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This 10-session MBSR Essentials program is paired with a required 8-week MBSR course. MBSR Essentials program tuition includes the MBSR course.
MBSR Essentials Program
LOCATION for MBSR Essentials Program: Live Online via Zoom
TUESDAYS from 6:00pm to 9:30pm (EASTERN TIME) convert to my timezone
CLASSES: September 3 to November 12, 2024
Note: There is no class on September 10
MBSR Course
MBSR Essentials participants must also attend the following 8-week MBSR course (included in tuition):
LOCATION for MBSR Course: Live Online via Zoom
MONDAYS from 6:30pm to 9:00pm (EASTERN TIME) convert to my timezone
CLASSES: September 9 to November 4, 2024
You will be notified by email how to register for one of the MBSR courses when your application and registration for MBSR Essentials is complete.
Dates, Times, and Pricing Details
Payment plans are available at checkout.
Refunds are available. See our refund policy.
Please check dates carefully. Participants must attend all sessions of the chosen MBSR and MBSR Essentials.
Live Online MBSR Essentials program
Tuesdays, September 3 to November 12, 2024
LOCATION: Live Online via Zoom
OPENING: September 3 from 6:00pm to 9:30pm (EASTERN TIME)
PROGRAM DATES: September 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5, and 12
PROGRAM TIME: 6:00pm to 9:30pm (EASTERN TIME) convert to my timezone
Please note, there is no program session September 10
MBSR Essentials participants must also attend the following 8-week MBSR course (included in tuition):
Live Online MBSR course
Mondays, September 9 to November 4, 2024
LOCATION: Live Online via Zoom
ONLINE ORIENTATION: September 9 from 6:30pm-9:00pm (EASTERN TIME)
ONLINE PROGRAM DATES: September 16, 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28, and November 4
PROGRAM TIME: 6:30pm-9:00pm (EASTERN TIME) convert to my timezone
ONLINE ALL DAY SESSION: Sunday, October 20 from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm (EASTERN TIME)
MBSR Essentials is the first step in the Global Mindfulness Collaborative (GMC) MBSR Teacher Training pathway.
In MBSR Essentials, teacher trainees attend two programs, an 8 week MBSR program and the Essentials seminar. Participants attend and engage fully in an 8-week MBSR program as participant observers. Concurrently, participants attend the Essentials seminar, which is ten sessions over 9 weeks. The sessions are 3.5 hours for the first 9 sessions and 2 hours for the Closing session. In the Essentials seminar trainees engage with other trainees and the instructor exploring the underpinnings, approach, and teacher qualities in which the program is steeped. Intersession work and attendance at all sessions are required, excluding emergencies.
NOTE: Spaces are limited. Cohorts are limited to 14 teacher trainees.
Prerequisites
- Previous participation in an 8-week MBSR course with a Qualified or Certified MBSR Teacher – live online or in-person
- A minimum of one 5-7-day residential, teacher-led silent meditation retreat
- A minimum of two years of personal meditation practice
- Demonstrated capacity for experiential learning and teaching
More About the Program
Commitment Required
In the direct teacher training lineage of Jon Kabat-Zinn, this initial training is an immersive course in developing MBSR teaching competencies through rigorous study and reflection steeped in internationally accredited standards, ethics, and the heart of personal and interpersonal mindfulness. Attendance at all MBSR classes and seminars is required. In addition to the Essentials seminar, MBSR class, and practices of MBSR, there are seminar readings, journaling, and other intersession assignments. Taking into account the class, seminar, daily practice, and additional readings, this is a 14-16 hour weekly commitment. It is a co-created learning opportunity in which you will be well supported! Through the MBSR Essentials curriculum, together we cultivate teaching as a practice and lifelong path to skillfully offer mindfulness in the world.
While completion of this training does not authorize you to teach the 8-Week MBSR curriculum, it provides a solid foundation to teach introductory mindfulness classes in diverse settings.
Upon successful completion of MBSR Essentials you are be able to:
- Teach mindfulness workshops.
- Teach introductory mindfulness meditation classes.
Please note, after completion of MBSR Essentials you are not qualified to teach the 8-week MBSR curriculum. This happens only after completing all aspects of Level 1, which includes MBSR Intensive Practice and Teaching (IPT) .
About the Instructor
Certified MBSR instructor
MBSR teacher-trainer
Co-founder of the MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater NY
Insight Meditation teacher
Space is limited, please register for the course and then complete the application. A full refund is available if eligibility criteria are not met based on the application process.
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