SCOTTSDALE INSTITUTE for HEALTH & MEDICINE

.	CONQUER THE STRESS OF THE MOMENT and IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH & PERFORMANCE
	*Presents the*
	*Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Relaxation Program*
	Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Attention Academy Performance Enhancement through Stress Reduction List of Institutions using the Stress Management Program CME and CEU Credit information		Criteria for Participation Course Synopsis About the Faculty Bibliography
	The 2 minute Tour This Stress is Killing Me!	Turning Liabilities into Assets	Managing Stress
	Learning Mindfulness	Enhancing Performance	Achieving Relief

.	THIS STRESS IS KILLING ME!! If you've ever once - even jokingly - said that to yourself or others, you may not have realized just how accurate you were. General practice physicians say that 60-70% of all patients they see have symptoms attributed to unrelieved stress. Insurance companies know that the average claim for stress exceeds $15,000, (twice the cost of the average physical claim). And yet our responsibilities - at work and at home - keep increasing. Those in the corporate environment, in particular, are being pressured by downsizing, expansion, philosophical business changes, and the need to acquire new skills. Our society, which places a high value on achievement, does not teach us how to survive the resulting Consequences. Back to Index	The course was not only career changing, but absolutely life changing. Jackie Siefert Director of Sales and Reservations America West Airlines I feel calmer, more centered and more in control of life. I find myself being more accepting of what is happening in my life moment to moment. Mary Smith M.Ed, M.C., RN
	TURNING LIABILITIES INTO ASSETS Stress itself is not inherently negative: it's how we interpret and handle stress that causes problems. It is possible to both reduce stress and redirect the energy to produce positive results, including: Greater preparedness for rapid change-flexibility Increased energy and productivity Improved communication and relationships Better concentration and prolonged performance Minimized irritable or conflictual behavior Improved stress and related health issues Reduced addictive behavior related to stress Lowered health care costs Back to Index	The course helped me achieve a state of calmness and alertness that transfers directly into my professional life. I'm better able to handle the daily stress of work, as well as the crisis situations without the physical and mental toll these events placed on me in the past. Jo Lou Spleth Advertising and Marketing Communications/APS
	MANAGING STRESS Since 1979, more than 10,000 individuals throughout North America have benefited from an 8-week program created by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Featured in an hour-long segment of Bill Moyers' PBS special, Healing and the Mind, it is designed to teach individuals how to reduce stress, relax and enhance all aspects of their lives. This Stress Reduction course is now being offered in Arizona by the Scottsdale Institute for Health and Medicine. (To meet organizational needs, its time frame can be customized.) The Stress Reduction Program helps reduce mental, emotional, and physical stress to attain a superior level of well-being and success. This enhances your capacity to experience life more fully, with energy, enthusiasm and self-esteem. These changes are rooted in an approach called "mindfulness". A four year follow-up study of participants in a mindfulness stress reduction program published in The Clinical Journal of Pain reported a "large and significant overall improvement ... physically and psychologically" Back to Index	I have always been convinced that everyday stresses affect our health. After taking the course, I am more convinced than ever. This is a very important program for anyone who wants to lower their risk of disease - including heart disease, cancers and even common colds. More importantly, by supporting our overall health, it allows us to experience life more fully. Burt Webb, M.D
	LEARNING MINDFULNESS Mindfulness is the ability to focus attention and to live in the present moment rather than being past-, futrue- or fantasy-oriented. During the 8 - week program, you will learn simple skills that will bring you back to the present moment and help you stay there. The program grounds you in the here and now to strengthen your ability to see events with a new sense of clarity and relaxed alertness. This new perspective yields extensive positive effects on your mind, body, emotions, relationships and performance. Through simple practice, you will learn how to help yourself cope effectively with daily distress and take charge of your life in an exciting new way. ENHANCING PERFORMANCE Past participants, along with clinical research, demonstrate that once your mind and body are no longer limited by stress, you are capable of achieving higher levels of performance. The peak "zone" elite performers experience can be created at will, for anyone, in all facets of their lives. While in this "zone", your mind and body perform with such a high level of efficiency and ease that results are substantially above the norm. Back to Index Attention Academy The Attention Academy offers classes, workshops, and seminars on developing attention skills for students, teachers, and parents. The mission of the Attention Academy Program (AAP) is to help students improve their quality of life through practicing mindfulness. The goal of the program is to help students learn to (1) increase their attention to the present experience, (2) approach each experience without judgment, and (3) view each experience as novel and new with a “beginner’s eye”. Click here for a description of the curriculum.	I would have never, in my wildest dreams, believed that a class so simple would change my life in ways that keeps on making me more alive, aware, productive and happy. Donna Barrett Gilbert Motion Picture Hair Stylist Emmy Award Designer I took the class to enhance my athletic performance and got much more. My workouts take less effort with better results. The class had the same effect on my work. I am better equipped to think more clearly under the constant pressure of deadlines and have achieved higher levels of productivity. Sue Berliner Publisher of SWEAT Competitive Athlete ... in August, 1994 1 had several episodes of severe pain that were a direct cause of previous surgery and STRESS. This course has given me BACK awareness and the ability to see how stressful situations affect me. The miracle is not to turn it inwards. I am releasing and relaxing for the first time in many years. Patti Milliron
	ACHIEVING RELIEF People come to the stress reduction program for conditions such as: high blood pressure headaches heart disease fatigue anxiety and panic depression type A behavior job or family stress sleep disturbance gastrointestinal distress skin disorders cancer immune disorders boredom and restlessness chronic pain The majority of participants report lasting decreases in both physical and psychological symptoms. Pain levels decrease and people learn to cope better with both short- and long-term stressful situations.	CALL NOW! To learn how you or your organization can benefit from SCOTTSDALE INSTITUTE for HEALTH and MEDICINE's Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Relaxation Program, CALL 480-947-3655 or E-mail today. Why wait any longer to take advantage of greater relaxation, enhanced performance and better health? WELCOME TO THE REST OF YOUR LIFE! 14059 E. Geronimo Road Scottsdale, AZ 85259 480-947-3655 Fax 480 - 661-9979 E-mail Back to Index