Caring with Awareness Course

Join Sarah and Dr. Rashmi Bismark, MD for a new course offering!

Mindfulness course for self-care based on the gold-standard therapeutic mindfulness course, MBSR – Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

When: May 7, 2025 – June 25, 2025 (8 weeks)

Wednesdays from 11am-12:30pm

Where: Located at Bloom Yoga & Wellness in Oneida, NY

Cost: $75 per week! ($600 total)

*Billable to insurance Out-of-Network. If you want to try for insurance reimbursement, just let us know and we can likely submit claims for you electronically!

Just use any contact form on this website to sign up or email [email protected] and you’ll be contacted with more information!

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About The Course

This is a self-care course that includes mindful practices like meditation, gentle yoga, mindful walking, mindful eating, journaling, reflection, and group discussions.

Uncover inner skills of mindfulness and self-compassion
Reflect upon awareness of body, emotions, thoughts, and behavior
Enhance present awareness in everyday life
Receive guided instruction in mindfulness meditation practices
Explore gentle mindful movement and yoga
Participate in group dialogue and practice mindful communication

We hope to have around 8 to 12 participants for the spring cohort. Join us!

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Meet your facilitators

Dr. Rashmi Bismark, MD, MPH

Rashmi is a Preventive Medicine specialist who has devoted her career to sharing mindfulness for well-being. She has led programs at clinics,cancer centers, schools, hospitals, and online. She is also an experienced yoga teacher trainer and life-long student. Learn more about Rashmi through her website https://www.rsbismarkmd.com/

Sarah Linder, LCSW

Sarah is an EMDR certified clinical social worker who specializes in anxiety, OCD, ADHD and trauma treatment. She has been been learning about and practicing mindfulness and yoga throughout her career, but in the last couple of years has been an avid meditator with excellent results!

Class Outlines

Each class will have a mix of learning, group discussions, and mindfulness practices.

Class 6 will be a retreat-like session with a full 90 minutes of guided yoga and mindfulness practice.

Home explorations will include links to practices, home journaling & reflection, plus optional readings

Course FAQs

Referring Clinicians

Learn more about how to refer your clients!

-What type of referrals might be appropriate

-Help with screening appropriate clients for the course

-Want some stress-reduction techniques of your own!

Email Sarah

Interested Adults

If any of these sound like you.....

-You want to reduce stress in your daily life

-You're struggling with mild to moderate depression or anxiety symptoms

- You're dealing with a chronic pain, fatigue or burnout

-You want to find ways to support your own wellness through time and research-tested methods

-You are looking to increase self-compassion but don't know where to start

-You want to be able to relax and enjoy yourself more

-You're interested in mindfulness and yoga and how they might help you

-You are thinking about trying therapy, but want to try something lower pressure and lower cost than individual therapy

-You want to supplement your individual treatment to help you reach your therapy goals through increased awareness and self-compassion

...Then the Caring with Awareness course could be right for you!

Future Mindfulness Courses

Can't make the Spring 2025 course, but don't want to miss out? No problem! We hope to also offer this course again in the Fall of 2025. Email us now to get on an information list and we will send you information directly to your inbox when a new cohort is ready!

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In-Person space is limited!

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