MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION

Eight weeks to a more resilient you

The most verified mindfulness program in the world, taught live in a small cohort.

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FORMAT

Orientation + 8 weekly sessions + 1 all-day 

NEXT START

Oct 1, 2026

LIVE ONLINE

Tuesdays 6–8:30pm EDT 

SEATS

12 max

The evidence-based path for skillfully navigating stress.

MBSR isn’t relaxation training or a quick fix. It's a structured, clinically validated curriculum — developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and studied in thousands of peer-reviewed trials — that fundamentally changes your relationship with stress.

Over eight weeks, you don't learn to escape the pressures of your life. You develop the inner skills to stay steady under pressure: to see clearly, respond rather than react, and reclaim your capacity when life gets loud.

It's for anyone running on empty and ready for something real. You’ll come away with:

  • Tools to interrupt the stress-reactivity cycle before it runs you

  • A daily practice that actually holds, long after the course ends

  • Foundational skills in meditation, mindful movement and body awareness

  • A small, committed cohort that keeps you accountable and reminds you that you're not alone

“You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

A proven developmental arc with each week building on the last.

THE EIGHT WEEKS
ORIENTATION

Laying the foundation.

A welcoming first gathering to clarify the journey ahead. You'll meet your cohort, understand the commitment, and leave knowing exactly how to begin.

WEEK 1

There is more right with you than wrong.

Introduction to the practice and the simple, radical act of paying attention. We begin with the body scan and discover how much of life we move through on autopilot.

WEEK 2

Perception shapes everything.

How we frame an experience determines how we live it. We explore the difference between an event and our reaction to it — and begin sitting meditation.

WEEK 3

Being in the body.

Mindful movement and the body as an anchor for presence. The experience and information available when we actually inhabit the present moment.

WEEK 4

Understanding stress reactivity.

What stress does to the mind and body, and how automatic reactivity takes hold. The science, and the first real space to choose differently.

WEEK 5

Responding instead of reacting.

The pivotal shift: discovering the gap between stimulus and response, and making choices inside it. Where mindfulness becomes genuinely freeing.

WEEK 6

Handling difficult communications with skill.

Bringing the practice into stressful situations involving other people — difficult conversations, conflict, the relationships that test us most.

ONE DAY SESSION (SAT OR SUN)

A day of immersive practice.

A guided, immersive day of practice that deepens everything, and an experience of sustained, unhurried presence through embodying the tools.

WEEK 7

Building a practice that lasts.

Interconnection, lifestyle, and the choices that sustain a practice. Making mindfulness a way of living, not just a thing you did.

WEEK 8

The rest of your life.

Integration, and keeping the practice alive once the cohort ends. You leave with the tools and a clear path to keep going.

Common Questions

  • None at all. MBSR is designed for complete beginners — and is just as valuable for those with an existing practice.

  • For confidentiality reasons, the sessions will not be recorded and full attendance is essential to completing the course.  As unplanned absences may occur, please validate your schedule and reserve the live session, retreat day, and practice time for the full eight weeks. If you must miss a session, or know you will be late, please contact your instructor in advance. Please attend as many sessions as possible, both for your own benefit and for that of the class.  

  • Plan for about 45 minutes a day, six days a week. This is where the real change happens — the course gives you the support you need to make it doable.

Where the MBSR path leads next

EXPLORE

1-on-1 Coaching.

Personal guidance to take the practice further.

IMMERSE

Mindful Adventures on El Camino.

Live the practice across eight days on an ancient path.

DEEPEN

Workshops.

Immerse yourself in a practice community with a day-long refresher.