MBSR Online

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction MBSR online course teaches meditation and gentle yoga to cultivate awareness and reduce stress.

Do you experience any of the following?

• you feel anxious and overwhelmed
• you have health issues that are caused by or worsened by stress
• you rarely feel peaceful or fully alive
• you feel you’ve lost yourself in the chaos of your life

MBSR Online teaches you how to:

• relax your body and quiet your mind
• decrease symptoms of stress related illness
• decrease symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, & pain
• feel calmer and begin to enjoy life again

WHAT: MBSR online course
WHEN: Ongoing. Register any time

CLICK HERE IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR 1:1 MINDFULNESS COACHING ONLY without the MBSR course.

COST:
$247 for self-study course only
$500 for self-study course + three 30-minute coaching sessions
$1200 for self-study course + eight 30-minute coaching sessions

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What is MBSR online?

TheMBSR online 8-week course designed to teach you mindfulness practices to help you to recover a sense of peace, happiness, and wellbeing. It teaches mindfulness, meditation, and gentle yoga/stretching practices to increase awareness and reduce stress.

Mindfulness helps us to spend more time focusing on the present moment and less time worrying about the future or regretting the past. The practice can help us to see more clearly the mental habits that create suffering and practice mental habits that help us to feel calmer and more at peace.

MBSR was developed by Jon Kabat Zinn at the Center for Mindfulness. Jen participated in MBSR training with Jon Kabat Zinn PhD through the Center for Mindfulness. Jen Johnson is the instructor for this course. She has been teaching meditation for 30+ years and has been teaching MBSR since 2010.

The MBSR online course includes:

• 8 written lessons delivered to your email inbox weekly for self-study
• access to the course materials for 12 weeks
• instruction in mindfulness, meditation, and mindful yoga
• guidance in how to integrate mindfulness into your everyday life
• downloadable guided meditation and mindful yoga sequence audio recordings
• weekly practice assignments
• videos about mindfulness topics
• resources and instructions for a 6-hour home retreat during week 6 of the course
• course worksheets and forms to help you stay on track
• instruction in how to develop a regular mindfulness practice

Typical reasons that people take an MBSR online course: 

• daily life stress
• grief and loss
• transitions and difficult times
• anxiety
• autoimmune illness
• chronic pain
• high blood pressure
• cardiovascular disease
• GI distress
• insomnia
• attention difficulties

The MBSR course time investment:
Please allow approximately 1.5 hours once per week to work through the lessons and 45 – 60 minutes on the other six days of the week for the meditation and gentle yoga daily practices. It also includes participating in a daylong home retreat during week 6 of the course.

What You Need in Order to Take the MBSR online Course:

• A computer or smartphone and internet connection to listen to the audio recorded guided meditation & yoga practices
• 1.5 hours/week for the lessons and 45-60 minutes daily for the meditation & yoga practices
• 6 hours for a daylong home retreat during week 6 of the course
• A suitable environment for the meditation & yoga practices, free from distractions
• Chair or meditation cushion
• Yoga mat
• A journal or paper and a pen for the mindful writing/journaling practices

Once you register for the course, the first lesson will be delivered to you by email within 24-48 hours, and each subsequent lesson will automatically be delivered weekly. 

Continuing Education for Yoga Teachers Through Yoga Alliance

This course offers 36 hours of non-contact hours of continuing education credit for Yoga Teachers through Yoga Alliance in the Techniques, Training, and Practice category. This course is offered to assist you in deepening your own meditation and yoga practice but does not qualify you to teach MBSR. Jen is a Yoga Alliance continuing education provider (YACEP).  In order to receive a certificate of completion, you must complete the course within 8 weeks, email Jen after you complete the course, and complete the brief end of course evaluation.

In order to receive continuing education credit through Yoga Alliance, you must complete all of the lessons. This includes reading the emails, listening to the guided meditations on a daily basis, completing the tracking forms, and completing the course evaluation form. If you do not complete the course in full, you will not receive credit for the course.

Choose from Three Options for MBSR online course study

MBSR online course (self-study only)
You will receive an email weekly for eight weeks with links to the course lessons and learning materials. You’ll receive the course orientation materials the day that you place your order, and your weekly lessons will begin the follow day and will be delivered weekly thereafter. You set your own schedule for working through the lessons and engaging with the daily meditation and yoga practices guided audio recordings independently and with no 1:1 support from Jen. This version of the course offers no 1:1 support or interaction with Jen. It’s a great option for you if you prefer studying and practicing on your own or you’re on a tight budget.

Cost: $247

MBSR online course PLUS three 30-minute 1:1 teaching sessions with Jen Johnson
You will receive an email weekly for eight weeks with links to the course lessons. You’ll also receive three 30-minute coaching sessions–one toward the start of the course, one in the middle, and one toward the end of the course to help you stay on track with the lessons and daily practices. Mentoring sessions will be held by phone or Zoom. The coaching sessions can help you stay on track with the lessons and daily practices and answer any questions that arise as you work through the course. This is a perfect option if you prefer studying and practicing fairly independently but need a little coaching support to help you set up a schedule and stay on track with the lessons and daily practices.

LIMITED REGISTRATION– Contact Jen to schedule
Cost: $500

MBSR online course PLUS eight 30-minute 1:1 teaching sessions with Jen Johnson
You will receive an email weekly for eight weeks with links to the course lessons. You’ll also receive eight 30-minute 1:1 teaching sessions so that you have regular teacher support for the duration of the course. Teaching sessions will be held by phone or Zoom, your choice. The 1:1 sessions can help you to custom design a schedule for study and practice that fits your schedule and needs. The 1:1 support  is completely personalized to help you to apply the course materials to your unique circumstances and needs. Weekly sessions with the teacher offers ultimate accountability to help you stay on track with the lessons and home practices, problem solve any difficulties that you encounter with the daily practices, answer any questions that arise as you work through the course, and help you to more fully integrate mindfulness into your everyday life based on your unique situation and needs. This version is offered for the student who is ready for an really intensive program of study and practice with built in weekly accountability to help you stay on track and more fully integrate the practice into your daily life.

LIMITED REGISTRATION–contact Jen to schedule
Cost: $950

Questions? Email Jen

More about the MBSR program:

MBSR was created in 1979 by Jon Kabat Zinn at Massachusetts Medical Center Center for Mindfulness. It was developed on the foundation of the ancient practice of mindfulness, which encourages being fully present in our lives with greater awareness, peace, and ease. MBSR teaches meditation and gentle yoga practices. These effective practices and strategies have been shown to increase a sense of peace, happiness, and wellbeing.

Research indicates that some of the benefits of mindfulness that MBSR course participants experience include an increased capacity to relax, increased self-esteem, decreased symptoms of anxiety, depression and insomnia, greater energy and enthusiasm for life, increased stress resilience, pain relief, and pain management.

Mindfulness meditation has been shown to improve a sense of physical wellbeing as well as improve a sense of mental health. We now have over 30 years of research from the Center for Mindfulness and other research centers that shows the positive impact that participation in a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course can have on one’s daily life. Paying attention with nonjudgmental awareness in this 8-week course serves as a foundation for creating a regular mindfulness practice and a more healthy relationship with yourself and others. Taking an MBSR course is a great starting place or intermediate step toward a regular mindful meditation practice nurturing your mental health.

Testimonials for Jen Johnson’s MBSR online course

I joined Jen Johnson’s online MBSR course in the midst of a challenging international transition and work situation. I was hesitant to do so because my time was very restricted, and I was not sure I could commit to the coursework. But I was positively surprised. The more the course materials came in, the more I was happy when I saw the emails. I felt relieved and lovingly/caringly supported during a challenging transition. I felt well informed and lead to stay grounded and resourced the whole time. Whenever I listened to the guided meditation recordings, I felt that Jen’s stable, calm, and straight forward voice was leading me well, and I felt held and guided to really stay in connection with myself. I could lean into the experience of “no fear of getting lost in anything” because the next moment of a guided exercise for sure was bringing me back home. So my time investment was well spent. The guided practices and the simple, yet supportive written lessons gave me everything I needed to do the practice effortlessly. Jen is an experienced leader, and her style is authentic, straightforward and effective. I’ll go back to this guide for my next challenge.

Anka Hoerster — teacher, coach and nurse

Thank you very much for providing this online course. This journey was very benefitial for me, my health and well-being. I am continuing with MBSR and already have made space in my everyday life for this practice. It brings me what I needed to enjoy more moments of my day and take care of me. As a yoga teacher, I appreciate being able to receive approved Yoga Alliance Continuing Education hours.

Thank you, and I will strongly recommend your course to my students who want to learn MBSR online.

Nelly Courvoisier,  Yoga Teacher

MBSR with Jen Johnson was an amazing online class that will bring you to a place of resolve, relaxation, and restoration. There is a lot of work to do in the eight weeks, but set aside the time and your mind, body and soul will thank you. This course is about reclaiming your mind which will affect how you feel on an everyday basis, which in turn help you to be a better you for yourself and everyone else you come in contact with. Enjoy the season of eight weeks with Jen just like I did.

Kathy Wooton, Yoga Teacher

Jen Johnson’s online Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction class is an incredible introduction to mindfulness – whether you are a teacher looking to expand your capabilities, or a student looking to connect more deeply to your own life.  Many of us race from event to event, meeting to meeting, and experience to experience, never feeling fully present in our own lives except in those rare moments in a yoga class when everything seems to coalesce perfectly; our breath, our body, our mind – all focused and in the moment.  In the Yoga Sutras, the sage Patanjali wrote: Yogash citta vritti nirodha. (yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind).  Jen’s class gives you the tools, the methods and the opportunity to practice mindfulness to make it a more permanent part of your waking life.  Well-written instruction, helpful videos, interesting exercises in reflection, and a constant deepening of mindfulness made this an excellent course for me.  The real challenge in a yoga class is not the fancy inversions or complex arm balances, but the simple acts of being present, being mindful, tying breath to movement, clearing the mind of fluctuations and distractions and arriving in the present moment.  Jen’s class can help you find that place more easily, more often, and more deeply.

Rich Girven, Yoga Teacher
Stafford, Virginia

I wanted to express my gratitude for you and the transformative effects your teachings have had on my life over the past eight weeks. You have the gift of guidance!

Wyatt Kanyer, Yoga Teacher
The Yoga Practice Life 

Terms and conditions:

1. The MBSR online course is offered as an educational course only and is not intended as a replacement for medical or psychological care.
2. Given that your purchase of the course gives you instant access to the course resources and three months’ access to the course materials, no refunds are available.
3. While we’ve made every effort to ensure that the technical aspects of the course run smoothly, sometimes glitches happen. If you don’t receive email receipts for payment or don’t receive an email on the first day of the class, please first check your SPAM folder, as it may likely have landed there. If you still don’t see it, email Jen for assistance.
4. As you work through the practices, always trust your own inner wisdom over the practice instructions. If a particular practice doesn’t feel right for you, don’t do it. If a practice feels like it’s too much, don’t do it.
5. Thank you in advance for your patience with any glitches that may arise. If you run into a technical glitch, email me, and I’ll get it sorted out.Peace,Jen

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