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Mindfulness Yoga
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Helen Byrne
Helen Byrne, B.A., H.Dip.Ed., Dip.Psych., has a background in education, psychology, family therapy and the community and voluntary sector. She has worked in education and in community organisations in Ireland, England and Australia. She has been practicing meditation and yoga since 1997 and teaching them since 2004. Helen is currently completing a Masters in Mindfulness-Based Approaches in Social Care, Health and Education at the University of Wales in Bangor.
She has also trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli from the Centre for Mindfulness at The University of Massachusetts Medical Centre.
Helen continues to develop her practice with attendance at regular retreats led by world-renowned teachers including Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, Sharon Salzberg, Christina Feldman and John Teasdale, among others.
Helen teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction / Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation. As well as teaching MBSR / MBCT to the general public, she works with people in recovery from addiction and their families, and with teenagers, including teen parents. A post-primary teacher for many years, Helen also works with teachers and students in developing mindfulness in whole school communities.
Contact Helen on 087 205 5733 or at:
On-going Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation classes with Helen in Stoneybatter and Rathmines
Tuesdays from 7.45 – 9.10pm at Centre Studios, above Boots Chemists, Rathmines (www.centrestudios.com): this is a course with a drop-in facility for those whom a course doesn’t suit. Please contact the studio for details and bookings. info@centrestudios.comTelephone: 0851369972.
Friday mornings from 10.00 – 11.30am at The Sanctuary, Stanhope Street, Stoneybatter (www.sanctuary.ie): The Sanctuary runs courses of 6 to 8 weeks duration. Classes will resume on September 10th. Contact The Sanctuary to book your place. enquiries@sanctuary.ie. Telephone: 01-6705419.
In these classes we work gently and slowly with yoga movement for an hour and then practice sitting and lying meditation for the last half hour. The skills we learn on the mat can have an impact on our daily lives, reducing stress and reactivity, improving our general health and sense of well-being. As well as reminding us of how to relax the body, releasing tension and stress from our muscles and joints, Mindfulness Yoga helps us to grow stronger and to develop endurance, stability, balance and flexibility. Most importantly, the practice of Mindfulness Hatha Yoga brings us home to ourselves, helps us to integrate mind and body, teaches us more about who we are and connects us with our innate wholeness, no matter what our level of fitness is.
These classes are open to all, with or without prior experience of yoga and meditation. For those who have completed 8 week MBSR/MBCT courses and for those who have a regular meditation practice, the classes can provide you with a weekly support to your practice.
Upcoming Courses:
Upcoming Courses with Helen Byrne
8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course, Wednesday evenings in Smithfield with Helen
Venue: Slí an Chroí, The Distiller's Building, New Church Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7. (The building immediately north east of the Smithfield Luas stop).
Dates: Wednesday September 22nd to Wednesday 10th November. Day of Mindfulness Sunday October 24th.
Times: 7-9pm
Cost: €300 which includes 8x2 hour weekly classes, a full Day of Mindfulness, CDs and workbook to support your practice.
Facilitator: Helen Byrne
This 8 week course is based on the one developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn and his colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre and on Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, developed by Williams, Segal and Teasdale. See What does a Mindfulness Course Involve .
Contact Helen on 0872055733 or email her at helen.byrne@mindfulness.ie
Start Date: September 22 2010
End Date: November 10 20108-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course, Thursday evenings in Dublin 9 with Helen
Venue: The Marino Institute of Education
Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9
Dates: Thursday 23rd September until Thursday 11th November with a Day of Mindfulness on Sunday 24th October.
Times: 7-9pm
Cost: €350 (a number of concessions are available. Please talk to Helen if you wish to do the course but need to work out a payment plan.) This cost includes all teaching the Day of Mindfulness, CDs and workbook to support your practice.
This 8 week course is based on the one developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn and his colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre and on Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, developed by Williams, Segal and Teasdale. See What does a Mindfulness Course Involve .
Contact Helen on 0872055733 or email her at helen.byrne@mindfulness.ie
Start Date: September 23 2010
End Date: November 11 2010