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.

WeekFacilitatorThemeDates 1Marilyn Introduction to Mindfulness- Based Stress Reduction Sept. 19 2Lorraine Mental Noting, Chair Yoga Sept. 26 3Jose Centering Prayer, Qi Qong Oct. 3 4Christine Forgiveness Meditation, Self Massage Oct. 10 5Dennis Mindfulness Grief, Anger, Fear, Tai Chi Oct. 17 6Tom Cultivating Compassion, Plum Village Exercise Oct. 24

Participants Employees 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.

Facilitators Each 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.