MRCF - Online October 11 - November 22, 2022

Mindful Resilience for Compassion Fatigue

Evidence-informed, online skills-based training

When: Each Thursday for 7 weeks beginning October 11, concluding Nov 22, 2022

Time: 4:00pm PST / 7:00pm EST for 90 minutes each week

Where: Online utilizing Zoom and Canvas Learning Management Software

The Veterans Yoga Project is pleased to announce the availability of its newest training course, Mindful Resilience for Compassion Fatigue.

WHAT IS COMPASSION FATIGUE?
A state of exhaustion and dysfunction, physically, mentally, and emotionally, as a result of the cumulative impact of burnout, vicarious traumatic stress, and traumatic triggering, to the point where one no longer feels empathy towards patients, and others, and has nothing left to give.

If you work in an environment where you experience trauma, either first or second hand, the chances are that you will be affected by compassion fatigue.

Individuals in all of these settings are at risk for symptoms of burnout, vicarious trauma, and persistent feelings of being overwhelmed. These symptoms are not inevitable, however. Taking a mindful approach to your work can transform your relationship with your caregiving and with those you care for.

“FROM COMPASSION FATIGUE TO COMPASSION SATISFACTION”

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Throughout the course, you’ll have the opportunity to complete assessments, to help you better understand how symptoms of burnout and compassion fatigue might be present in your life. Through the use of the practical tools shared in each module, such as meditation, reflective journaling, and mindful movement practices, you can learn to halt compassion fatigue and transform it into compassion satisfaction.

TOPICS COVERED
1. Compassion Fatigue
2. Vicarious trauma & burnout
3. Compassion satisfaction
4. Mindful empathy
5. Empowerment & connection
6. Developing your personal practice

DEVELOP MINDFUL EMPATHY
As you progress through the course, you’ll develop practices to provide long-term sustainable changes towards an overall healthier existence. Our insights, applied through practical tools, allow you to embody a new Mindful Empathy when caring for others, leading to more fulfilling experiences with those you care for.

WHO’S THIS COURSE FOR?
If you’re a caregiver this course is for you! Whether you’re a yoga teacher, healthcare provider, a first responder, involved in some profession where you are of service to others, or you’ve just found yourself having to care for another, this course will be of benefit. Organizations and public services such as police stations, ambulance services, medical centers, hospice, or others that provide service to others will find benefit in providing this course for their employees.