Mindfulness for Business Professionals

Duration

8 weeks

Language

Spanish

Hours

Tuesday afternoons

Next intake

February – April 2022

Format

In person

Program objectives

Improve personal well-being by reducing states of stress, anxiety and burnout

Adaptation and effective management in the face of change and/or transformation processes, fostering attitudes of resilience and leadership.

Heighten states of attention and concentration in regular activities

Improve the individual’s relationship with himself by focusing on his own experiences from a position of kindness rather than self-criticism, promoting self-care and the generation of positive thoughts

Enhance students’ capacity for emotional self-regulation, enabling them to effectively manage challenging situations at work and in their personal lives.

Boost levels of empathy, improve communication, and build relationships positive interpersonal and professional skills

Learn to know yourself and to work with your impulses and conditioning to achieve states of greater balance and mental calm, thereby improving decision-making processes in every context

Aimed at:

Professionals and executives who want to discover MINDFULNESS, to know clearly and thoroughly what it is, its scientific foundations, techniques, and attitudes favoring its practice, experience its effects first-hand, and find ways to apply it to their professional and personal lives.

Program

The official MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) program, originally developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, is currently a world reference point regarding mindfulness-based interventions, its effectiveness backed by an abundance of medical evidence and neuroscientific publications.

This effectiveness is based on dedicated daily practice of about 40 minutes over the 8 weeks that the program lasts, always with the company and support of a well-trained teacher who has had to pass a demanding international accreditation process before being able to teach in this official program.

What is mindfulness?
The wandering mind, and «autopilot»
The scientific foundations of mindfulness
Perception and awareness
Thoughts and emotions
Mind-body connections
Mindfulness and Stress: Reactivity to Stress, The Physiology of Stress, Reaction vs Response; Coping Strategies
Mindfulness in communications and relationships
Self-care and compassion / self-compassion
The integration of mindfulness into one’s personal and professional life
Balance and closing

Methodology

Practical and experiential methodology that requires commitment and motivation from the participants.
Participants will practice on a daily basis what they have learned in the various sessions. For this they will have audios, digital resources, readings and useful items that will facilitate their adoption of mindful attitudes on a day-to-day basis.

Session organization

Formal and informal mindfulness practice, visual resources and conceptual presentation
Case studies, Interaction in groups and sharing.
Body awareness sessions, basic stretching and gentle yoga.

Resources: After each session the student will receive, by email and in digital format, all the necessary resources to review content and do personal work during the week:

Summary of the key points covered in the session.
Readings, videos and other related resources.
Formal and informal practice.
Audios/videos with guided practices.

At the end of the program, an official MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) certificate will be issued; this is a program originally developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center

Program faculty:

Ángela Larrubia Ansón

Program Director.

For more than 15 years she has headed up the Training Services group within IBM, leading national and international teams. She has worked at IBM for more than 30 years, in various roles: technological project management, consulting, marketing and sales; and as a trainer and coach.

University Expert in Mindfulness in Health Contexts (Complutense University, Madrid) and MBSR accredited instructor, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (Medical Center of the University of Massachusetts and Brown University.

María designs and gives talks and leads training programs in Mindfulness, Conscious Leadership and Neuromanagement, along with other interventions, such as work as a Mindfulness Coach at various companies and universities.

Web Mindfulness Vida y Salud: https://www.mfvidaysalud.com/