Continuing Mindfulness Practice
Graduate groups are offered to people who complete the eight-week Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction program. These graduate groups are intended to support participants in continuing and deepening their mindfulness practice and integrating it into daily living.
Upcoming Graduate Groups
Beginning Again
Each moment is a new beginning. It’s never occurred before and holds its own freshness and possibility. Mindfulnesss practice helps us remember and experience the freedom that comes with the fact that, since life consists of moments, we’re always beginning again.
The group is open to anyone who has completed an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Programs. Class time will include sitting meditation and discussions. Suggestions, readings and email support will be given for daily practices.
Wednesdays, 9/2, 9/9 and 9/16
5:30-6:30pm
Instructor: Chris Klug
Thursdays, 9/3, 9/10 and 9/17
12:00-1:00
Instructor: Bev Klug
Fee: $45 (can be paid at first class)
Contact us to register. We’ll send you a confirmation and the location where the group will be held. All groups meet at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Wise Engagement
In the practice of mindfulness, when we are aware of a thought, emotion or sensation arising, we make a conscious choice about whether or not to engage with it. Choosing not to engage is different than avoidance/resistance or repression. It is an intimate act of discernment. For example, if we find ourselves caught up in the same story again and again about something that happened (or we fear might happen), with awareness and discernment, we can choose to gently disengage from that pattern of thinking each time it arises. This is also true with emotional reactivity. We can acknowledge and feel the emotion without fanning the flames of reactivity. In a broader sense, this is training for how we engage in all aspects of our lives. Are we engaging wisely in how we spend our time, who we spend it with, how we live?
We’ll explore wise engagement in a variety of ways. The group is open to anyone who has completed an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Program. Class time will include sitting meditation and discussions. Suggestions, readings and email support will be given for daily formal and informal practices.
Wednesdays, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18
5:30-6:30pm
Instructor: Chris Klug
Thursdays, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19
12:00-1:00pm
Instructor: Bev Klug
Fee: $75 (can be paid at first class – may be reimbursed by UI flex spending)
Contact us to register. We’ll send you a confirmation and the location where the group will be held. All groups meet at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness can serve as a useful framework for addressing individual, couple or family issues including life changes and mental or physical health challenges. If you have completed the Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction or Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy programs and feel that you could benefit from further, individualized professional guidance, contact Bev Klug. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family therapist with more than 20 years of experience working with individuals, couples and families. She can be reached at 319-384-7553.