Care Partners
Mindfulness for People living with Parkinson’s and Care Partners is training made practical. Care Partners learn how to apply mindfulness principles and gain emotional well-being while caregiving. Guidance is offered to find the time for mindfulness and self-compassion practices in daily life.
Course content/duration
We offer Mindfulness training for People living with Parkinson’s, and their Care Partners separately as well as for People living with Parkinson’s together with their Care Partners. The theory behind mindfulness taught during the 8-week, 1.5 hour weekly group sessions.
The principles of mindfulness are taught interactively through the participants experience during meditation, the body scan and mindful movement in class and through home practice.
Home practice also includes instruction on incorporating mindfulness and mindful moments in daily life and is supported by weekly PDF lessons and audio files on mindful meditation, body scan and
mindfulmovement.
Learning format
Interactive learning in an on-line course (zoom).
Cost
$399
Registration for 2024 is open. Mindfulness courses start the week of January 15th, 2024
