“Everything we need to relieve anxiety.”
Anxiety relief training, this is the original Mindfulness-Based Anxiety Relief (M.B.A.R.) program, created by G Ross Clark. a certified M.B.S.R. (U of Mass) trainer.
Anxiety relief training online is self-paced with no previous experience is required. Using the latest e-learning software, all MBAR course materials are downloadable for use later. The online course is iPad and Smartphone compatible. An optional certificate of completion is available.
Lesson-1
Theme: “There is more right with you, than wrong with you.”
Learning focus: Grounded safely in the present-moment sensations of our posture. We can work skillfully with our thoughts, and emotions. This is the foundation of this work, because it is only in the present that one can learn, grow, and change. This includes exploring, mindfulness and reflecting on “What is mindfulness?”
Practices Introduced: Awareness of the Breath, Body Scan
Lesson-2
Theme: “Perception and creative responding.”
Learning focus: How you see things, or don’t see them, will determine how you will respond to them. It is not the events themselves but rather how you handle them that influences the effects on your body and mind.
Practice Introduced: Sitting meditation (focus on awareness of breath).
Practice Reinforced: Body scan- Physical Pain & Emotional Pain
Lesson-3
Theme: “The pleasure and power of being present.”
Learning focus: We miss many of our pleasant moments, perhaps by focusing only on the unpleasant ones, such as crisis or pain. Yet it is possible to have pleasant moments even when you are experiencing crisis or pain. Developing deeper understanding and present moment contact with the triangle of awareness: body sensation, thought, and emotion.
Practices Introduced: Mindful yoga (floor yoga).
Practices Reinforced: Body scan, sitting (breath awareness)
Lesson-4
Theme: “The shadow of stress.”
Learning focus: Cultivating mindfulness can reduce the negative physiological and psychological effects of stress reactivity, as well as help develop more effective ways of responding positively and proactively to stressful situations and experiences. Includes a on stress physiology.
Practices Introduced: Mindful yoga (standing postures), sitting meditation (expanding focus from awareness of breath to body sensations and sound).
Practices Reinforced: Body scan, sitting (breath awareness).
Source – G Ross Clark