Missed MAPs Class - Makeup Schedule

Making Up a Missed MAPs Class

How to Make Up a Missed MAPs Class

• Step 1: Read Our Policy
• Step 2: Obtain Access

Classes Available to Make-Up
 

• MAPs I for Daily Living
• MAPs II- Next Steps- Improve Your Meditation
• MAPs II- Cultivating Positive Emotions
• MAPs II- Turning Obstacles into Allies
• MAPs II- Working with Difficult Emotions

Step 1: Read Our Policy   

• MAPs students may make up ONE missed class of the same MAPs level & topic
  • Example: If you miss one “MAPs II: Next Steps” class, you will recieve one week of access to a previously recorded class with Diana Winston of the same week you missed.
• Makeup classes must be attended in the series
  • Example: If you miss a class during the January/February 2020 series, you must attend your makeup class within this same series.
• If you miss a class from a series that does not have a a pre-recorded version, you will have to review the handout from the week you missed and email your individual teacher about any questions from the missed session.

Step 2: Obtain Access

In order to attend  your makeup class, you must email [email protected] with the following information:

• Your name
• What class you are registered for, including location and teacher
• The date and week of the class you missed.

You will receive an email approving your make up class, or requesting additional information. Please note, you will have access to the recording for one week only. 

MAPs I for Daily Living 

The MAPs I course is an excellent introduction to mindfulness for beginners. MAPs I provides insight into the basics of mindfulness, how to develop a mindfulness meditation practice, and how mindfulness can be applied in daily life. It is also appropriate for experienced practitioners who wish to revitalize their practice.
 

MAPs I- for Daily Living is an excellent introduction to mindfulness for clinicians, who are welcome to take it for credit.
 

MAPs II: Next Steps - 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 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 [email protected] before class start date.

MAPs II: Cultivating Positive Emotions

In this follow up class to MAPs I, we will learn how to cultivate loving kindness, compassion, equanimity, joy, gratitude, and forgiveness.

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.

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 [email protected] before class start date.

MAPs II: Turning Obstacles into Allies

In this follow up class to MAPs I, this class will offer tools for working with both outer and inner obstacles, helping us to learn to see difficulties, not as problems, but as situations and mind states that can actually help us more deeply understand ourselves and our practice.

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 [email protected] before class start date.

MAPs II: Working with Difficult Emotions

Many of us struggle with anxiety, depression and anger. These natural human emotions can be a source of suffering that can negatively impact quality of life. Mindfulness has been shown to promote more states of well being and happiness and has been incorporated into a variety of clinical treatments for mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. But whether or not you have a mental health concern or simply struggle with the challenges of 21st century living and the anxiety, stress, and frustration of life, this class can support you in finding more ease, balance, and happiness.

In the class we will work weekly with each emotion, exploring how to bring mindfulness to it and include other approaches to working with it. We will also learn practices that antidote difficult emotions such as equanimity or balance, compassion, and loving kindness.

This class may be particularly relevant for mental health clinicians, but is open to anyone.

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 [email protected] before class start date.