Public Presentations for 2008:
Tuesday, Dec. 2
Work with Resilience: Actions, Thoughts & Feelings
with Michael Ballard
Presented by:
Centre for Spirituality at Work:
The Centre for Spirituality at Work is a Continuing Education program of the University of Toronto's St. Michael's College.
Connecting who you are and the work you do.
For more information please visit the website
http://cep.anglican.ca/search_courses.php?action=submit&id=4713
For location and times visit:
http://www.spiritualityatwork.org/
To see additional dates click on this link.
http://www.resiliencyforlife.com/Attend
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Resilient Family Series
Imagine Yourself... Energy Management for Kids and Families
Please Note:
This event has limited seating.
We still have seats available
Please book and confirm your seat here:
http://www.resiliencyforlife.com/Attend
What:
An educational event to introduce our Imagine Yourself program to parents, volunteers and professionals who work with children aged 3 - 10.
Our programs are designed to assist children and families (teachers, volunteers and professionals too) to practice relaxation and mindfulness skills. They are used to assist the parents and children, teachers and students and friends strengthen and deepen their ability to be mindful and relax.
Why?
We've had some very heartfelt responses for many children and families. All members of every family? No. However we've been very pleased at the feedback we've been given from many families and the professional community.
You can read letters from children, parents and professionals at:
http://www.resiliencyforlife.com/IYR
Where:
644 Sheppard Ave. East, Toronto ON
By Car:
Closest major intersections: Bayview Ave. and Sheppard Ave. East
From the 401 - take Bayview Ave. north turn east (right)
onto Sheppard Ave. East, turn north (left)
onto Hawksbury head north
Parking
We have some visitor parking here at 640, 642 and 644 Sheppard. Ave. East.
By Subway:
Exit at the Bayview Station on the Sheppard Line. Walk east until you reach Hawksbury Ave. Go north (left) until you see 644 marked on the side of the third tall building north of Sheppard Ave.
Room Location:
In the (soon to be renovated) activity room on the first floor to the left (west) of the main door at 644 Sheppard Ave. East which in on the south side of the building facing Sheppard Ave.
The room is wheel chair and barrier free. However, the washrooms are not.
What does the program do?
It gets the children and family to practice two vital skills as mentioned. They both help in reducing and controlling stress and anxiety. Several (not all) parents with children with special needs report that within less than 7- 21 days of starting to use the program and regular use (5 out of 7 days a week or more one of more of the children and or parents started to experience:
~ Better bed time routines
~ Deeper sleep
~ Shorter cycles of frustration, anger and emotional upset.
~ Less intense issues at school
~ less fighting between siblings
~ a deeper sense of inner calm
Imagine Yourself The Seminar
Topics include:
Introducing the program to children
Trigger Words, Phrases and Feelings
Key skills for children and adults to practice
Common language dictionary of terms
Conversation with adults about their energy
Building common language with children.
Building a culture of resiliency into your family
Using the program
The potential outcomes and success rates
Imagine Yourself The Programs
Energy Management for Kids and Families
Four (4) – Thirty (30) minute audio programs
Be a Bird,
Be a Ball
Be a Horse
Be a Cat
You're unable to attend this event?
Watch this space for updates.
Fall and Winter 2008
Public Program - Please Register
Dates to be announced ~ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ~ 644 Sheppard Ave. East
Public Programs - Please Register
Fall dates and locations to be arranged
Sept. and Oct. dates will be added in the weeks ahead. Thank you for your interest.
To see additional dates click on the link below.
http://www.resiliencyforlife.com/Attend
Please book and confirm your attendance here:
http://www.resiliencyforlife.com/Attend
What are these two skills?
Mindfulness is one. Recent research on Mindfulness training for school children funded by the Hawn Foundation at UBC in BC has shown primary classes taught this skill that had the most "office reportable offences" in the school had dropped to 0 offences within six weeks of being taught mindfulness. I have personally found it an effective mental skill to teach having done some coaching and volunteering with very "energetic" 4 to 10 year olds.
The Relaxation Response is the next skill. We live in a world that is increasingly fast paced and is "Up, On and Go-Go-Go 7/24" relentlessly driving many to go into their flight or fight response. Which can drive many of us into feeling anxious or feeling fearful. To assist us calm our minds and bodies after all this over the top energy response we all can us some "slow down time" through practising the calming skills of the Relaxation Response. We are surrounded day in and day out by very sophisticated media, high tech games, retailers and entertainment groups who use these techniques to grab our attention. Great to get our attention but we each pay the price for having responded with low to high levels of flight and fight. The research is extensive on the wonderful health benefits practising this response can bring.
"To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction."
- Thomas A. Edison
