St. Vincent’s Medical Center Employees’Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program

The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program will be an on-going program for St. Vincent’s and Affiliate’s employees offered throughout the year. One ninety-minute session per week will be held in six-week cycles. For those desiring to become facilitators in the program, a train-the-trainer program will be offered.The program will begin September 19, 2006 with an initial group of trained staff members each facilitating one of the week cycles.

The program will begin September 19, 2006 with an initial group of trained staff members each facilitating one of the week cycles.

WeekWeek Facilitator Facilitator Theme Theme Dates Dates 11 MarilynMarilyn Introduction to Introduction to

Mindfulness-Mindfulness-Based Stress Based Stress

ReductionReduction

Sept. 19 Sept. 19

22 Lorraine Lorraine Mental Noting, Mental Noting, Chair YogaChair Yoga

Sept. 26Sept. 26

33 Jose Jose Centering Centering Prayer, Qi Prayer, Qi QongQong

Oct. 3Oct. 3

44 Christine Christine Forgiveness Forgiveness Meditation, Meditation,

Self MassageSelf Massage

Oct. 10Oct. 10

55 Dennis Dennis Mindfulness Mindfulness Grief, Anger, Grief, Anger, Fear,Fear,

Tai ChiTai Chi

Oct. 17Oct. 17

66 TomTom Cultivating Cultivating Compassion,Compassion,

Plum Village Plum Village ExerciseExercise

Oct. 24Oct. 24

ParticipantsEmployees of St. Vincent’s will be welcome at all sessions without pre-registration. They will sign-in to get credit for the session. Once an employee has completed all six sessions, he or she will receive a DVD of the physical exercises from the course and a CD of the meditation practices from the course as a gift from St. Vincent’s and to encourage their continued practice.

Staff members who wish to become facilitators will be invited to a special summer training session once they have completed the program.

FacilitatorsEach facilitator should begin familiarizing

themselves with their portion of the program.

They should also begin looking for resource materials such as books, CD’s and DVD’s to enhance their own knowledge and/or use as teaching materials in the class. Materials that are not used in the class per se will be put in the St. Vincent’s Library in a new section being developed for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.

Funding for materials will be available through Pastoral Care, Mission and the Library. All requests should go to the Director of Pastoral Care who will ensure compatibility with our other resources and equipment.