Instructor: Kasim Al-Mashat
This 10-Week Online MBSR Foundations Training is organized by the Centre For Mindfulness Canada, in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The successful completion of this MBSR Foundations Training is fully recognized and acknowledged by the Mindfulness Center, School of Public Health, at Brown University. MBSR Foundations fulfills one part within the "MBSR Teacher Training Level 1". For full details please visit our website.
The format for the 10-Week Online Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Foundations Training program combines concurrent required participating in an eight-week MBSR program (including an information session and an All-Day) as well as engaging in the 10-Week Foundations Seminar.
Schedule:
MBSR Foundations involves meetings weekly on both Wednesdays (MBSR Session) and Thursdays (MBSR Foundations Seminar), in addition to attending one MBSR info session, and one MBSR All-Day session on February 26, 2022. Here is the breakdown of the sessions:
Eight-Week MBSR program on Wednesdays starting at 5:30 pm Pacific Standard Time (PST). The weekly MBSR program is 2.5 hours long with exception to first and last sessions, which are 3 hours long.
Foundations Seminar will be on Thursdays, starting at 4:30 pm Pacific Standard Time (PST). The weekly Seminar is 3.5 hours long.
Pre-requisites:
Successful completion of a live (online or in-person) 8-week MBSR program (including eight, 2.5 hour classes, an all-day class, and daily home practice)
Consistent daily meditation practice (two years)
Consistent body awareness movement, preferably yoga (two years)
Participation in a 5-7 day silent (live online or in-person), teacher-led mindfulness retreat within the last three years.
Graduate degree or equivalent background experience in healthcare, public health, medicine, or education (other backgrounds will be considered), or community contributions. This will be addressed case by case.
Tuition: Early Bird: $2,500 CAD (enroll by December 26, 2021) / Regular fee: $2,800 CAD (after December 26, 2021)
More information and application: HERE.