[Hidden-announce] REDUCING STRESS TO BOOST YOUR PRODUCTIVITY

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	REDUCING STRESS TO BOOST YOUR PRODUCTIVITY

DATE: Monday, April 10 
LOCATION: Bangs Community Center, Amherst (Pole Room)
TIME: 5 to 8 p.m.			
COST: $5
FOOD: Bring snacks to share

It's tax season, your kid is constantly sick and work is skyrocketing
beyond your controlled. YOU ARE STRESSED OUT!

Here's a chance to take a deep breath and learn some mindfulness
meditation skills that will help reduce the stress that leads to lousy
business decisions, lousy relationships and can even take years off of
your life. 

David Spound, M.Ed, has offered to provide some techniques and
information for handling the inevitable stresses that show up in our
lives. David's work is inspired by the "Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction" program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at UMass Medical School
and will include material from the "Taste of Mindfulness" workshop that
David is offering in Northampton on March 26 and April 30. 

There will be networking from 5 to 6 p.m. and then the rest of the
program is devoted to helping you de-stress. 

David has created and led a wide range of educational programs for
businesses and individuals. Having first learned meditation as a
teenager, he began mindfulness practice while searching for relief from
debilitating back pain. After experiencing significant benefits, he
enrolled in teacher training for the "Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction" program at UMass Medical School. David is also a Hidden-Tech
member with many years of experience as a Macintosh computer consultant
and Web site developer.

DIRECTIONS: The Bangs Center is a modern building directly behind the
buildings that house Bart's, Panda East and shops in Amherst. It's
accessible through the new parking area that sits behind No. Pleasant
Street and is accessible by Kellogg Streets or Main Street (right before
Amherst Chinese). The Pole Room is on the lower level. Turn right at the
bottom of the stairs and it is at the end of the hall. There will be
signs.