Programs for Adults 18 or Older
Stress is a normal part of everyday life. The current amount of physical, mental and social stress many are experiencing in U.S. society, however, is not normal. We practice mindfulness so that we can learn to relate to our stress in a new, healthier way. The practice of mindfulness is a radical shift to embracing and accepting who we are – completely, non-judgmentally, with love and compassion.
Develop and strengthen inner resources for coping, growing, and healing
Mindfulness is the practice of cultivating awareness of what is happening in the present moment in a way that is compassionate, nonreactive, and nonjudgmental. This program can help individuals who are experiencing:
- Stress: personal, work, school, family, illness, grief, financial, etc.
- Psychological/emotional distress including anxiety, depression or panic
- Medical conditions such as chronic pain or fatigue, high blood pressure, fibromyalgia, heart disease, asthma, sleep disturbances, irritable bowel syndrome, etc.
- A feeling of being “out of control” or “out of balance”
We are delighted for your interest in learning mindfulness. This course is a rich learning experience and requires a commitment of time and energy, with great opportunities for personal learning and growth. As we have a limited number of spaces available in the course, we wanted to provide you with some further information about this course to help you ensure that it is a good fit for you at this time.
Time Commitment
- The orientation is a required part of the course.
- The course will meet for 2.5 hours each week
- The all-day retreat will be held from 9:00am-4:00pm on the Saturday between the 6th and 7th week.
- Attendance at all sessions of the course is expected, as the course content and experiential practice builds upon one another as the course unfolds. If you know in advance that you will be unable to attend the all-day retreat or will need to miss more than one weekly class, we would ask that you enroll in a future round.
- If the time commitment for this course feels more than you can manage right now, we invite you to consider our shorter program: Mindfulness for Adults – Learning to Breathe.
Home Practice
- 45 minutes – 1 hour of daily home practice is a required part of this class. Please consider if you are able to make this commitment.
Cost – $250
- If you’d like to apply for a scholarship apply for scholarship here.
At various times in life, we all have the opportunity to support those in need. If you would like to contribute to our scholarship fund and help make an MBSR course accessible to others, click here.