SILVER LAKE MINDFULNESS
Bringing mindfulness to life
Everyday we are learning more and more about the benefits of mindfulness. Research studies have associated mindfulness practices with many aspects of health and wellness. Whenever we learn something new it can be helpful to have a qualified and experienced instructor. Contact me today for a consultation to see how we can bring mindfulness practices to you or your organization.
Carol Rotko, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist (CA 23788 and NY 018756-1)
National Register of Health Service Psychologists (HSP)
MARC UCLA, Certified Mindfulness Facilitator and Affiliate MAPs Instructor
Certified Mindfulness Teacher - Professional Level
International Mindfulness Teachers Association
National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC)
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You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.
Pema Chodron
UCLA MINDFUL APP
UCLA HAS A NEW APP AVAILABLE IN THE APP STORE OR THROUGH GOOGLE PLAY.
Free meditations and podcasts available.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Creating Customized Programs to Work For You
For over ten years, I have provided mindfulness training to individuals as well as groups in a variety of settings. Whether you’re an individual, a family, or an organization - Silver Lake Mindfulness services are designed to offer you or your team strategies that can be put to use right away.
Take a look at the services I offer, and get in touch with me today.
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Note: Silver Lake Mindfulness services are educational in nature - for psychotherapy services please contact
INDIVIDUAL
Cultivate a deeper level of presence.
Cultivating a mindfulness practice can be a great tool for self discovery as it improves our ability to see clearly and be present to life as it unfolds. Mindfulness can help us to access our own inner wisdom and live our lives more fully and with more ease.
MARC UCLA MAPS CLASSES
Mindful Awareness Practices for Daily Living
Mindful Awareness Practices are the signature educational programs of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. These six-week classes lay the foundation to understand basic principles of secular mindfulness, develop a personal meditation practice, and apply the principles in daily life on an ongoing basis.
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Each class is a combination of lecture, practice, feedback and discussion. MAPs is taught in a context of a supportive community environment. Students report being a part of a group was one of the most helpful and inspiring aspects of the class. MAPs can be helpful for people of all backgrounds.
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MAPS I-FOR DAILY LIVING
Curious About Mindfulness?
Students will learn Mindful concepts that include:
Overview of Mindfulness
Mindfulness of the Body
Obstacles to Mindfulness
Mindfulness to help with Physical Pain
Working with Difficult Emotions
Cultivating Positive Emotions
Working with Difficult Thoughts
Mindful Interactions
Students will also learn a variety of mindfulness practices so that the student can discover which practice is useful to them. Practices taught include:
Sitting meditation
Eating meditation
Daily life meditations
Relational mindfulness
Walking meditation
Standing meditation
Movement meditation
Practices to develop positive emotions
MAPS-NEXT STEPS
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Improve Your Meditation
In this follow up class to MAPs I, we will focus on maintaining and sustaining a daily mindfulness practice, how to bring mindfulness into our daily activities, how to develop more concentration, and how more confidence and wisdom can arise in our practice.
Pre-requisite: Attendance in any MAPs I series or equivalent mindfulness introductory class with permission from our instructor. If you have not taken a MAPs I class at MARC, please email us a brief description of your equivalent experience to marcinfo@ucla.edu before the class start date.
MAPS II-CULTIVATING POSITIVE EMOTIONS
Finding Happiness
This MAPs II class emphasizes heart-based qualities that complement mindfulness and can be cultivated through meditation practices. We will explore loving kindness, compassion, equanimity (even-mindedness), joy, generosity, and gratitude.
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We will learn new meditations to develop these qualities, tools to work with when we find them ourselves stuck and not feeling positive emotions, and practical exercises to incorporate them into our daily life. This is a helpful expansion to our basic mindfulness practice.
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Pre-requisite: Attendance in any MAPs I series or equivalent mindfulness introductory class with permission from our instructor. If you have not taken a MAPs I class at MARC, please email us a brief description of your equivalent experience to marcinfo@ucla.edu before the class start date.
MAPS II - CULTIVATING SELF-COMPASSION
Many of us struggle with issues of self-judgment and self-criticism. In this class, we will explore mindfulness practices to work with self-critical thoughts, and self-compassion practices to nurture kindness and compassion for ourselves and others. This class will include sitting and walking mindfulness and kindness meditations, periods of silence, personal exploration, and discussion to help cultivate and encourage more self-compassion. The material in this class is very powerful. We encourage you to have a consistent daily meditation practice before attending this class.
Pre-requisite: Attendance in any introductory MAPs I series or equivalent mindfulness introductory class with permission from our instructor. If you have not taken a MAPs I class at MARC, please email us a brief description of your equivalent experience to marcinfo@ucla.edu before class start date.
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CONTACT ME
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Silver Lake Mindfulness
Silver Lake Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
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323 407 7749
