Center For Studying Mindfulness

PO Box 506, Blue Hill, ME 04614
207-664-6181
Nancy@CenterForStudyingMindfulness.com

Offices

Center for Studying Mindfulness, 541 Morgan Bay Road, Surry, Maine
Living Well Center, 836 Main Street, Westbrook, Maine
83 Inman Street, Cambridge, MA

Links

Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Clinic at UMass Medical Center founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.

Being Present With Our Children

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill: Mindful Parenting

Morgan Bay Zendo

Cambridge Zen Center

This is the teaching schedule of Nancy Hathaway, M.Ed. If you would like more information or to register for an event or schedule a private consultation, please contact Nancy@CenterForStudyingMindfulness.com 207-664-6181

Nancy Hathaway has practiced and taught meditation for 33 plus years. She holds a Masters Degree in Education with a track in Counseling Psychology. Full Bio

Directions from east (Ellsworth) to office: From 172 in Surry village going towards Blue Hill take a left onto Route 176 which immediately forks. Take your right which is Morgan Bay Road. Go approximately 3 +/- miles. On your right is a Yellow Curve sign. The driveway is immediately on your right after sign. You have driven too far if you come to a sharp curve in the road.
Directions from southwest (Blue Hill) to office: From Blue Hill take Route 176 near the Blue Hill Food Coop. Go through East Blue Hill village bearing left at curve staying on Route 176 which now becomes Morgan Bay Road. After a few miles come to a sharp curve in the road, stay on Route 176 bearing left around the curve. #541 is your second driveway on your left.
Directions to Westbrook office go to www.LivingWellCenter.info.

Workshop
Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction; Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Tuesday, July 27th 6pm - 7pm. Blue Hill Memorial Library, Downtown, Blue Hill, Maine
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., is the founder of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center's Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Clinic. This afternoon's workshop, Introduction to Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) will give information on the 8-Week MBSR program here in Surry that uses as its foundation the 8-week program that Kabat-Zinn founded in 1979 and who Nancy interned and worked with in 1994.

no charge

Dancing with Life Studying Buddhist Psychology; This four session workshop will take place in the fall of 2010 meeting once a month for four months. Each Month we will study one of the FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS and read Dancing with Life by Phillop Moffit, a Buddhist teacher and writer. Practice and discussion and how to integrate the teachings into our work, family, health and relationships will be the focus of this group.
In this four evening workshop we will discuss Buddhist Psychology especially the Four Noble Truths which was the first teaching of the Buddha and relate these teachings to our daily lives through discussion and the practice of meditation.Beginners welcome.

$150/ CEUs available University of Maine

"Tips for Mindful Parenting" for Moms Monthly Meetings; An evening for MothersSurry Center of Studying Mindfulness, 541 Morgan Bay Road, Surry: Monday, July 26th, 2010 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm and in Westbrook Center for Studying Mindfulness, @Living Well, 836 Main Street, Thursday, July 8th, 2010 6:30-8:30pm and in Lexington, MA at The Waldorf School 739 Mass Avenue fall TBA
Mothers of any aged children are welcome to join a small group of mothers which is very supportive, non judgmental, and fun! Come for one session or all three. The evening begins with warm tea in quiet, followed by a sharing circle. We will pick a topic that is challenging to Mothers with Nancy as the facilitator using her experiencing of Mindfulness practice and integrating it into everyday life with children.

$25/session no one turned away for lack of funds

Implementing Mindfulness Strategies in Counseling for Counseling Professsionals; This workshop is especially for Counseling Professionals who would like to explore using Mindfulness in Counseling Practice for themselves and for their clients. Held on Friday, 2010 (TBA) from 8:30am - 2:30pm at Living Well, 836 Main Street, Westbrook, Maine CEUs
"Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention before judgment to what is being presented in this moment, right here, right now and responding with balance, compassion, and clarity rather than from old patterns" nh This Friday afternoon workshop is offered to counseling professionals specifically who would like to explore Mindfulness strategies that can be brought into the counseling relationship for the counselor and for the client.

$95

Investing in Mindfulness; Investing in Our Children; An Evening Workshop for Parents; This workshop, Investing in Mindfulness; Investing in Our Children - Cultivating Peace, Balance, & Happiness for Ourselves, Our Children, Our Families Center for Studying Mindfulness 83 Inman Street, Cambridge, MA TBA
In this workshop for parents and providers we will explore specific Mindfulness techniques that have been proven over time to bring more peace, balance, and happiness to ourselves, our children and our families in ordinary everyday life. The workshop will include a Mindful Lunch with food provided. Lunch is provided and included as part of the workshop. Eating Mindfully is rare these days in our busy lives. This will give us an opportunity to experience what healthy eating looks like. Many of our physical and mental diseases are relieved when we live our lives mindfullly. Receiving and digesting the moment is really important in this approach. Nancy Hathaway, M.Ed., State of Maine Registered Counselor, offers this Friday workshop to caregivers and parents who want to cultivate and explore bringing more peace, balance, and happiness to everyday family life with children. Nancy interned with Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD in the Center for Mindfulness at UMass Medical Center, has studied mindfulness internationally, and has been teaching Mindfulness for 30 years. This approach is also a healthy coping skill for anxiety and depression. She teaches Mindfulness at the Continuing Education Center at USM and has offered workshops at Harvard Work & Family, MIT, University of Maine at Orono for EAP, Peace Studies, parent groups and throughout New England. She has been published by Shambala Publication, "I'm Breathing, Are You?" in Finding Your Inner Mama, Your Children Will Raise You, and Best Buddhist Writing 2006. Her short feature radio show, "Tips for Mindful Parenting" is aired on WERU 89.9 and streams on-line on Saturday mornings at 7:30am EST. She has a private practice in Cambridge, MA, Surry and Westbrook, Maine offering one on one consultations and workshops. www.CenterforStudyingMindfulness.comNancy@CenterforStudyingMIndfulness.com

$25

Mindfulness Workshop for Parents; Helping Children Cope with Stress & Feelings while Nourishing Ourselves at the Same Time; Date: Place: Center for Studying Mindfulness Living Well Center in Westbrook, Maine
A workshop for parents who want to give attention to helping children cope with feelings and stress. Exploring this subject we will also study emotions. As we make friends with emotions and get to know them, we are better able to hold them, and actually see emotions including temper tantrums as gifts. BEING PRESENT WITH OUR CHILDREN is one of the greatest delights in being a parent. Mindful demonstrations, exercises, and skillful practices to take home to family life will be offered to parents who want to cultivate using the present moment as a healthy tool to use as a means of coping with stress

25/parent; 40/parenting partners

Introduction to Meditation; By appointment or Summer 2010 Morgan Bay Zendo, 532 Morgan Bay Road, Surry, Maine for more information contact: info@MorganBayZendo.org or www.MorganBayZendo.org
This Workshop for Beginning Meditators will offer instruction in meditation techniques, with an emphasis on posture and breathing. Useful for those with limited sitting experience, or for those who have been sitting on their own but have never had formal instruction.

$10 donation

Couples Connecting; A Friday Night Date; Tools for Connection, Aliveness, & Understanding; Friday, TBA, 2010, 7pm - 9pm at the Center for Studying Mindfulness @ Living Well Center, 836 Main Street, Westbrook, Maine www.LivingWellCenter.info (For directions) To reserve a space please email Nancy@CenterforStudyingMindfulness.com or call 207-400-0494
This workshop is offered as a Friday night "date" offering tools for relationship for couples who want to bring more intimacy into everyday life. Exercises and practices will be skilful and light hearted. Techniques will be explored coming from the traditions of Authentic Communication (Non-violent Communication, Zen, Mindfulness, Vipassana, Tonglen, and Gesalt Therapy.

$45/couple

Advanced Mindfulness Workshops; Wednesday. July 7th, 2010 from 7-9pm These workshops are limited to those who have studied with Nancy through a Two Day Intensive. Contact Nancy if other studies may apply.

$25

Mindful Parenting Workshops; TBA
BEING PRESENT WITH OUR CHILDREN is one of the greatest delights in being a parent. Mindfulness demonstrations, exercises, and skillful practices to take home to family life will be offered to parents who want to cultivate using the present moment as a healthy tool for enjoying family life as well as for coping with stress.

8-week Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Trainings; Mindfulness with Nancy Hathaway, M.Ed., RC, SDT(CEUs available) Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Trainings in Surry, and Westbrook, Maine; Begins weekly sessions in Monday, September 13th, 2010 in Surry, Maine. Please contact Nancy for more information
"Mindfulness is about paying attention right here, right now to what is. Studying and practicing Mindfulness provides powerful methods for reducing stress, and bringing more happiness and joy into everyday life." NH"What moment in our life would not be better served by being Mindful?" Jon Kabat-Zinn,Ph.D.We will study and practice Mindfulness techniques that serve as the foundation of the program founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. at the Center for Mindfulness at UMass Medical Center. These techniques have benefited thousands of people. Some reasons that people participant: stress (job, family, financial), heart disease, chronic pain, asthma, headaches, anxiety, recurring depression.

$350/sliding scale

2 Day Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Intensives At University of Southern Maine in Portland and Hutchinson Center in Belfast; Thursday/Friday August 5th and 6th at the Hutchinson Center of the University of Maine's Peace Studies Department in Belfast, Maine......................November 3rd and 4th, 2010 from 9am - 3pm. Lunch provided by USM for Mindful Eating. University of Southern Maine, Portland,Maine For more information contact Molly Morell at mmorell@usm.maine.eduOn
Jon Kabat-Zinn,Ph.D., founded the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Clinic in 1979 at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. This Two Day Intensive has at its core the basics of his program. An intensive gives the participant time to settle into the practice of Mindfulness.

$295/USM Portland
ME and Belfast
ME

Media
Radio; WERU "Tips for Mindful Parenting"; Saturday Mornings @ 7:30am Weekly on WERU radio 89.9Go to archives@WERU.org/category/mindful-parenting to listen to 80 past shows.
"Tips for Mindful Parenting" is a weekly short feature program with Nancy offering Tips for Mindful Parenting that can be used in everyday life with children.

no charge

BLOG; www.TipsforMindfulParenting.blogspot.com
This is a blog by Nancy

no cost

Talks
Zen, right now!; Thursday evenings once a season at the Cambridge Zen Center, 199 Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA. November 4th, Fall 2010 @7:30pm. Nancy will give a talk with time for Questions and discussion following. Tea will be served after the talk.The Cambridge Zen Center is a residential zen training opportunity with about 40 residents. The center is open daily to the public for meditation.
All are welcome.

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Mindfulness for Parents; The Lexington Waldorf School on Friday, TBA at 7:30pm
739 Mass Ave in Lexington, MA

$

Classes
"8-Week Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR)"; Begins Summer 2010 5pm - 7pm plus A Day of Mindfulness at the Office for the Center for Studying Mindfulness; 541 Morgan Bay Road, Surry, Maine 2 CEUs offered from the University of Maine
This program is based on the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. Over 15,000 people have taken this program at Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worchester, MA. for conditions as diverse as: stress of job, family, financial, heart disease,cancer, chronic pain, high blood pressure, skin disorders, GI distress, asthma, fibromyalgia, headaches, sleep disturbances, anxiety and panic, recurring depression. Many enroll because they say that the pace of their lives is "out of controll" even though they are feeling well physically.Mindful demonstrations, exercises, and skillful practices to take home to family life will be offered to parents who want to cultivate using the present moment as a healthy tool to use as a means of coping with stress as well as bringing more presence into everyday life

$350 includes workbook

Consultation Group for Counseling Professionals; Using Mindfulness-based approach and Buddhist Psychology, Nancy Hathaway with Sally Bowden-Schaible LCPCLiving Well, 836 Main Street,
Consultation Group for Counseling Professionals who want to explore using Mindfulness in the Counseling Relationship

TBA

Being Present with Our Children; Mindfulness for Moms; An 8 Week series for Mothers who want to explore bringing Mindfulness into Family Life. Being Present with Our Children, An 8 Week Mindfulness Series for Moms Investing in Children Begins Spring 2010, Tuesday,TBA 6:30-8:30pm Class 1) What, Really, is a Mindful Mother? Mindful Exercises to bring home to everyday life Class 2)How to Be a Mindful Mom: Skillful Mindfulness Techniques to Use Everyday Class 3)Mindfulness Leads to Self-Love which Leads to Confidence, Relaxation, Aliveness, True SuccessClass 4)Saying Yes, Saying No; Saying Hello, Saying Good-bye Seeing Each Moment, No Matter What, as Precious Class 5) Investing in Mother/Child Relationship for a Lifetime Class 6)Mother of All Mothers: Centered in Chaos, as Well as Peacefulness Class 7)Studying Emotions: Tears & Tantrums as Gifts Class 8)Helping Children Cope with Stress & Feelings While Nourishing Ourselves at the Same Time FALL 2009
In this series, we will base these sessions on the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program, the work of Thich Nhat Hanh and of Nancy. We use this comfortable environment to explore how Mindfulness can be brought into everyday life with children. Much time will be alotted for discussion of individual challenges and situations. If there is a topic that you would like to give attention to for a morning session, please email Nancy.

$200 or sliding scale for series

Mindfulness un Everyday Life for Families and 8 Week Class for Families; Date: TBA An 8 Week Class (Please contact if interested)
The class will be for families. A circle with everyone will be the beginning of the session. Children will have dinner assisted by caregivers while parents have time for Mindfulness Practices that can be taken home to everyday life. Discussion and sharing will follow. Children will join parents for Family Mindfulness Practice together.The evening will close with a circle for all.

TBA

Retreats
Being Present with Our Children; A Day of Mindfulness for Families; This Day of Mindfulness for Families will be held at the Morgan Bay Zendo in Surry, Maine Sunday, June 27th 2010 from 10am-4pmVisit www.MorganBayZendo.org
This Afternoon of Mindfulness for Families is especially for parents and children with grandparents, aunts and uncles welcome. This afternoon is a time for families to come together without a busy schedule, a time for parents to explore bringing mindfulness into everyday life with children in a supportive environment. The afternoon will begin with mindful play for all, followed by a circle to say hello to one another, mindful stretches, making a space for a quiet time to be shared with all in the zendo, some meditation and discussion time for parents while the children have some mindfulness time with a long time meditator, and a mindful, healthy vegetarian supper together.

TBA

One Day Retreat Greater Portland; This One Day Retreat with Nancy and Sally Bowden-Schaible will take place outside of Portland, Maine on Saturday, TBA from 9am - 4pm.
Talks, alternating with walking and sitting meditations on beautiful Thomas Pond outside of Portland, Maine

$25 plus dana optional

A Day of Meditation; Saturday, July 24th, 2010 from 9am - 4pm at the Morgan Bay Zendo, 532 Morgan Bay Road, Surry, Maine
The morning will begin with tea and an Introductory Talk followed by guided meditation instruction using Buddhist teachings of Zen, Mindfulness, and Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Sitting and walking meditation will alternate. Walking Meditation will include time in the Zen Moss Garden. A vegetarian lunch will be served in tradtional Zen temple four bowl style. The afternoon will begin with the Diamond Sutra. Optional one on one consultations with the retreat leader will be offered. The retreat will close with tea and sharing.

$45

Summer 2010/Week-long Meditation Program at the Morgan Bay Zendo All Are Welcome; All are welcome for this Weeklong Meditation Program beginning on Sunday, July 18th thru Sunday, July 25th. Meditation will be offered to all in the mormings and evenings of this week followed by a weekend retreat Friday, July 23rd 7pm thru Sunday, July 25th 2pm.Training Week--For those who would like an intensive, the week long training is open to all. It will begin on Sunday, July 18th at 7pm until Sunday, July 25th 2pm. Morning and Evening meditations with Dharma talks in the evenings, all participants will help with meals and clean-up. During the morning and afternoons Meditation in Action will be offered with work around the zendo. Buddhist teachings will be offered. Participants will work with, Nancy, a long time meditation student and teacher. One on one private consultations will be offered. Participants will take part in all activities during the week and the week will end in a weekend retreat.
This week preceeds the Weekend Meditation Retreat at the Morgan Bay Zendo.

$300/scholarships available

Afternoon Zen & Tea: "Kwan Seum Bosal Zen Tea"; Wednesday afternoon, July 21st from 3-5pm Summer 2010
Welcoming in wisdom and compassion our small group will open to the inspiration of Kwan Seum Bosal, the one who perceives the cries of the world. As we honor this Bodhisattva who resides within, we will spend a quiet late summer afternoon softly singing this ancient chant quided by a moktak, a percussion instrument used in Korean Zen temples, silently drinking tea in teh Sanzen House overlooking the Zendo pond, and mindfully walking in the Zendo Moss Garden to view the statue of Kannon, her Japanese equivalent sculpted by Zen student Lenore Straus in the "70s. The group is limited to 10

$25 Limited space

Weekend Meditation Retreat at Morgan Bay Zendo; Friday, July 23rd at 7pm the retreat will begin with a Dharma talk. On Saturday, from 9am-4pm or 9pm, with overnight in the zendo an option. Sunday meditation at 7am with the day in silence continuing until 2pm. This Weeekend Meditation Retreat is open for beginners as well as experienced meditators. Saturday will include a talk, one on one meditation private sessions are offered, eating in traditional Zen four bowl temple style in silence, and sitting meditation alternating with walking meditation. We will do an extended outdoor walking meditation in the Zen Moss Garden if weather is mild. All are welcome. This weekend will be the end of a weeklong training program. Options available.1 CEU available from the University of Maine (pending)
You are welcome to come for Friday night sitting 7-8pm and stay overnight in the zendo.Saturday 9AM - 4PM or 9PM and overnight is possible and Sunday from 9am - 1pm. For those sleeping over the retreat will include early am meditation from 7-8am Saturday and Sunday mornings. This weekend of Mindfulness will be a combination of walking and sitting meditation with talks, sitting, and walks in the moss garden will be offered. There will be some quiet time to spend alone and enjoy the quiet space of the zendo and grounds. The retreat will be held in noble silence. Healthy vegetarian meals will be served. .7 CEUs are offered through the University of Maine.

$10/Friday;$45/Saturday.$25/Sunday $800/Weekend

North Maine Woods Women's Winter Mindfulness Wilderness Retreat; February/March 2011 in North Maine Woods The first weekend in March2 CEUs available from the University of Maine (pending)
A rustic wood-heated cabin with an outhouse in the North Maine Woods will be home for three days and two nights. This cabin is on a lake with a spectacular view of Maine's highest mountain, Katahdin. The group will take much of Friday or Saturday to ski in with our gear being transported by snowmobile. The distance skied is 10 miles with the option of skiing part way and snowsledding the rest of the way. The retreat will begin on in the evening after dinner and continue to the 3rd morning after Breakfast. Most of the weekend will be in silence with early morning and evening mindfulness practice and some shared discussion. The middle day will be a Day of Mindfulness including being outdoors in nature, either Mindful snowshoeing or x-country skiing. Limited

$350

Consultations
Private Mindfulness-based Counseling Consultations in Surry & Greater Portland, Maine; Cambridge, MA. Telephone appointments; Nancy has a private practice with offices in Surry, and Westbrook, Maine and Cambrdige, MA on occasions. She also offers telephone appointments, and home visits for families and work visits for businesses. Phone coaching is $30 for the first 15 minutes and $1/minute after that.
One on one consultations for individuals, couples, parents, families or businesses who are interested in bringing more aliveness, mindfulness,intimacy, and connection into work, family, health, & relationship. Work visits for businesses and home visits for families are sometimes possible. Cost:

$85/hour Sliding Scale Available

Private Meditation Consultations; Sunday morning Fall 2010 TBA Cambridge Zen Center, 199 Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA. or at Center for Studying Mindfulness in Surry, or Westbrook, Maine
Private one on one Zen Meditation Consultation is a time to have quality time to talk about your Zen Meditation practice. Call for appointment at 207-400-0494

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