3-Day Mindfulness Retreat:Dr Chris Willard & A/Prof Angie Chew-OS20221207MR

Our personal effectiveness at work or home can be undermined by emotional highs and lows, or feelings of anxiety and loss of control.

Join Psychologist & Author Dr. Christopher Willard and Mindfulness Principal Adj A/Prof. Angie Chew in this retreat to explore and deepen one's learning and practices in managing one's emotions and developing skills to stay in control in the midst of being challenged.

Program:

Dec 7

• 8am Registration
• 9am - 12noon - Morning session
• 12noon - 1:30pm - Lunch Break
• 1:30pm - 6pm - Afternoon session (with breaks in between)

Dec 8-9

• 9am - 12noon - Morning session
• 12noon - 1:30pm - Lunch Break
• 1:30pm - 6pm - Afternoon session (with breaks in between)

Venue:

Chui Huay Lin Club, off Newton Circus - 8 min walk from Newton MRT. $6 per-entry parking is available

What to Bring:

Note Book, pen, yoga mat, water bottle, shawl or jacket in case you feel cold. Wear comfortable clothings.

Subsidy:

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

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Course Fee:

$480 | $96 for seniors eligible for National Silver Academy (NSA) subsidy*

*NSA subsidy is for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents aged 50 and above.

1. In addition to NSA subsidy, course fee may be offset by SkillsFuture Credit (SFC).
2. First, course participants are to make payment for the course through Brahm Centre Eventbrite page.
3. They should claim with SFC before the course start date through the SkillsFuture portal, clicking for steps to submit SFC claim.
4. Brahm Centre will reimburse the amount that is successfully claimed upon receipt of the funds from SFC.

Notes:

• Please note that payments for courses are non-refundable.
• Do ensure that you are able to attend the first session of the course before registering for the course as you will not be allowed to continue with the course should you miss the first session.

Retreat Teachers:

Adj. A/Prof Angie Chew is the Founder and CEO of Brahm Centre, a charity with over 50 staff, dedicated to promoting healthier and happier living. In recognition of her contributions in the mental health space, she was named The Straits Times Singaporean of Year 2019.

She is the first certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher in Singapore by Brown University-University of Massachusetts, a certified Dot-b and Paws b mindfulness teacher and a Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Course teacher under Oxford University Mindfulness Centre's training.

She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of mindfulness at the National University of Singapore. She has taught mindfulness courses, workshops and retreats to more than 10,000 people across all ages.

Her corporate clients extend across various industry sectors - from healthcare (Ministry of Health, National Health Group, SingHealth, Institute of Mental Health, Agency for Integrated Health, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Community Psychology Hub), education institutions (Ministry of Education, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Hwa Chong Institution, Raffles Institution, Nanyang Girls Secondary, St Anthony's Canossian Secondary School ) to finance (DBS Bank, OCBC Bank, Bank of Singapore and Goldman Sachs) just to name a few.

Dr Christopher Willard, (Psy. D.) is a clinical psychologist, author and consultant based in Massachusetts. He has spoken in more than two dozen countries and has presented at two TEDx events. He is the author of twenty books, including Alphabreaths (2019), Growing Up Mindful (2016) and How We Grow Through What We Go Through. (2022) His thoughts on mental health have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, mindful.org, cnn.com, to list a few. He teaches at Harvard Medical School.