“Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)” live online class
As the more than 22,000 people world-wide who have taken Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction can attest, using mindfulness techniques provides new effective tools for managing emotional stress, chronic pain, persistent headaches and other health conditions—as well as elevating one’s overall capacity for resiliency, self-compassion and awareness.
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction has long been considered the gold standard in stress reduction programs due to its documented success rate. Since 1979, more than 800 studies to date demonstrate the efficacy of combining Mindfulness practice with Gentle Hatha Yoga and breath-based Meditation to create this powerful evidence-based program. Students develop their innate resources and abilities to respond effectively to stress, pain, and illness.
What you’ll receive:
Relief from Overwhelm and Anxiety: Experience a greater sense of spaciousness and ease by learning how to skillfully navigate day-to-day stress.
Increased Awareness: Illuminate the nature of your thoughts and emotions, and how they relate to the larger world.
Greater Self-Discipline: Develop or deepen an ongoing contemplative practice.
Heightened Resilience: Learn how to bounce back after difficult situations, and manage emotions
in the moment—this is a powerful way to reduce stress and anxiety.
Habits for Flourishing: Explore mindful Hatha Yoga, movement and meditation practices that promote health and well-being at every level.
Everyday Empowerment: Befriend the present moment, even in the face of “the full catastrophe" of the human condition.
What you’ll learn:
How to practice proven Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction techniques which help reduce persistent focus on thought and restore the balance between mind and body.
How the autonomic nervous system reacts to external stressors and how to activate the parasympathetic nervous system in order to move from dysregulated to calm.
Essential information about the latest findings in neuroscience which corroborate the teachings from the ancient wisdom traditions.
How to manage symptoms and reduce suffering from chronic conditions such as pain, high blood pressure, heart disease, headaches.
How to overcome psychological distress which can manifest as sleep disturbances, panic attacks, depression and anxiety.
Class curriculum includes:
7 Mindfulness practices including guided recordings your can use on your own.
Gentle Hatha Yoga, Mindful Movement and Walking Meditation which help students transform contemplative practices into sustainable, ongoing self-care.
The eight Attitudinal Practices of MBSR that shift your awareness from going on “auto-pilot” into realizing more aliveness, more joy, increased clarity and internal peace.
A follow-up email sent within 24 hours of each class. Emails include resources such as links to guided recordings, handouts, and information designed to enhance the learning and the experience of reducing stress and anxiety.
Half-day silent retreat which includes all practices, including Mindful Eating.
A total of 28 hours of class time experiencing breathing practices, movement practices, stress reduction education, stories, and sharing, transforming your perspective in how you see yourself and the world.
68-page Class Handbook of supplementary materials.
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction was created by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD., the Founding Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts.
“Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction” live online class is eight 2-1/2 hour classes, and a half-day retreat, offered through Stanford’s Healthy Living Program.
Class dates: Wednesday evenings, 6–8:30 pm, July 12–August 30, 2023