A COMMUNITY FOR SELF-INQUIRY, HEALING & GROWTH

a 501 c 3 non profit organization affiliated with Alliance of Divine Love.

Mission: Helping people awaken to their fullest potential potential which includes both vertical and horizontal enlghtenment.

Jill & William Rand draw on over 20 years of professional training and personal experience, including Buddhist Teacher Training with Dr. Matthew Flickstein, Yoga Teacher Training with Amrit Desai, Tai Chi; Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction with Jon Kabat-Zinn; Gurdjieff Group Work; and study with Gangaji, Adyashanti and other nondual teachers. Their primary teacher for 18 years was Ron Mangravite, an enlightened sage from NYC.

They retired from professional careers in Business Information Systems to open Briar Rose Center and begin teaching full time in 1998. Both William & Jill are ordained ministers, Reiki Masters, life & spiritual coaches. They co-teach semi-annual transformative retreats. Weekly classes include: Group Meditations, Seth (Explore your Beliefs); World Awareness Study Group; Stress Management).

Classes: Emotional Clearing & Shadow; Communication; Stress Management & Meditation, Weekly Group Mediations, Coaching, Ministerial Training

Briar Rose Center, a community for self-inquiry, healing and growth, is dedicated to helping people wake from their trancelike state of auto-pilot reactivity and maximize their potential on all levels. The basic foundation for all work is the ancient practice of Mindfulness, or being HERE, NOW, moment to moment, with a non-judgmental awareness of what is happening to you and within you. Once only taught in monasteries, mindfulness (bare attention, vipassana) has been extensively researched during the last two decades and is being used worldwide as a vehicle for change, healing, pain management, and stress reduction. We function as educators in bringing this practice to the public through our Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction classes, ongoing meditation groups, individual instruction and public lectures and workshops. Mindfulness brings more peace into the world, one life at at time. "It is not that mindfulness is the "answer" to all life's problems. Rather, it is that all life's problems can be seen more clearly through the lens of a clear mind." Jon Kabat-Zinn

COACHING & COUNSELING: $35 for 1/2 hour

STRESS MANAGEMENT CLASS: $295 for 8 weeks

MEDITATION WEEKLY: By Donation

RETREATS & OTHER FEES: Call 904 461-1452

http://web.mac.com/jillrand

http://www.briarrosecenter.org

EMAIL: jillrand@mac.com

* STRESS MANAGEMENT THAT WORKS!

Powerful stress chemicals gave our ancestors the speed to run from a tiger. This reaction is excessive today, yet, the fight-or-flight signal is firing almost constantly. The level of anxiety in our culture has sent our nervous systems in to a tailspin. This is the most common cause of ill health in our society.

In the face of perceived danger (traffic jam, meeting with the boss, worries about the future, TV News), we contract our muscles, hold our breath, and generate feelings of anger and fear. Usually there is no real immediate danger so the chemicals don't get used up. They remain in our systems, damaging our bodies and creating feelings of anxiety in our minds. Instead of enjoying life and having an occasional adrenaline rush, our bodies live in a state of constant readiness for the worst. We need a way to control these automatic reactions - to learn to respond instead of react.

Our 8 week class will change your life. Two decades of research have proven the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). More than 13,000 people have completed the program at the UMASS clinic alone. It has been featured in Time, Yoga Journal, Bill Moyers' Healing and the Mind, September 2004 NEWSWEEK Magazine, and is in use all over the world.

"This class (MBSR) changed my life. For the first time, I know how to relax and live today, one moment at a time." St. Augustine Attorney

"Meeting and working with Jill & William has been one of the most profound, life-altering, and life-enriching experiences of my existence."
M.Murray. Beach Patrol

"Jill is very clear, direct, and truly 'walks her talk' consistently, on a daily basis. She is sensitive to all questions of all students and makes sure the answers are clear and understood."
St. Augustine Chiropractor

"...uses poetry and personal experiences to connect theory with practice, and makes it flow easily." R. Tucker, Sightseeing Company

'...the missing piece of the puzzle I had been searching for."
St. Augustine Chiropractor

"I am able to truly be with my family on a level I had never before experienced." J. Palmer, Realtor

"I began the class with debilitating headaches, only alleviated by heavily medicated sleep...now, five months later, I have few, if any headaches....I learned and am continuing to learn how to live in the moment, this moment, and enjoy or deal with whatever occurs, NOW, leaving the past behind, and waiting for the future to deal with those moments, when they occur."
St. Augustine Attorney.

This one from a person who completed the MBSR Class and returned to sit on the class a year later:

"I have had the fortunate opportunity to attend the last two Wednesday night MBSR classes. The main thing that I have taken away from participating in these classes is this: I am not beyond the teachings offered in this class. I completed the class about a year ago and back then, I thought, 'Ok, now I'm advanced and have moved up the ladder. Now I can get into the real stuff.' But, the real stuff...the ingredients for everyday life are handed out in MBSR....this class is packed full of teachings, practices and sharings to help bring more awareness into life....I feel like I've only just begun to see the value in this process." Brian Buss, Videographer