Reminder for May 16 support group meeting

Reminder for DC/MD support group members:

This Thursday, May 16 at 7 pm we will meet at our usual location in Rockville. We’ll catch up with one another, welcome new members, and hear from our guest speaker, Rebecca Hines, a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction instructor.

According to a 2015 tinnitus study by the National Institutes of Health, participation in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program is “associated with decreased severity in tinnitus symptoms and depression.” Additionally, study participants with tinnitus displayed “connectivity changes in neural attention networks” that improved with practice. NIH concluded that MBSR is “a promising treatment option for chronic, bothersome tinnitus,” one that is neither invasive nor expensive.

MBSR was developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn of the University of Massachusetts medical school to help their patients with chronic pain and other intractable conditions. Rebecca, who was formally trained in Dr. Kabat-Zinn’s methods, will introduce us to MBSR and how to access the full MBSR course, as well as find drop-in classes and other helpful resources. During our meeting, she will lead us in a brief mindfulness exercise. Rebecca provided a helpful reading selection by Dr. Kabat-Zinn (optional): download it here.

Date: Thursday, May 16th, at 7 pm
Location:  Potomac Audiology, 11300 Rockville Pike, Suite 105, Rockville, MD 20852 (the practice of Dr. Gail Linn)
Office tel:  240 477 1010
Speaker:  Rebecca Hines teaches with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington.  She completed her training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in 2006 and has been teaching the eight-week MBSR course in the Washington DC area since then through her organization, Mindfulness Training. She is also a graduate of the Spirit Rock Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Training Program.
Getting there:  See the map here.  If you drive, turn onto Security Lane off of the Pike, across from White Flint mall. Building is One Central Plaza, and parking is free in the structure adjoining the building or on the street. Via Metro, take the Red Line to White Flint and walk south on Rockville Pike past the Whole Foods sign and turn right on Security Lane.  Enter at One Central Plaza and office is on the 1st floor.
Refreshments will be provided.
Questions? - our email is: TinnitusDC@gmail.com. See you then!