5-Day Mindful Self-Compassion Intensive Program, August, 2023

Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) 5-Day Intensive Training

Do you:

•  have an inner voice that is harsh?
• feel a relentless push toward self-improvement?
• wish to learn ways to build supportive relationships towards yourself, others and your life?

This resource building program may be just what you need.

Mindful Self-Compassion is an empirically supported course developed by

Christopher Germer (PhD) and Kristin Neff (PhD) designed to cultivate self-compassion and mindfulness skills. MSC helps us learn to befriend all aspects of ourselves and build a warm-hearted response to our daily experience, especially during difficult times.

MSC also helps us to:

• tap into and build our emotional strength and resilience (and lower levels of anxiety and depression)
• treat ourselves with the same kind understanding we would a good friend
• motivate, support and encourage ourselves
• meet difficult emotions with greater ease
• care for ourselves whilst caring for others
• build more satisfying personal relationships
• live more authentically

This interactive program will introduce you to gentle practices designed to enhance your emotional well-being and to nurture strategies to respond wisely to life’s challenges. You will learn techniques to enrich your life as we explore mindfulness and self compassion. You will also develop the tools of resilience through exercises that can boost inner calm and strength. 

We will discuss how to support difficult emotions with care, and discover how translating feelings into effective needs-base communication creates connection and nourishes relationships. 

Together, these simple practices can help you improve your life experience, so that you can bring greater joy, peace and happiness, not only to yourself, but to others as well. 

MSC 5 Day Intensive Format:

*Online information session (*please note that this is required): Tuesday the 22nd, 7pm -8:30pm

At the Sophia venue:

Thursday the 24th: 6:30 - 8:30pm

Friday the 25th - Monday the 28th: 9.30 -12.30 (Lunch 1 hour) 1.30 - 4.30pm

*On Sunday the morning session will be a practice retreat format

All participants will be provided with a copy of The MSC Workbook

Comments from past participants: 

"This has been a profound experience. You’ve opened me to an inner self who is compassionate and someone I can trust" – Keith

"The three facilitators were genuinely authentic, humble, experienced, knowledgable, humorous and kind."

Your Teachers:

Tina: A passionate, experienced and warm-hearted MSC & Mindfulness Teacher with extensive experience within health, education and community sectors. Tina is currently the only Certified MSC Teacher Trainer and Mentor in Australia and has taught MSC to people from all walks of life and taught alongside both Kristin Neff and Chris Germer.

Emma: With a background in social work and two decades worth of working in mental health advocacy/promotion, Emma has learnt self-compassion can truly make a difference. Emma teaches from the heart, bringing her lived commitment to MSC as a gentle and authentic ongoing way of living.

Pete brings a wealth of experience of 'getting along with folk' - built from years of working within the building industry - supporting his fellow colleagues and later transitioning into counselling and teaching MSC. His listening skills are warm and steady.

*Course fee:

Lend a hand: $770

Standard fee: $660

Need a hand / bring a friend fee:$550

*Please note, we have a policy of never excluding anyone due to cost. Please email Tina to discuss other potential payment plans if needed.

Keeping a COVID-19 safe:

We will be ensuring social distancing and hygiene requirements are met.

To do so we ask that you please provide your own lunch and comfort items such as rugs/yoga mats. We will provide herbal teas, and Sophia has a fully equipped kitchen.

We have ensured that full refunds are available up until 24-hours prior to the program starting. This allows for you to cancel your booking if you are feeling unwell at all the day before we start. Thank you in advance for taking this compassionate care.