MBSR – Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction by João Palma

MBSR was developed in the late 1970s by physician Jon Kabat-Zinn at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Since then, thousands of people have participated in this program and learned to use their innate resources and skills to respond more effectively to stress, pain, and illness, and to live their lives with more vitality and joy. MBSR is currently the most scientifically researched and widely practiced mindfulness program in the world.

MBSR is an 8-week, experiential learning program based on mind training. Through mindfulness meditation and its subsequent integration into daily life, we learn to respond to our need to find greater cognitive-emotional balance.

Included in the program

: • Guided instruction in mindfulness meditation practices

• Mindfulness movements

• Personalized instruction and group sharing

• Audio files with guided meditation practices for personal practice

• Course manual

• Certificate of participation for those who attend all sessions and the retreat day.

Note : This course does not confer competence to teach mindfulness or apply the program to others, but it is a prerequisite for those who wish to take the MBSR TTI – Teacher Training Intensive .

In this course we will learn:

• How mindfulness can help reduce stress, pain, and illness, improving physical, mental, and emotional well-being.

• To become more aware of our thoughts and cope with difficult emotions.

• To respond with choice in the face of difficulty, instead of being conditioned by reactive impulses.

• How to introduce mindfulness into daily life.

• To practice and apply mindfulness techniques in personal and professional settings.

• To integrate mindfulness into the social context in order to facilitate more conscious communication.

Duration:

The program consists of 8 sessions of 2.5 hours each over 8 weeks, plus a 6-hour retreat day, usually held on Sunday between the sixth and seventh sessions (unless schedule adjustments are necessary).

Session 1 – Introduction to mindfulness

Session 2 – Perception

Session 3 – Doing Mode vs. Being Mode

Session 4 – Stress Reactivity Patterns

Session 5 – Responding with mindfulness

Session 6 – Difficult Communications

Retreat Day

Session 7 – Taking care of myself

Session 8 – Keeping mindfulness alive

MBSR | November 4th to December 23rd, Wednesdays 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM

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Please contact the organizers for details, pricing, and booking.

https://www.budadharma.org/mbsr-mindfulness-based-stress-reduction/