Upon awaking, I want or rather need to reach for my phone beside my bed and check my emails and texts! I’m not alone in feeling the magnetic pull of a smartphone. Whether it is voicemail, text messages, social media, email, or instant messaging, the apps on our phone have a compulsive seductiveness that draw us in.
The American Psychological Association found that 86 percent of Americans say they constantly or often check their emails, texts and social media accounts. The average smartphone user checks for updates 85 times a day. In a 16-hour waking day, that is every 11.2 minutes.
Come and learn how mindfulness can help YOU take control today!
At the end of this one and a half hour presentation the participants will be able to describe:
Mindfulness
Stress
What happens in our mind and body with stress
Simple mindful exercises to use everyday at work and in your personal lives
Details:
Date: September 19th, 2024, 1:00 - 2:30 PM
Location: Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
Room: 3402 (third floor)
Cost: $10, paid at workshop
Accepted payment methods are cash, or cheque addressed to ‘UBC BC Brain Wellness Program’
Instructor - Linda Turner, RN, PhD
Linda is a nurse by background. She has worked both in hospitals and education positions. She has a strong interest in complementary therapies as healing modalities. She worked extensively with patients in pain and became very interested in studying Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts. She attended classes over several years and became certified to teach MBSR in 2013. She has been teaching MBSR for 20 years with patients, hospital staff members and members of the public.