Rebecca Eldridge is one of a limited number of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teachers worldwide to receive full teacher certification through the Center for Mindfulness at University of Massachusetts Medical School. She has taught mindfulness to cancer survivors, people in chronic pain, medical and mental health professionals, lay ministers, and monastics, and is a founding board member of the Integrative Medicine Community of Coastal Virginia (IMCCV). Her own meditation practice is guided by her teacher, Pema Chödrön, and she has been featured giving meditation instruction in two online courses taught by Pema Chödrön: Making Friends with Yourself and How to Live with Compassion and Courage. Before beginning her work in mindfulness, she taught literature and creative writing and worked as an information developer in the tech field.
The Introduction to Mindfulness course is a gentle entry into the practice of mindfulness for accessing the deep wisdom, well-being, and wholeness that reside within you. Course consists of 3 classes and covers 3 meditation practices: sitting, walking, body scanning. Benefits of mindfulness meditation range from the physical, such as reduced symptoms of pain and lessened insomnia, to the emotional, such as increased confidence and joy. A body scan CD is provided for continued practice beyond the course. Everyone is welcome in this course.
Hypnosis can help you when nothing else has helped!Sidney King, CH, CI started in 2007 in the Hypnotherapy field as a Certified Hypnotist.His experience includes certification with the National Guild of Hypnotist as a Certified Hypnotist, Certified Instructor from AIA, Hypnosis Consultant from the Dave Elman Institute and Vice President of the Triangle Chapter of the NGH in 2011.
Sidney King discovered hypnosis when he was eight years old and practiced on his older brother using progression relaxation and eye fixation using a hypnotic coin and was surprised how well it worked.
It captured Sidney’s imagination and heart and opened the door to want to help people with behavior changes.In 2007 Sidney King started his practice Feel Better Hypnosis in Raleigh North Carolina and in 2012 he opened an office in Elizabeth City North Carolina at the Optimal Wellness and Rehab Center. Second office Hampton Roads Hypnosis in 2013 at Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Sidney King has successfully helped people with Weigh Management, Quit Smoking, Stress Management, Fears and other behavioral changes.He is dedicated to forwarding the ethics and professionalism of the hypnotism profession.