Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Classes

Stress Reduction Programs with Denise Dempsey
Co-sponsored by the Sutter Center for Integrative Holistic Health * Call 530-304-4341 or email: stressreductionprograms@gmail.com for further information.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Class

Many classes are co-sponsored by Sutter Center for Integrative Holistic Health and/or Community Psychiatry. No doctor referral is necessary to take a class.

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THERE ARE QUARTERLY FREE INTRO CLASSES (see schedule)

Classes are held quarterly. They run 8 week-day evenings plus one all-day class held on a weekend.

Meeting weekly, class consist of training in meditation, gentle yoga and relaxation. There are periods of experiential practice, lecture and discussion.

Tuition: $310 ($50 less than the usual price of $360 as part of our Economic Health Recovery Discount.

(includes eight classes, an all-day retreat, a workbook and meditation and yoga CDs. Graduates may attend future class stress reduction retreats for free.

You may reserve your place in the class by paying in advance of the orientation class. This is considered a deposit, refundable before the start of class 1.

Davis classes have a pay online option using PayPal. There is a $5 service charge for online payments.

Please sign up for class with instructor before paying.

For more information or to register, call instructor Denise Dempsey at

530-304-4341 or email: stressreductionprograms@gmail.com.

A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Stress Reduction and Improved Health and Well-Being

This program is designed to teach mind and body awareness techniques to help people living with physical or psychological symptoms due to stress, pain, or illness. It is based on the methods of Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. at the UMass Medical Center and was also featured on the Bill Moyers’ PBS documentary, “Healing and the Mind.”

Mindfulness is the practice of cultivating non-judgmental awareness in day-to-day life. Mindfulness develops the potential to experience each moment, no matter how difficult or intense, with serenity and clarity. Meditation can help you feel better, sleep better, increase your ability to cope with stressful situations, improve self-esteem and renew enthusiasm for life and work. One can feel more alive and joyful and gain immediate access to powerful inner resources for healing.

This program can help with a broad range of health conditions that can be influenced by the effects of stress:

Medical Conditions:

Arthritis
Anxiety and Panic
Asthma
Cancer
Diabetes
Fibromyalgia
Gastrointestinal disorders
Depression
Chronic pain
Headaches/Migraines
Heart Disease
High Blood Pressure
Psoriasis

Chronic pain

Signs of Stress:

Bereavement
Depression
Divorce
Fatigue
Frustration
Job & family stress
Substance Abuse
Irritability
Over/Under Eating
Poor Concentration
Worry
Type A behavior
Burn out/low productivity
Post traumatic stress

Graduates report these lasting benefits:

* Decreased physical and psychological symptom
* Increased ability to cope with stressful situations
* Coping better with illness and chronic pain
* Improved self-esteem and enthusiasm for life.

FREE Introductory talks held quarterly.
Drop ins welcome. Email stressreductionprograms@gmail.com or call 530-304-4341 for upcoming dates and times.