This ongoing drop-in class is designed for discovering ease through a gentle meditative yoga class especially for those living with health challenges or seeking a gentle yoga experience. Classes will cultivate an awareness of ease through postures, breath work, relaxation, and meditation. Suitable for beginning as well as returning students.
For more information on fees and how to get started, email or call Kimberly at 503-245-9642
Knight Cancer Institute at OHSU, Portland, Oregon
Mondays, 5:30-6:45pm
This ongoing drop-in class provides a safe and sacred space for anyone currently living with cancer or the side-effects of cancer treatment. Classes include gentle and tailored postures, as well as mindfulness and breathing practices. Kimberly has led a similar course for women with breast cancer that has been shown in a clinical trial to lead to improvements in cancer-related pain, fatigue, relaxation, and vigor.
For more information on fees and how to get started, email or call Kimberly at 503-245-9642
Wednesdays, 6:30-8:45pm plus one full Sunday retreat on October 16
January 18 - March 7, 2012
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teaches participants specific skills to develop greater presence of mind, concentration, deep relaxation, and mental and emotional clarity. This course is based on the national model developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, at the UMass Medical Center.
Three decades of published research indicates that the majority of people who complete the course report: Reductions in pain levels and an enhanced ability to cope with pain that may not go away, an increased ability to relax, greater energy and enthusiasm for life, improved self-esteem, an increased ability to cope effectively with stressful situations and a lasting decrease in physical and psychological symptoms.
For more information on fees and how to get started, email or call Kimberly at 503-245-9642
Knight Cancer Institute at OHSU, Portland, Oregon
Mondays, 11:45-1:45pm
January 16 - March 5, 2012
This course is also open to caregivers for persons healing from cancer. The course is based on the national model developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., at the UMass Medical Center. Each class will involve meditation instruction and practice, group discussions, and educational presentations on the relationships between stress, health and mindfulness. Classes may include very gentle yoga postures. Each student is encouraged to establish a daily meditation practice, and participants are given a course workbook and CDs for home practice.
Three decades of published research indicates that the majority of people who complete the course - including cancer patients - report: Reductions in pain levels and an enhanced ability to cope with pain that may not go away, an increased ability to relax, greater energy and enthusiasm for life, improved self-esteem, an increased ability to cope effectively with stressful situations and a lasting decrease in physical and psychological symptoms.
For more information on fees and how to get started, email or call Kimberly at 503-245-9642
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for People Healing from Cancer offered by Kimberly Carson
This weekly class is open to graduates of any Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program. The class provides a supportive environment for people to continue to broaden and deepen mindful awareness, through mindful yoga, meditation, short talks, and discussion.
Using gentle stretching exercises, meditation, and breath practices - combined with the exploration of yogic wisdom and the study of the relationships between yoga practices, daily experiences, and pain - this series explores the art of keeping our poise amidst the tumult of of life's ever-changing challenges.
For more information on fees and how to get started, email or call Kimberly at 503-245-9642
