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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
MONDAYS from 2:30pm to 6:00pm (EASTERN TIME) convert to my timezone
CLASSES: June 10 to August 19, 2024
Skipping week of July 8
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 10:00 am – 12:30pm (EASTERN TIME) convert to my timezone
CLASSES: June 10 – August 12, 2024
Skipping week of July 8
You will be notified by email how to register for this MBSR course when your application and registration for MBSR Essentials are 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
Mondays, June 10 to August 19, 2024
Skipping week of July 8
LOCATION: Live Online via Zoom
PROGRAM DATES: June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12, and 19
PROGRAM TIME: 2:30pm to 6:00pm (EASTERN TIME) convert to my timezone
MBSR Essentials participants must also attend the following 8-week MBSR course (included in tuition):
Live Online MBSR course
Mondays, June 10 to August 12, 2024
Skipping week of July 8
LOCATION: Live Online via Zoom
ORIENTATION: June 10 from 10:00am – 12:30pm (EASTERN TIME)
PROGRAM DATES: June 17, 24, July 1, July 15, 22, 29, August 5, and 12
PROGRAM TIME: 10:00am – 12:30pm (EASTERN TIME) convert to my timezone
ALL DAY SESSION: Saturday, July 27 from 9:30am-5:00pm (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 and MBSR teacher trainer
Insight Meditation Teacher
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
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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