As Orca Dreams, we wish you a wonderful new year in pure love, joy, holistic health, and abundance. In the video below, you can see some of the events of 2022.
In 2023, we hope to see you as well. 

In our two upcoming MBSR trainings, we will use the nourishing Womb of Winter and the renewal energies of the New Year to recognize and liberate ourselves from the patterns that do not serve us, learn ways to calm the mind and heart and to deal better with stress.

You can choose between a morning session and evening session. Evening course at ISI (on Wednesdays) is for international women residing in Berlin. Morning course (on Thursdays) at VHS-Mitte is open to all. You can complete both MBSR Trainings as Fortbildung (Professional Training).
VHS will provide Certificate of Attendance.
Come join us!

MBSR for Migrant Women

January 25– March 29, 2023, 17:00 – 20:00
ISI: Initiative Selbständiger Immigrantinnen e. V.
Kurfürstenstr. 126, 10785 Berlin

A course for international women residing in Berlin

Description

Being a migrant woman and entrepreneur requires strength, resilience and adaptability. Migrant women have all these. Yet adapting to and surviving in a new culture and in a new business culture creates stress which might exceed the inner resources and lead at times to burnout. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program aims to train the mind to be awake and calm, increase body awareness and provide mindful and skillful ways to deal with life’s difficulties and enjoy its everyday gifts/offerings. We will do these through movement, meditation, mini-lectures, interactive activities, home practice and sharing of our experiences in the group. Course requires commitment to attendance and to home practices, which will be interesting and joyful daily practices up to 45 min.

To register

The course is free for international women residing in Berlin. To register, please visit the course site OR E-mail: . Please check the course dates. If you cannot attend the first two classes, or cannot attend more than 2 classes, it is best to take it another time, or take the morning version listed below.

Participants are limited to 11. With questions on the course, please email

A training in mindfulness meditation:
MBSR in English

February 2-April 20, 2023, 9:00 am-12:00 pm.
VHS-Mitte, Antonstr. 37
13347 Berlin

Course Fee 

144.53 Euros (Reduced Fee: 80.53 EUR)

Registration

Visit the VHS Course page

YOU CAN TALK WITH YOUR EMPLOYERS AND DO BOTH COURSES AS FORTBILDUNG (PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT)
WITH 80% PARTICIPATION, PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR MBSR TEACHER TRAINING 

what happens in mbsr

In an MBSR Course, we learn in a joyful, interactive way, supported by a group:

• What stress is (physiological mechanism of stress)
• What triggers stress in me
• When stressed, which thoughts, feelings arise and what do I do automatically
• How can I learn to recognize stress, learn ways to calm my mind and body and choose to respond mindfully
• How can I learn to take care of my mind and body and respect my limits to nourish holistic health and prevent burnout
• How can I learn to take care of myself to nourish my positive thought, emotional and bodily habits and liberate myself from those that lead to vicious cycles

The gains are:

• increased body awareness and body flexibility
• focused and calmer mind
• effective communication skills
• improvement in perspective taking
• learning to give love and compassion to self and others
• learning and respecting own physical and mental boundaries
• learning to take care of self (physically and mentally)

program

Week 1: What is Mindfulness?
Week 2: How we see the world
Week 3: Feeling at home in one’s body
Week 4: What is Stress?
Week 5: Responding to Stress: Reacting vs. Mindful Response
Week 6: Mindful Communication
Day of Mindfulness
Week 7: Taking Care of Ourselves
Week 8: Looking back, Looking Ahead

info on trainer: Dr. Ayşe Dayı

Ayşe is a psychologist, a medical sociologist, a Reiki practitioner (RMT) and a mindfulness trainer who provides training and consultation to diverse group of individuals and institutions. Ayşe is also a certified MBSR Teacher, who has been teaching MBSR online and in person since 2020 to diverse group of individuals from Turkey, Germany, Europe and the U.S. She created and implemented the first Turkish MBSR Program of Germany. For mmore info on Ayşe, please visit here.

 to register

Please visit VHS Course Site. If the link does not come up properly, please search for Ayse Dayi on course search site and you will find the course titled “A training in mindfulness meditation: MBSR in English.”

Please check the course dates. If you cannot attend the first two classes, or cannot attend more than 2 classes, it is best to take it another time. With your questions, please email