Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teaches meditation and gentle yoga to cultivate awareness and reduce stress. MBSR was developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979 at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and is taught worldwide.

MBSR was created on the foundation of the ancient practice of mindfulness, which encourages being fully present in our lives with greater peace and ease. Research indicates that practicing mindfulness based stress reduction results in:

• increased capacity to relax
• increased sense of peace, happiness, and wellbeing
• greater energy and enthusiasm for life
• improved immune functioning
• improved sleep
• decreased symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression
• decreased blood pressure
• decreased pain
• decreased symptoms of gastrointestinal disorders, fibromyalgia, CFIDS, arthritis, and tinnitus

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction is a mindfulness 8-week course offered in person or online. The course involves a class meeting each week with a focused lesson on different aspects of mindfulness, guided meditation and yoga practices, and discussion and/or writing exercises. It involves 30-45 minutes of meditation and yoga practice on the other six days of the week for the duration of course, and guided audio recordings of the practices are provided for home use. 

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction is an intensive course, but the overwhelming majority of people who participate fully in my course say that it changes their lives in significant ways. If what you’ve been trying isn’t working, then maybe it’s time to try something different. 

Decades of research on the benefits of mindfulness has been conducted on the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program model. Meditation for stress reduction is an effective practice for stress management, meditation for healing sleep.

Typical reasons that people take an MBSR course:

• Daily life stress
• Anxiety and panic
• Depression
• Chronic pain
• High blood pressure and heart conditions
• GI distress
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and Environmental Illness
• Chronic Illness
• Insomnia
• Grief and loss
• Attention difficulties
• Type A Behavior

MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION MBSR ONLINE COURSE

Sign up at any time for the MBSR online course. Take the self-led version and go at your own pace. Or purchase mindfulness sessions with it for ongoing support and accountability as you move through the course.