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MMM…Mindfulness, Movement, and Metta

Call 510-594-8224

Weekly mindfulness class

9:30–10:30 AM, Wednesdays

Come join us any Wednesday.  Register in advance or drop in.

5845 College Ave. #2, Oakland, CA 94818,
Garden.

Mmm, yum. We are invited to feel the possibility that mindfulness can sometimes be delicious. Often, we bring our ordinary mindset to practice, and it can feel self-critical, rushed, pedestrian, and another thing we "have to do" on the "to-do list."

What would it be like to remember that awareness practice is something we get to do, not have to do? When we look more closely,  awareness is who we are, whether we are aware of pleasant or unpleasant. Nothing to improve or change. Mmm, interesting.

We open to micro-moments of unfolding pleasure and joy, to "what's good about this moment." And play with relaxing around whether we experience joy or not, not adding any pressure. Just seeing. MMM.

Class includes some of the most potentially positive and nourishing practices:

• mindful movement, yoga and walking meditation
• Mindfulness meditation
• Heart practices including lovingkindness (metta in Pali) and self-compassion
• nature

And may sometimes include:

• Mindful eating
• research on brain nutrition and on mindfulness

Note: Pali was the language spoken by the Buddha. The class is taught from the perspective of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and is a secular awareness practice, open to all.

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“Reba is an extraordinary teacher. She combines mastery of the material, her own personal practice, humor, deep kindness, flexibility, a positive and open energy, and amazing facilitator skills.… A genuine invitation to consider, practice and then decide what works for you.”

•  Body-positive, size-positive
•  Gentle for bodies, including healing, genderqueer, pregnant

Join us for this morning meditation class in North Oakland, suitable for new and experienced students, alumni of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindful Eating, gentle yoga, senior yoga, curvy yoga, beginner yoga, beginner meditation, prenatal yoga, chronic pain, recovery from substance abuse, anxiety, and depression.

Reba Connell is trained in teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindful Eating, and Food as Medicine.

Please use unscented products and do not smoke before class for the health of others.

I will look for you in the waiting room and the front steps. If you want to wait in the waiting room, call 510-594-8224 for door code. 

We will practice both outside and inside.

Seats are not provided. Please bring a camping chair or cushion.

Dress in layers for shade, fog, and sun.

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Out of a deep commitment to share these practices with all who may benefit, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Give what you can, including giving of your presence to help make our community, without giving funds.

​Generosity experiment:

• Sliding scale: per class meeting: $30–11
  
• per calendar month: $90–33 (usually 4 classes — each month might end up with 3, 4, or 5 classes)
  
• Free or by donation to people with Medi-CAL, people without income, those in need
  

Please select the rate that’s most appropriate for you.

If you have comfortable resources, your choosing Generosity Level tuition supports people with little or no income in participating.

Send check to L. Rebecca Connell, LCSW, 5845 College Ave. #2, Oakland, CA 94618
or pay online:

Thank you for practicing generosity!

You can sign up to receive occasional email with class dates and stress reduction tips.

For information, call 510-594-8224.