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8-week online course

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an eight-week program that introduces mindfulness practices in the form of sitting meditation, body awareness, and mindful movement, modeled by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD.  

This program can help if stress is having a negative impact on your life, if you are experiencing chronic physical or mental distress, or if you are simply interested in learning ways to maintain health and well-being. Over 6,000 research papers have published findings on the benefits of practicing MBSR including decreased anxiety, depression, pain, and distress, and increased attention, concentration, performance, and quality of life. Recent studies have found that an 8-week MBSR course had comparable effectiveness to a first-line medication for patients with anxiety disorders (JAMA, 2022).

October-December Monday Afternoons, 2:45-5:15 p.m.

  • Orientation: October 21
  • Class Dates: October 28–December 16 (*No class on Mon 11/11; class held on Tues 11/12 instead)
  • Retreat: Saturday, December 7
  • Instructor: Bonnie O'Brien Jonsson

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