Teaching Schedule 8 WEEK MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION CLASSES In Stony Brook, Long Island Thursday evenings 5:30-7:30 pm March 7th to April 25th 1/2-day Retreat: Saturday April 13, 10:30am-3:00pm (integral part of the course) Location: In the BARN at Avalon Park & Preserve Shep Jones Lane - Stony Brook, Long Island Registration Fee: $350 Limited class size, please register early. For more information, please contact dr.cherylkurash@gmail.com or (631) 751-7117 SPECIAL PROGRAMS Integrating Mindfulness into Health and Mental Health Care Thursday evening, May 9th 2013 5:30 – 7:30 pm Location: In the BARN at Avalon Park & Preserve Shep Jones Lane - Stony Brook, Long Island Registration Fee: $40 Practice, didactic, and discussion of selected readings to integrate mindfulness in your professional work. For Health Care Professionals who have completed the 8-week MBSR cycle or have prior experience with mindfulness meditation. Pre-registration is required, please inquire if interested: dr.cherykurash@gmail.com Practice Groups 5 Saturdays 10:30am-12noon February 2nd, 16th, March 16th, April 6th, June 1st Location: In the BARN at Avalon Park & Preserve Shep Jones Lane - Stony Brook, Long Island By donation Guided formal meditation practice, including sitting, walking, mindful yoga. Open to all who would like to begin, maintain or deepen their meditation practice. Pre-registration is required, please inquire if interested: dr.cherykurash@gmail.com Renewal: Half Day Retreat Saturday May 4, 2013 10:30-3:00 pm Location: In the BARN at Avalon Park & Preserve Shep Jones Lane - Stony Brook, Long Island Registration Fee: $70 A half-day of guided mindfulness practices, done in the context of silence, to facilitate an opportunity for deepening your meditation experience. The day will include mindful sitting, walking, yoga, eating Pre-registration is required, please inquire if interested: dr.cherykurash@gmail.com WORKPLACE/CORPORATE CONSULTATIONS/CLASSES & WORKSHOPS On request, pleases inquire PRIVATE SESSIONS On request, please inquire |  Cheryl Kurash, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist who works with the Wellness Center at St. Joseph’s College and maintains a private practice of psychotherapy and mindfulness training in Setauket, Long Island. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine in psychoanalytic clinical psychology and has served as Coordinator of Mindfulness Programs at the Counseling and Psychological Services, Stony Brook University; Director of Psychology Internship Training at SBU; and Associate Professor of Psychology at SUNY/Empire State College. Over the past 30 years, Cheryl’s commitment to bringing mindfulness training to the university community led her to develop a wide range of educational and clinical programs for students, staff and faculty. Seeking to promote the development of a “mindful community”, she focused on planting seeds of mindfulness throughout the university. Her interest in the integration of psychotherapy and mindfulness guides her own clinical work as well as her educational offerings for health care professionals. Cheryl’s study of contemplative practices includes yoga, mantra meditation (The Himalayan Institute for Yoga Studies and Philosophy), Shambhala, and professional workshops with John Welwood. She completed trainings in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction through the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (7 -day professional training with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli and Teacher Development Intensive). In 1987, she journeyed, under the guidance of Swami Rama to Gangotri and Gomuk, India, the source of the Ganges River. An avid swimmer, her own mindfulness practice has led her to explore mindfulness of the body in water and cultivate a practice of swimming meditation and aquatic yoga. She offers these classes in the pool and at the beach! Contact: dr.cherylkurash@gmail.com |