tuesdays or wednesdays
Aug 29/30 – Oct 3/4, 2023
(night of the week yet TBD)
(6 wks)
6:45 pm – 9:00 pm Pacific time
Woodside Village Church, Woodside, CA (just west of I-280)
$425
(Payment Plan and Scholarships are available. Click here for more information.)

 

Combining mindfulness–paying attention to the present moment with curiosity and kindness–with the practices of improvisational theatre helps us meet each of life’s moments with freedom, ease, spontaneity, and confidence. We contribute more joyfully and respond more artfully. Life gets better.

Folks who took Playful Mindfulness 1 learned to play attention with traditional, evidence-based mindfulness exercises and with games and activities drawn from the world of improvisational theatre. This course extends and deepens that mindfulness practice into arenas of greater complexity and challenge.

In these 6 weeks, you’ll learn:

• how the “meta” process of witnessing thoughts and feelings can tame dragons that otherwise spin you into overwhelm and anxiety
• the freedom and creativity in skillfully sharing control with others–and with life!
• the game-changing and life-changing “universal solvent” of connected presence
• powerful techniques for exploring difficult emotions with calm and self-compassion
• the power of positivity and looking for the good

Playful Mindfulness 2 integrates traditional mindfulness instruction with the vitality and insight of improvisational theatre. 

Formal and informal practices strengthen the awareness “muscle” and bring that awareness to daily life: when we’re eating, driving, dating, arguing, working—or improvising.

Shared inquiry uses small and large group discussions to draw experienced-based wisdom from each participant in service to the group.

Playful exercises give us the chance to experience firsthand the skills we’re exploring—and to laugh while doing it.

To support your learning, the online version of the course includes:

• six classes conducted through Zoom software (works best if participants have a quiet, concentrated space)
• weekly open office hours with the instructor

 

 

playful mindfulness 2 is perfect for…

• recovering perfectionists who want to lighten up
• adult learners stepping into the stress and uncertainty of life’s transitions: leaving or starting a job, letting go of a relationship, making a big move
• people who struggle with anxiety or want more confidence
• parents who want more patience with their children
• leaders who want to model calm, confidence and collaboration
• introverts who long for connection
• people considered abrasive or reactive and who actually want to put others at ease
• improvisors or actors who want to add depth and presence to their on-stage work
• mindfulness students or practitioners who want a new, playful perspective

 

a word about INCLUSIVITY  

All committed and kind learners are most welcome in the Playful Mindfulness course.

We especially welcome those from all historically disadvantaged populations – People of Color (POC), LGBTQIA, those with disabilities, first- or second-generation immigrants, and more. Again, we want everyone to have access to the Playful Mindfulness way of being in the world.

To register, click on the above rose-colored box above or click this link.

To apply for a scholarship or payment plan, please visit www.playfulmindfulness.info/scholarship.

If you have further questions about payment plans or scholarship help, please contact Ted DesMaisons directly via the contact information at the bottom of this page.