Blue Sky Family Health Team Office685 Bloem Street, 1st Floor
North Bay, ON P1B 4Z5
Phone: (705) 475-0500Fax: (705) 475-0571 Monday – Thursday: 8:30am to 4:30pm
Friday: 8:30am to 2:30pm

After Hours Clinic685 Bloem Street, 2nd Floor
North Bay, ON P1B4Z5
Phone: (705) 476-1413Fax: (705) 476-1425 Monday – Thursday: 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Friday’s and Statutory Holidays: Closed
Saturday: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Sunday: 9:00am to 12:00pm

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program

This group is primarily designed for those people suffering with ANXIETY (MBSR-ANX).

A program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979 at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Lead by Phil Hobbs MSW, RSW; certified by the University of Toronto in Mindfulness Group Work. It is a psycho-educational group work model (up to 12 people per group).

This group provides the opportunity for people to engage in a self-directed practice that moves towards greater levels of health and well being.

About Mindfullness

In this program, mindfulness uses meditation as the primary tool for stress reduction. The MBSR program is an evidence-based program that has been scientifically proven to be beneficial for people with medical distress such as: cancer diagnosis, chronic pain, addictions, hypertension, heart disease – and mood disorders such as depression and anxiety.

Mindfulness does not cure or prevent disease. Mindfulness is considered a “mind-body integrative medicine” (p. xlviii), impacting mental and emotional factors, and the ways in which we think and behave. These factors, cognitions, and behaviours can significantly affect our physical health.

The MBSR program is a “journey of self-development, self discovery, learning, and healing, in an effort to regain control of their health and to attain at least some peace of mind” (p. xlviii). What participants learn is “the ‘how’ of taking care of themselves” (p. xlviii). It is not a replacement for medical treatment, but is a vitally important compliment to it.

Mindfulness: Paying attention to something, in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally (Kabat-Zinn, 2003)

** All participants must receive a Referral from their family Physician**

LocationAfter Hours Clinic

DatesTBD

Time1:30 - 4:00pm (2.5 hours) Wednesday Afternoons

Duration8 Week Program (consecutive)

PopulationBSFHT patients; (Ages 16+)

Maximum 12 participants per program