Meditate in Mexico

Week Long Retreat
May 25 – 30, 2019

This is the deep-dive retreat you’ve been waiting for!  Join Michelle DuVal, director of The Mindful Center, and Claudio Barrientos, Director of The Mindful Center – Austin, as we host an incredible meditation retreat in the gorgeous beach town of Sayulita, Mexico.  Only 45 minutes from Puerto Vallarta but a world away from the ferocious busyness of the daily grind, spend time resetting, recharging, relaxing, learning new practices, and deepening your meditation.  Give yourself a break this year, grab a friend, take your daughter, reconnect with your spouse or your self in a meaningful way….all on a gorgeous beach in Mexico.

The Sleep Class

The Sleep Class:
A Mindful Approach

Are you having trouble sleeping
or sleeping well?
Do you wake up feeling groggy
and unrefreshed?
Does your mind tend to race
in the middle of the night?

You might want to join us for this important program, as few things affect our brains and bodies as negatively as lack of good rest and sleep.

Mindful Strategies for Parents

Mindful Strategies for Parents
Only 1 Program in 2019
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Do you get stressed at times with the daily job of parenting?  Do you feel like sometimes you’re not your best self with your kids?  Or do you simply want to steer the whole family toward Mindfulness?  Well guess what?  You’re not alone.

Day Course in Mindfulness

9am – 12pm
at the Presbyterian Healthplex

The perfect intro to Mindfulness. Join Michelle DuVal, MA, in this dynamic day session as she covers the essential elements of mindfulness practice: What it is, how to do it in our daily lives for real stress reduction, and how it can help with sleep issues, weight issues, as well as chronic worry, anxiety and depression.  With time to practice a variety of meditations – breathing, mini-meditations, and lying down (great for sleep!) Also included is access to our online program The Starter Kit in Mindfulness PLUS 6 downloadable guided meditations that are yours to keep.

Meditation Retreat

Saturday Feb. 23
10am – 3pm
at the beautiful Norbertine

A perfect day just for meditation in a gorgeous natural environment. The day is divided into guided meditation practice, yoga/ moving meditation practice, walking meditation, eating meditation, and silent meditation.  Participants should know how to meditate, as this is a day for practice and no instruction will be given.

Calm and Strong

Calm and Strong
4 Unique Programs in 2019
Take All Four!

Why not exercise the body and the mind….together?  That’s the inspiration behind the Calm and Strong program, as participants are trained to do 10 minutes of meditation that leads right into a great 10 minute workout that can be done anytime and anywhere in about the space of a yoga mat.  Week to week the practices build on one another, enabling the participants to really feel and experience the progress that can be enabled by weekly attention to both physical and mental aspects of strength and resiliency.

The Love Class

The Love Class
3 Programs in 2019
Seats Fill Up Quickly

Most people think that in order to feel more love in their life, they need more lovable people around.  But within the teachings and practices of meditation, we discover that we can create more and deeper experiences of love based on how we use our mind.  So that we can begin to feel love anytime and anywhere, toward more and more living beings, including ourselves.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) – Foundations

4 Week Program
4 Programs in 2019
Seats Fill Up Quickly

This is the program you’ve been waiting for!  Learn and develop the life changing skills of mindfulness and meditation in this world renowned program, taught by a true expert in the field.  Progress through a uniquely comprehensive study and practice of mindfulness meditation: what it is, how to do it in our daily lives to reduce stress, manage pain, help with sleep issues, weight issues, healing processes, and more, and how it enables our ability to participate in our own health and well being.

Mindfulness for Kids

Mindfulness for Kids
4 Week Program
3 Different Age Groups
March 24 – April 14

In this four week program, your child will learn a mindfulness-based approach to working with their mind and bodies through meditation, yoga, activities, and play.  They will develop a set of inner life skills that will educate and inform them as they progress through the many stages of their personal development.  Each week, we will explore a different topic of mindfulness meditation and how it can be applied to improve your child’s focus, concentration, emotional regulation, and pro-social behavior.  All teachings are non-religious, educational, and grounded in the science of the mind, body, and brain.