Classes and events
The Penny George Institute for Health and Healing provides a number of health education classes
and workshops. To register, fill out the form in the class schedule and mail or fax. You may also register by phone at 612-863-3333.
Upcoming featured classes and programs
Qigong for Cancer
Learn about the Qigong for Cancer lecture and weekend workshop (Oct. 2, 4 & 5).
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
A weekly class for eight weeks concluding with a 7-hour day of mindfulness. This introductory course is based on Jon Kabat-Zinn’s model in his book, Full Catastrophe Living. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is ideal for anxiety, depression, chronic pain and illness, cardiac disease, the demands of care-giving, life-threatening illness, grief, spiritual emptiness and balancing everyday stress. Participants learn and practice the basic skills and begin to experience their impact on everyday life, health and well-being. Each session involves walking, eating, sitting and/or yoga meditation, instruction and group discussion. Both instructors have trained professionally with Jon Kabat-Zinn and have years of experience with MBSR training.
Judith Lies, LMFT, instructor
Fridays starting Oct. 3, 9:30 to noon, plus Sunday, Nov. 9, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
OR
Scott Cruse LICSW, instructor
Mondays starting Oct. 6, 6-8:30 p.m., plus Saturday, Nov. 15, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Class fee: $300 plus approximately $45 for books and tape available at the class.
Education: Up to 27 CEUs for mental health and teaching professionals and up to 32 CEUs for nurses.
A Day of Mindfulness
For anyone who already has a mindfulness practice and would like to refresh the skills that accompany it, this is a day-long retreat designed to support that opportunity. Focus for this day will be on cultivating our practice of gratitude. Come dressed for comfort in loose clothing, bring a lunch and plan to rekindle your midfulness practice with the guidance and facilitation of an instructor with many years of MBSR training and leadership.
Judith Lies, LMFT, instructor
Saturday, Nov. 1, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Class fee: $60
Therapeutic Yoga
Anyone can do yoga. Yoga is a wonderful aid to healthy living, and a regular yoga practice can provide many benefits, including supporting te healing process in a variety of ways. If you need assistance determining which class would be most appropriate for you, please call 612-863-3333.
Chair Yoga
In this six-week class, learn gentle yoga postures, breathing techniques and meditation while seated in a chair or using a chair for balance and support.
Megan Hatch, RYT, instructor
Thursday starting Oct. 23, 4-5 p.m. (No class Nov. 27)
Class fee: $89
Beginning Gentle Yoga
In this six-week class, learn basic yoga postures, breathing techniques and meditation practices. This style of yoga invites you to move slowly and with awareness, relaxing mind, body and spirit. This class requires the ability to get down to the floor and up again.
Wednesdays starting Oct. 22, 5-6:15 p.m., (No class Nov. 26), Beth Sanchez, instructor, $89
Continuing Yoga
In this six-week class, deepen your practice as you learn new yoga postures, breathing techniques and meditation practices. This style of yoga invites you to move slowly and with awareness, relaxing mind, body and spirit. This class requires the ability to get down to the floor and up again. Must have taken Beginning Yoga or have permission of instructor to register for this class.
Thursdays, starting Oct. 23, 5:30-6:45 p.m., (No class Nov. 27), Beth Sanchez, instructor, $89
Couples Massage
Learn massage therapy for you and your partner. This is a great way to help each other with relaxation and therapeutic techniques for muscle aches and pains. Each participant will give and receive a full body massage.
Jeremy Miller, LMT, NCTMB, BS, instructor
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 6:30-9 p.m.
Class fee: $60 per couple
Dreams and Pain
Researchers at Trent University in Canada have found that people with pain tend to have more animals in their dreams than the rest of the population. Animals in dreams can reveal unexpected sources of support and strength. In this presentation, the instructor will share findings from the Trent University studies and levels of meaning that researches have found for animals in dreams.
Sheila Asato, MA, board member fo the International Association for the Study of Dreams, instructor
Monday, Dec. 1, 7-8:30 p.m.
Class fee: $20
Sleep on it! Dreaming for Creativity and Health
Dreaming is a fundamental part of being human. Since ancient times, dreaming has been regarded as a source of healing and creative inspiration. Explore the connection between dreaming and western medicine and learn how to use dream incubation for creative problem solving and personal enrichment.
Sheila Asato, MA, board member fo the International Association for the Study of Dreams, instructor
Monday, Dec. 8, 7-8:30 p.m.
Class fee: $20
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