with stress, improve your health, and increase enjoyment of life.

“Mindfulness provides a simple but powerful route for getting ourselves unstuck, back into touch with our own wisdom and vitality. It is a way to take charge of the direction and quality of our lives, including our relationships within the family, our relationship to work and to the larger world and planet, and most fundamentally, our relationship with ourselves as a person.” ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.

Course Format

The MBSR program consists of eight weekly classes and one all-day class (held on a Saturday). Classes include: - Individual interview with each class participant – Mindfulness meditation practices

- Gentle stretching and simple yoga – Interactive exercises to elicit skills and qualities

of mindfulness – Readings, logs, and CD recordings to support

each aspect of the participantʼs home practice

When

The classes will be 2 1/2 hours long and will meet on Tuesdays from 6-8:30 pm, with the first class being on September 20, 2011, and the last being on November 8, 2011. The all- day class/retreat will take place between classes 6 and 7.

Where

Beautiful private downtown space in West Palm Beach

Costs

The fee for this eight-week MBSR course is $450 ($400, if paid in full by September 13, 2011). Credit cards accepted for an additional fee. It is our intention to keep the program accessible to anyone who could benefit. Flexible payment plans can be arranged, and discounts are available according to need.

Register Now

Space is limited to an intimate 6-8 participants

“It brought a great deal of insight into how I handle things” – John B

“Mindfulness allows me to make choices instead of reacting” – Lisa M

Kimberly LaRue, Mindfulness Coach, is a compassionate multi-faceted healer, teacher and speaker who applies the skills acquired over 30 years to facilitate personal healing and wholeness. Her passion is to introduce others to the innate wisdom of the body by fostering awareness; clearing embedded physical, energetic and mental patterns and imparting techniques and practices that expand mind/body integration. The primary modalities of Kimberlyʼs work are MBSR, Yoga, CranioSacral (CST) and Massage Therapy in conjunction with with Hypnotherapy and Guided Visualization.

Having completed intensive professional instruction in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with senior faculty at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, including the Practicum in MBSR, and MBSR in Mind-Body Medicine with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Kimberly is a daily practitioner of mindfulness meditation and yoga. She has experienced the benefits of mindfulness in her own life, and witnessed remarkable transformations in her MBSR graduates.

For more information and to register:
Ph: (561) 714-6131
E: Kimberly@ShadeTreeYoga.com

Here is Christine Carpenter’s perspective of the conference after taking my MBSR Yoga class.
This is very touching how this conference affects people.

On Channel 5, Kimberly tells us what Yoga Day is all about – coming together, union. Eric is doing Active Isolated Stretching on Therese Abair in the ShadeTree Yoga and Wellness Tent.