Instructor: Kathleen Beck-Coon
Applications are now available for MBSR Essentials offered live online starting January 2023, This is the first step in the MBSR Teacher Training pathway as delineated by the Global Mindfulness Collaborative (GMC).
In MBSR Essentials, teacher trainees take part fully in the 8-week MBSR program as participant observers while engaging with other trainees and the instructor in a concurrent, ten-week 3.5 hour seminar exploring the underpinnings, approach, and teacher qualities in which the program is steeped. Intersession work and attendance at all sessions are required, excluding emergencies.
Pre-requisites
- Previous participation in an 8-week MBSR course
- A minimum of one 5-7-day residential meditation retreat (possible exceptions for online during COVID evaluated on an individual basis)
- A minimum of two years of personal meditation practice
Dates (if accepted into the Essentials program, registration and tuition includes registration for the associated MBSR course)
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. MBSR Essentials will be accepted as satisfying the first step on the MBSR teaching teacher training pathway by any member of the Mindfulness Teacher Training Alliance or the Global Mindfulness Collaborative, including the Center for Mindfulness at Brown University.
All classes and seminars are live, online via zoom.
Essentials of MBSR Opening Seminar: Thursday, January 26, 1:00 – 5:00 pm ET
Essentials of MBSR Seminars: Thursdays, February 9 - March 30 from 1:00-4:30 pm ET
Essentials of MBSR Closing Seminar: Thursday, April 6th 1:00 – 5:00 pm ET
MBSR 8-Week Class Orientation: Wednesday, January 18, 6:30 – 8:30 pm or Thursday, January 19, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
MBSR 8-Week Classes: Wednesdays, February 8 – March 29, 6:00 - 8:30 pm (classes 1 & 8: 6:00 – 9:00 pm ET
MBSR Daylong: Sunday, March 19 from 9:00 am – 4:30 pm ET
Tuition: $2200
More information here.
For additional information and application, please contact contact@mindfulnessatthecenter.com.