De-Stress: Scientifically Proven Stress Reduction Program

Stop struggling with difficult thoughts and feelings and find genuine happiness and purpose in life.

What you'll learn

Understanding the causes and effects of stress. Identifying personal stressors and triggers.

Learn to be in the present moment with Mindfulness practices.

Learn psychological techniques to deal with unwanted thoughts and feelings.

Identify your values and set goals to improve life.

Learn how to overcome anxiety, self-doubt & self-sabotage without needing to rely on motivation or willpower.

Requirements

Open mind willing to learn new psychological skills.

Description

Imagine possessing the skills to reduce the stress, confusion and chaos of life into a grounded and confident state of mind that will allow you to truly be the director of your life. The program trains you in paying attention to the present moment, switching from the automatic pilot of doing. You will learn a radically new way of responding to emotional pain and negative thoughts.The De-Stress course is 4 weeks long and each class runs for approximately 2 hours (1 class each week). During this time participants engage in mindful dialogue, receive individualised instructions, and practice mindfulness meditation techniques. During the week participants engage in daily homework activities to cement their learning and to help integrateKeeps you mentally, emotionally and physically happyStudies have shown that rumination and worry contribute to mental illness and that mindfulness-based interventions are effective in the reduction of worry.Helps reduce stress.The amygdala—that pesky corner of the brain that produces feelings of anxiety, fear and general stress—is physically smaller in the brains of expert meditators. For the rest of us, even a crash course in mindfulness-based stress reduction leads to a measurable decrease in the size of the amygdala.Develops emotional intelligenceThe program trains you to respond and not react to emotions. Emotionally intelligent people are not worried about being a perfectionist, they know how to balance life and work, embrace change, don’t get easily distracted, are empathetic, are aware of their strengths and weaknesses, are self-motivated, don’t live in the past, and focus on the positive.Increases focus, concentration, creativity and productivityUniversity of Washington found that only those trained in meditation stayed on tasks longer and made fewer task switches, as well as reporting less negative emotion after task performance, as compared with the other two groups. In addition, both the meditation and the relaxation groups showed improved memory for the tasks they performed.Builds leadershipScientific results which were published in the Academy of Management Proceedings, discovered that the meditation training increased leaders overall self-confidence, along with other leadership skills like inspiring a shared vision and demonstrating moral intelligence.And morelower heart rate and blood pressurereduced frequency of illnessimproved sleep & energyincreased compassionless self-judgmentless frequent emotional triggersincreased awareness of the body’s needsWhat Participant's SayPractical, pragmatic and fun. A little challenging at times - good conditions for growth. MP has deep knowledge and a big heart which really shines through in his teaching.Jon from Melbourne, AustraliaIn the short amount of time you've covered some great topics. The Concept of moving away and towards, develop the skills of self-awareness and acceptance were mainly very unique. Meghna from Bangalore, IndiaThe session on setting goals was very useful, as I learned the importance of creating a step-by-step plan to help achieve my goals. The tip to regularly review the plan and make sure I am on track is something I will be going to integrate in my life. The group sessions were beneficial as it helped me focus on what I want to achieve as well as having the opportunity of verbalizing this during the chats with our group partners. Thanks!!Derek from Melbourne, AustraliaGaining awareness of my goals and the conflict between my career & family has been immense value to me. Tips on how to score one goal against another, and what steps I need to take to reach those goals has been really useful. Mark from London, UKThe noticing and sorting tool (The Matrix) is going to be very useful in day-to-day life. I have learned techniques to be more and more self-observant so I can alter responses depending on life events. Sonali from Banagalore, India

Overview

Section 1: Attention

Lecture 1 Before you begin

Lecture 2 The Story of a Begger

Lecture 3 The Math Class

Lecture 4 Your Desires and Fears

Lecture 5 The Logistics of the Program

Lecture 6 The Model

Lecture 7 Attitude for Success

Lecture 8 Understanding Stress: Biological and Psychological

Lecture 9 Different Type of Stressors

Lecture 10 Effect of Stress on Body

Lecture 11 Type of Stress

Lecture 12 A Story: Monkey and Banana

Lecture 13 Mindfulness 101

Lecture 14 Mindful Eating

Lecture 15 Human Doing and not Being

Lecture 16 The Formal Mindfulness Practice

Lecture 17 Reflection on Formal Mindfulness Practice

Lecture 18 Key Learning from Formal Mindfulness Practice

Lecture 19 Benefits of Mindfulness Practice

Lecture 20 7 Myths about Meditation

Lecture 21 Informal Mindfulness Practices

Lecture 22 Homework

Section 2: Acceptance

Lecture 23 Introduction

Lecture 24 Agenda of Control

Lecture 25 Tug of War with Monster

Lecture 26 Hands as Thoughts Experiment

Lecture 27 Getting Stuck with Thoughts and Feelings

Lecture 28 Willingness for Thoughts

Lecture 29 Why Willingness?

Lecture 30 Formal Awareness Meditation Practice

Lecture 31 Reflection on the Formal Practice

Lecture 32 A Puzzle and Homework

Section 3: Untangle from Thoughts & Feelings

Lecture 33 The way we think

Lecture 34 How we get stuck with our thoughts?

Lecture 35 Introduction Untangle Technique

Lecture 36 Become an Observer

Lecture 37 Sing It

Lecture 38 State and Aim of Untangaling from your thoughts and feelings

Lecture 39 Formal BodyScan Meditation Practice

Lecture 40 Reflection of Formal Meditation Practice

Lecture 41 Impermenance

Lecture 42 Homework

Section 4: Action

Lecture 43 Introduction

Lecture 44 Understanding Values

Lecture 45 Values vs Goals

Lecture 46 Trickier Values

Lecture 47 A Values Exercise

Lecture 48 The Matrix

Lecture 49 FEAR vs DARE

Anyone who is willing to become mentally fit and happy.