Mindfulness Workshops, April 7 - 28

Mindfulness Workshops
with Liz Korabek Emerson
Thursdays April 7 - 28
6:30 – 7:30 PM
Online

Looking for more focus, calm, or loving kindness in your life this season? Portsmouth Public Library will host a series of free, one-hour online Mindfulness Workshops with popular teacher Liz Korabek-Emerson. Sign up for one or many!

How Slowing Down Can Keep You Up To Speed
Thursday April 7 | 6:30 – 7:30 PM
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Do you feel as if you can’t keep up with the endless to-do list, no matter how fast or hard you work?  This participatory workshop will take you through reflection exercises to help you reset your expectations, even if you can’t shorten the list.  Bring a blank piece of paper and a pen.

Participants will gain an understanding of evaluating the effects of multitasking on their professional and personal life satisfaction.

Developing Focus and Clarity
Thursday April 14 | 6:30 – 7:30 PM
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Do you feel scattered all the time, unable to focus? Learn how a little bit of mindfulness practice can start to strengthen the ability to increase focus and clarity, even in our busy lives and with racing minds.

Participants will learn the basic principles of mindfulness practice and how to apply it to everyday situations. 

Turning Towards the Good
Thursday April 21 | 6:30 – 7:30 PM
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Our brains have a natural negative bias.  It’s easier to see what’s wrong than what’s right, even in the best of times. But we can train our brains to be more open to the good in our lives with HEAL, a mindfulness exercise developed by neuropsychologist, Rick Hansen PhD, author of Hardwiring Happiness. 

Participants will learn the HEAL technique and how to integrate it into their lives to strengthen their resiliency.

Loving-Kindness
Thursday April 28 | 6:30 – 7:30 PM
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Armoring ourselves emotionally can often be used as a self-preservation strategy under stress but it has a downside in that we can become numb, less empathetic and shut down to our own emotions as a result.  Learn how practicing a little loving kindness can help you to stay emotionally grounded with challenging people and situations. 

Participants will learn the basic principle of loving kindness and a small practice they can use in their workplace, homes and daily life.

Registration is required. To register, please use the links above.

About the Presenter
Liz Korabek-Emerson is a certified mindfulness teacher, transformational workshop leader and theatre artist dedicated to helping you become more resilient in your workplace, home and community. She designs and leads mindfulness programs for individuals and organizations, including the Portsmouth Hospital, Maine Health, Beacon Hospice, Liberty Mutual and the Riverwoods Retirement Community, and teaches meditation at the Portsmouth Library and Gateway Taiji Studio.

Liz received her mindfulness teacher certification from the Mindfulness Training Institute in 2015, completed the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course and facilitation tutorial, and is certified as a transformational workshop leader through the Powerful Workshops program at Kripalu. She is on the faculty at NHTI (Concord’s Community College) in the Mindful Communications program. Liz is the co-author of Designing and Leading Life Changing Workshops, published in 2020.

Liz is a long time meditator and a member of the Natural Dharma Fellowship. She holds an MFA in theatre and brings thirty years of experience in creating and directing theatre to her teaching, helping to create programs that are empowering, creative and engaging.