Mindful Self-Compassion

With Megan Prager and Martin Thomson-Jones, PhD

May 24 - 29, 2020

Date and Time Details:
Starts with dinner on May 24
Ends with lunch on May 29
Click here for the full program schedule

Location: Cortes Island

Tuition: $645

Package Price: $1,200 - $1,960 / 5 nights. Includes tuition, room, all meals, and Hollyhock activities (depends on accommodation choice). Excludes Taxes and fees. A $395 deposit is required at registration, with the balance due on your departure day.

Scholarships: Full and partial scholarships are available based on financial need. We prioritize Indigenous people, people of colour, people who identify as LGBTQ2IA+, youth, elders, and those who can articulate how their Hollyhock experience will support positive impact in their life and communities. A $195 refundable deposit is required, please apply within your registration form.

  • Single w/shared bathroom* – CAD $2,267.50
  • Couple w/ensuite Oceanfront* – CAD $4,370.00
  • Couple w/ensuite* – CAD $3,975.00
  • Couple w/shared bathroom* – CAD $3,580.00
  • Twin w/ensuite oceanfront* – CAD $2,187.50
  • Twin w/ensuite* – CAD $1,987.50
  • Twin w/shared bathroom* – CAD $1,787.50
  • Three-share w/shared bathroom* – CAD $1,582.50
  • Women Dorm – CAD $1,337.50
  • Women Dorm - Upper Bunk – CAD $1,337.50
  • Mixed Dorm – CAD $1,337.50
  • Mixed Dorm - Upper Bunk – CAD $1,337.50
  • Tent Site Single – CAD $1,312.50
  • Tent Site Couple – CAD $2,375.00
  • Commuter – CAD $1,137.50
    • (All prices include CAD $1,012.50 base amount)
This program has been rescheduled to May 30 – June 4, 2021. Find details on Hollyhock’s response to the pandemic here.

Mindful Self-Compassion training teaches us how to develop the warm-hearted, connected presence we need during moments of difficulty.

Self-compassion provides the emotional strength and resilience needed to offer ourselves the same kindness and understanding we would offer a good friend. With self-compassion we can motivate ourselves with encouragement, forgive ourselves when needed, face and befriend our shortcomings, care for others while caring for self, and live more authentically. Research shows that self-compassion is strongly associated with greater emotional well-being, lower levels of anxiety and depression, healthy habits such as diet and exercise, and more satisfying personal relationships.

Learning Objectives

  • describe the theory and research supporting mindful self-compassion
  • motivate themselves with encouragement rather than self-criticism
  • relate to difficult emotions with greater moment-to-moment acceptance
  • respond to feelings of failure or inadequacy with self-kindness
  • begin to transform difficult relationships, old and new, through self-validation
  • practice the art of savoring and self-appreciation
  • integrate core mindfulness and self-compassion exercises into daily life
  • teach simple self-compassion practices to patients, students, or clients

This program is an intensive skills-training program. It is a condensed version of the eight-week, empirically-supported Mindful Self-Compassion training developed by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff. MSC is an experiential journey—an adventure in self-discovery and self-kindness—offering periods of instruction, periods of practice (meditations, exercises, and written reflections), and periods of group sharing.

This is not a silent retreat. Participants can expect to meet for two sessions a day, three hours each, with plenty of breaks and spaciousness for rest, reflection, connecting with community, or enjoying time in nature. Self-compassion can be learned by anyone, even those of us who did not learn these skills as children.

No previous experience with mindfulness or meditation is required. The program fulfills a prerequisite for becoming a MSC teacher.

I have been given a window into a different way of perceiving myself, a kinder, more tender self-perception. And for that I will forever be grateful. – Tuval, 2019

Accreditation

Psychologists: This program is sponsored by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course offers 24.0 hours of credit.

California licensed MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs: This activity is an approved continuing education program by the American Psychological Association. 24.0 contact hours may be applied to your license renewal through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. For those licensed outside California, please check with your local licensing board to determine if APA accreditation meets their requirements.

Nurses: UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16351, for 28.75 contact hours.

Continuing Education Credit

The cost for CEs for this program is $40.00. If you are interested in earning Continuing Education Credit for this program, please email Megan at meganprager@gmail.com

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About the Presenters

Megan Prager

Megan Prager, MA, is Co-Founder of Mindful Labs and Compassion Programs Director at UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. Megan is a Certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Instructor (MBSR), a Certified Mindful Self-Compassion Instructor (MSC), a Certified Compassion Cultivation Instructor (CCT), a Compassion for Couples Instructor (CFC), and an Adjunct Faculty member at San Diego State University. […]

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Martin Thomson-Jones, PhD

Martin Thomson-Jones, PhD, is a Certified Teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC). He first encountered loving-kindness meditation, one of the core elements of MSC, through Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in 2010, and found his way to Kristin Neff’s and Christopher Germer’s work from there. He took MSC from Chris and Kristin as a five-day intensive at Esalen, […]

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