Mindful & Intentional Living
for
Stress Reduction, Personal Clarity
and Emotional Freedom

8 week course

In this course you will gain:

• Reduced stress
• Increased steadiness under pressure
• Greater peaceful tranquility and calm in all areas of your life
• Greater compassion for self and others
• Ability to recognize and work compassionately with patterns of emotional and mental reactivity
  
• Tools to navigate emotional challenges with more ease and freedom
• Safety to explore the deeper questions in your life
• Clarity and direction for what you really want in life
• Freedom from the painful cycle of expectation and disappointment
• A life lived from more conscious intention and strategic action
  
• A deeper embodiment of and alignment with your values
  
• A fresher and more vivid connection to the precious moments in life
  
• Tools to navigate pleasant and unpleasant experiences more lovingly
  
• A greater sense of well being
  
• Access to more joy, happiness and creativity
  

"It's like the best of JoAnn's coaching coupled with a mindfulness course!"

"I'm amazed at the new joy I've found in these simple tools!"


"It's a nice introduction to a beautiful way of living."


"Take it! You will know and
love yourself more."

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"JoAnn's expertise and kindness gave me the support I needed to create a meaningful practice."

"I like your patience...and methodical way of presenting the material...your soothing and calm voice is enjoyed..."

Join  mindfulness teacher and author JoAnn Saccato, MA for this 8 week course centered on mindfulness, compassion and intentional living. Committed participants work in a safe and courageous space learning the framework of a self-compassionate practice that includes journaling;  mindfulness of body, mind and emotions; and exploring, clarifying and setting powerful intentions. You'll learn how to:

• Create a "compassionate container" to create safety for deeper exploration and self-companionship.
• Establish a steady, meaningful-to-you daily practice through journaling, mindfulness, compassion and conscious intentions.
• Clarify intentions and desires.
• Discover and break through common barriers that keep you from the practice and life you desire.
  
• Interrupt habitual patterns and live life from more choice.
  
• Deepen connection with inner resources.
  
• Increase your inner capacity for ease, intimacy, resiliency, freedom and joy.

"Mindfulness is purposefully paying non-judgemental attention to our present moment experience with an attitude of curiosity, acceptance, allowance and kindness." ~ JoAnn Saccato

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Eight 2-hour sessions on
Thursdays beginning
June 8, 2017
(Time between 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
as determined by participants)

Lake County Jazzercise
15642 Armstrong Street
Middletown, CA

(Limited spots available)

PRE-REGISTRATION SPECIAL

8-Week Course
$197
(Regularly $497)

Pay here with PayPal*

*Or mail a check payable to:
JoAnn Saccato, P.O. Box 1332, Cobb, CA 95426

Some Kindness and Generosity Scholarships available 

Payment plans available.
Email [email protected]

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Course Summary:

Each week, participants experience a two hour session that includes a presentation of the cornerstones of practice, a group check in and Q&A session. The students are given weekly assignments and should set aside 20-45** minutes per day for course homework and personal practice.

The eight sessions include:

1. Creating Our Container: Introduction to course, concepts, course participants and strategies for success. Inquiry into barriers and challenges to a daily practice.
2. Journaling as Companion: Exploring journaling as a practice to: create safety; create a place to explore and clarify values and desires; find the best path for our personal journey: and reflect on our journey. Introduction to Qi (Chi or Prana).
3. Collecting Our Attention:  Begin mindfulness practices including breath awareness and energetic body work with simple Qi Gong practices.
4. Setting Intention and Affirming Our Path: Exploration of creationary forces, intentions, expectations and affirmations. Introduction to compassion and loving kindness practices.
5. Coming to Our Senses: Bringing mindfulness to our sensory perceptions. Working with difficult or painful sensations. Introduction of standing and walking practices.
   
6. Mindfulness of Thoughts: Bringing loving awareness to the thinking mind. How to work with persistent and difficult thoughts. Introduction of gentle yoga for mindfulness.
7. Mindfulness of Emotion: Compassionately embracing our emotional self and journey with mindfulness practices.  The 10 mindful movements.
8. Companioning Forward: Tools and strategies for maintaining a steady practice beyond the course. Mindfulness of eating.

**NOTE: Most people find that even with a very busy schedule they have plenty of time for personal practice and then some!

"I feel reignited...more spontaneous... celebrating the preciousness of life!"


"I'm able to discover the wisdom of my heart and settle into myself, living from my courageous center."

This course is for "anyone who is looking for ways to become more mindful in their daily lives..."

"There's something different....more positive."

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Please Note: Compassion-based Mindfulness courses are intended to be educational and do not constitute any form of clinical treatment. This course does not constitute professional medical advice and should not be used as a substitute for medical diagnosis, advice or services.
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