3-Day Mindfulness Retreat + Morning Therapeutic Forest Walk @ Ubin

Mindful Self-Compassion combines the skills of mindfulness and self-compassion to enhance our capacity for emotional wellbeing.

Mindfulness is the first step—turning with loving awareness toward difficult experience (thoughts, emotions, and sensations). Self-compassion comes next—bringing loving awareness to ourselves. Together, mindfulness and self-compassion comprise a state of warm, connected, presence during difficult moments in our lives.

Burgeoning research shows that self-compassion is strongly associated with emotional wellbeing, coping with life challenges, lower levels of anxiety and depression, healthy habits such as diet and exercise, and more satisfying personal relationships. It is an inner strength that enables us to be more fully human—to acknowledge our shortcomings, learn from them, and make necessary changes with an attitude of kindness and self-respect.

Above extracted from : www.chrisgermer.com

Course Fee: $480 | $96 * (meals are not included)

* NSA subsidy applies for Singaporeans and PR aged 50 & above

PROGRAM (3-day retreat + 1 day Ubin nature walk)

Dec 10

• 9am Registration
• 9:30am -Opening Session
• 12pm - 2pm Lunch Break
• 2pm - 6pm Afternoon session

Dec 11

• 9am - 12pm Morning session
• 12pm - 2pm Lunch Break
• 2pm - 6pm Afternoon session

Dec 12

• 9am - 12pm Morning session
• 12pm - 2pm Lunch Break
• 2pm - 6pm Closing session

Dec 13 - optional

• Trip to Ubin for Therapeutic Forest Walk ($4 boat ride on own expense)

Dr Chris Germer's session will be via Zoom daily

Each session will comprise guidance, mindfulness practices, Q&A .

Retreat Teachers:

Adj. A/Prof Angie Chew teaches a range of courses including Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Courses and Mindfulness for Enhanced Performance Course. She is the leading mindfulness teacher in Singapore and has taught mindfulness to thousands including healthcare professionals, educators, bankers, technologists, homemakers and students. She has also conducted numerous mindfulness retreats.

Dr Chris Germer, PhD is a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry (part-time) at Harvard Medical School. He co-developed the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program with Kristin Neff in 2010 and MSC has since been taught to over 100,000 people worldwide. They co-authored two books on MSC, The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program.

Chris spends most of his time lecturing and leading workshops around the world on mindfulness and self-compassion. He is also the author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion; he co-edited two influential volumes on therapy, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy; and he maintains a small private practice in Arlington, Massachusetts, USA.

On-Site COVID-19 Precautions: 1m social distancing, face masks to be at all times in the ballroom, group size limit: 50

What to Bring: Yoga mat, water bottle, shawl or jacket in case you feel cold in the ballroom. Wear comfortable clothing

Skillsfuture Claim: Please submit for Skillsfuture BEFORE the retreat. The amount will be refunded to you 4 weeks after the course. Use your Singpass to login: https://www.myskillsfuture.sg/content/portal/en/index.html

National Silver Academy Subsidy for Seniors: As a Singapore or PR turning 50 and above this year, you are eligible for a 80%.

Subsidy: If you need one, please write to info@ info@brahmcentre.com