Mind-Body Skills Group

For Coaches, Health Care Providers, & Health and Wellness Professionals

Learn Mind-Body Skills To Enhance Well-being and Self-Care

Mind-body skills groups are educational, supportive groups that offer participants an opportunity to learn self-care strategies and experience evidence-based techniques to enhance health and well-being.

In this mind-body skills group, participants will learn and practice experiential and integrative mind-body techniques, including meditation, guided imagery, autogenic training, breath work, awareness through movement, and mindful eating in a supportive environment that nourishes self-awareness and enhances active listening skills.

Participants share and connect with each other, creating a positive learning environment that supports individual and collective well-being.

This group series is expanded upon and based on the work of Dr. James Gordon, the founder of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, who is world-renowned for his use of self-awareness, self-care, and group support for healing.

This course is approved for 14 CE credits by the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) and 17 CE credits through the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

Who is this mind-body skills group for?

☙ Coaches at any stage of their professional journey, including aspiring coaches, coaches undergoing coach training, and practicing coaches

☙ Coaches of any niche or specialty

☙ Health care providers and other health and wellness professionals interested in learning about mind-body medicine and mind-body techniques to enhance their well-being and self-care

Disclaimer: This mind-body skills group model is provided by the Center for Health and Wellness Coaches. This is an experiential 8-week group to learn and practice evidence-based mind-body techniques, not formal training in mind-body medicine. To pursue certification in mind-body medicine, please visit the Center for Mind-Body Medicine's website at www.cmbm.org. We have no financial disclosures or affiliations with the Center for Mind-Body Medicine.

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Group Objectives

Upon completion of the Mind-Body Skills Group, participants will be able to:

1) understand the fundamentals of mind-body medicine

2) use evidence-based mind-body techniques-including—breathing, meditation, guided imagery, biofeedback, drawing, expressive writing, movement practices, ceremony, and ritual—to enhance well-being and self-care

3) practice self-awareness by mobilizing and transforming emotions

The Mind-Body Skills Group Includes:

☙ 2-hour weekly small group sessions over 8 consecutive weeks delivered online through Zoom

☙ Access to recordings of in-class guided activities

☙ Weekly emails to participants with suggestions for home practice, suggested readings, and inspirational quotes

☙ 1-hour reunion session approximately 4-6 weeks after the group finishes

☙ Each participant will receive:

a copy of Dr. Gordon’s book The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma (HarperOne, 2019) and a mind-body skills workbook
a pulse oximeter for the biofeedback activity

Additional Details

☙ No prior experience is necessary. This mind-body skills group is open to coaches and health care professionals.

☙ Space is limited. This group will have a maximum of 10 participants. Participants will be enrolled on a first-come, first-serve basis

☙ Each participant is an integral part of the group. Therefore, participants must be able to attend the entire 8-week program.

☙ To maintain the integrity of the group and uphold confidentiality, these sessions will NOT be recorded.

☙ What this group is not:

This is not a therapy group. This is a supportive educational group with a facilitator who is also an equal participator in the group.
This is not a certification or professional training program in mind-body medicine.

☙ This is an 8-week mind-body skills group for coaches to gain knowledge and experience various mind-body techniques to enhance their own health, well-being, and self-care, and potentially use with clients. Although coaches may also use these techniques with clients, professional training in mind-body medicine is an extensive process offered by the Center for Mind-Body Medicine.

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Participant Feedback

"Attending Dr Singh's mind-body group was a blessing in disguise as it happened at the most appropriate time of my life. The COVID-19 pandemic took a heavy toll on me, and I found myself struggling to get back my peace and harmony.

Dr. Singh's kindness, simplicity, and willingness to promote well-being were palpable right from day one. Her easy-to-implement yet powerful tools seem to work instantly. Her breathing techniques, autogenics, guided imagery, expressive meditations, and various other tools to access the subconscious provide immediate relaxation and reveal the power of our mind.

I remember how her gentle guidance took me on an inner journey of Self-awareness, making me realize that I am the author of my story and I can rewrite my story and live the life of my dreams."

~ N. Sajnani, MD

"The mind-body skills group by Dr. Jessica Singh was an amazing and transforming experience for me. As a mental health professional, this group not only helped me cultivate my own wellness, but also it took me to a whole different level. It gave me the knowledge to understand my clients.

This science-based approach to wellness has completely resonated with me. This group has lit me up and has confirmed the mind-body connection towards healing.

I strongly recommend every mental health professional take mind-body skills training for their self-care and also to nourish their clients."

- Sushma B., Mental Health Professional

"Dr. Singh’s mind-body medicine course was a wonderful health journey that brought me from an overworked and stressful lifestyle to a place of more peace and joy in only a few weeks.

Everyone should take this course as part of health education and self-care.

It is invaluable."

~ Jennifer R., Attorney

About The Instructor

The Mind-Body Skills Groups for Coaches are facilitated by Dr. Jessica Singh, MD, NBC-HWC, ACC, the founder of Sukhayu Wellness and the Center for Health and Wellness Coaches. Her health and wellness journey began years ago when she was an emergency medicine physician in-training, learning how to enhance her own well-being and recover from burnout. She is now a holistic integrative coach, yoga instructor and practitioner, Ayurvedic wellness counselor, interactive guided imagery guide, mind-body skills practitioner, author (first book in progress on how to enhance fulfillment and well-being as a physician!) and healthcare provider wellness consultant. Dr. Singh is excited and grateful to facilitate this group, in which she expands upon the mind-body skills group model developed by the Center for Mind-Body Medicine.

Realizing the importance of community, mentorship, and networking through her own professional journey, Dr. Singh created the Center for Health and Wellness Coaches to help facilitate the sharing of knowledge and support the professional development of health and wellness coaches.

Dr. Singh received her Doctor of Medicine from New York Medical College and completed emergency medicine residency at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Schedule

Tuesdays, September 24-November 12, from 6:30-8:30 PM EST

Instructor:

Jessica Singh, MD, NBC-HWC, ACC

In order to maintain the high quality and integrity of these groups, each group has a limit of 10 participants, and each participant is an integral member of the group.

Participants must enroll with the intention to attend all eight live sessions.

NBHWC CE Attendance Policy

This course is approved for 14 CE credits by NBHWC.

Please note in order to receive CE credit, completion of the required reading and attendance and participation in 7 out of 8 live sessions is mandatory.

To uphold the integrity and confidentiality of the group, these sessions will not be recorded and no make-up sessions will be given. If a participant joins a session more than 15 minutes late, it will count as a missed session and will not count toward CE credit.

Per NBHWC CE policy, no partial NBHWC CE credit will be given.

ICF CE Attendance Policy

This course is approved for 17 CE credits by ICF, which includes 8 CE credits in Core Competencies and 9 CE credits in Resource Development.

Please note in order to receive CE credit, attendance and participation in 7 out of 8 live sessions is mandatory.

Per CE policy, partial ICF CE credit can be given for up to 15 CE credits. In order to receive CE credit, completion of the required reading and attendance and participation in 7 out of 8 live sessions is mandatory.

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Weekly Curriculum Overview

Week 1: Overview of Mind-Body Medicine

“What if I told you that caring for your body is the least important part of your health... that for you to be truly vital other factors are more important?...
What if you have the power to heal your body just by changing how your mind thinks, how your heart feels, and your life force flows?”

— Excerpt from the book Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself by Lissa Rankin, MD

Learning Objectives

To establish the integrity of the group
To describe mind-body medicine
To use drawings for self-exploration, expression, and understanding

Week 2: Biological Underpinnings of Mind-Body Medicine

“The natural healing force within us is the greatest force in getting well.”

— Hippocrates

Learning Objectives

To understand the basic biology of mind-body medicine
To demonstrate the use of autogenics and biofeedback

Week 3: Meditation

“The practice of meditation has been found to affect clinical outcomes for most every clinical condition defined by science.”

— Debra Norris, PhD

Learning Objectives

To understand and experience meditation in the roles of mind-body medicine and of self-care
To practice an expressive meditation

Week 4: Imagery

“Imagery allows you to communicate with your mind in its native tongue.”

— Terry Reed, RN, MS, HN-BC

Learning Objectives

To understand the beneficial effects of and experience guided imagery

Week 5: Emotions - Dialogue

“As you write about your suppressed emotions... you will soon realize an important truth: ‘This happened to me it’s not happening now.’... Over time, you’ll grow. more comfortable bring your emotions up and out and onto the page. You’ll likely find... that one insight leads to another.”

— Excerpt from the book The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma by James Gordon, MD

Learning Objectives

To mobilize and transform emotions and understand how they impact us
To understand the use of dialogue
To dialogue with a symptom, problem, or issue

Week 6: Nutrition and Mindful Eating

“When practiced at it’s fullest, mindful eating turns a simple meal into a spiritual experience, giving us a deep appreciation of all that went into the meal’s creation as well as a deep understanding of the relationship between the food on our table, our own health, and the planet’s health.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Learning Objectives

To discuss the concept of food as medicine
To review healthy nutrition guidelines
To experience mindful eating

Week 7: Spirituality

“Our sense of purpose, our connection to that which is larger than ourselves, keeps us fulfilled and living longer. In other words, our will to live keeps us living.”

— Jessica Singh, MD

Learning Objectives

To understand basic concepts of spirituality in relation to mind-body medicine
To experience possibility and forgiveness and healing

Week 8: Ceremony & Ritual

“We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for our most complicated feelings... We all need such places of ritual safekeeping. And I do believe that if your culture or tradition doesn’t have the specific ritual you are craving, then you are absolutely permitted to make up a ceremony of your own devising...”

— Excerpt from the book Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Learning Objectives

To discuss the use of ceremony and ritual
Closing ceremony

CE Course Completion Requirements

To obtain a certification of completion, participants must fulfill the following course requirements:

Agree to the mind-body skills group agreement.
Complete the assigned weekly reading and reflection activities.
Join with the intention of attending all eight weekly live sessions.
Adhere to the CE Attendance Policy


NBHWC CE Attendance Policy

This course is approved for 14 CE credits by NBHWC.

Please note in order to receive CE credit, completion of the required reading and attendance and participation in 7 out of 8 live sessions is mandatory.

To uphold the integrity and confidentiality of the group, these sessions will not be recorded and no make-up sessions will be given. If a participant joins a session more than 15 minutes late, it will count as a missed session and will not count toward CE credit.

Per NBHWC CE policy, no partial NBHWC CE credit will be given.

ICF CE Attendance Policy

This course is approved for 17 CE credits by ICF, which includes 8 CE credits in Core Competencies and 9 CE credits in Resource Development.

Please note in order to receive CE credit, attendance and participation in 7 out of 8 live sessions is mandatory.

To uphold the integrity and confidentiality of the group, these sessions will not be recorded and no make-up sessions will be given. If a participant joins a session more than 15 minutes late, it will count as a missed session and will not count toward CE credit.

Per CE policy, partial CE credit can be given for up to 15 CE credits. In order to receive CE credit, completion of the required reading and attendance and participation in 7 out of 8 live sessions is mandatory.
Successfully complete both post-live session quizzes by achieving no less than 80% correct. After each live didactic, learners will receive a 5 question quiz testing their assessment of knowledge learned.
Completion of a self-assessment upon completion of the program.
Completion of a feedback form at the conclusion of the program.

More You Need to Know About The Mind-Body Skills Group

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