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If you’re like me chances are that being happy and free of stress are high on your priorities.
No-one overly enjoys stress especially when it arrives unannounced and just doesn’t seem to go away.
Some stress is a natural and necessary part of being alive. But at times it takes over and all the lightness fun and joy normally a part of living a full life begins to slip away like sand falling through your hands.
Prolonged stress whether in intimate relationships, at work, during a transitional stage like adolescence and mid-life or due to a life challenging experience can adversely affect our health and well-being.
The American Institute of Stress tells us that up to 90 percent of all health problems are stress-related.
Based in Brisbane, Australia, Alison Keane Educating in Mindfulness (AKEM) presents mindfulness programmes in the workplace, the health sector, the school system, and for anyone interested in experiencing safe and lasting ways to manage stress and live a full and satisfying life.
These include:-
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) - February, April, July, October courses
- 'Mindfulness as a Self-Care Strategy' workplace training
- counselling using mindfulness practices and understanding including ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
- AKEM hatha yoga private, corporate and general classes
- CDs and audio internet downloads for stress relief, chronic pain, relaxation and mental focus
- 'Breathing Space' is a school-based mindfulness programme for teenagers. It teaches mindfulness as a way to develop psychological resilience for exams and to cope better with challenges such as unwanted peer pressure, bullying, anxiety and depression and substance abuse.
- Mindfulness-centred mentoring & counselling for principals, teachers and school chaplains.
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