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mindfulness-based stress reduction

The mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme is designed to help you learn new ways of handling difficult physical sensations, feelings and moods.

The course we teach is an amalgamation of the MBCT course, developed by Segal, Williams and Teasdale and the MBSR course developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in the USA.

The core skill that you will learn is ‘mindfulness’; a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgementally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body, mind, and the world around you. Mindfulness can enable you to see things differently, undoing mental and physical knots and tensions. It can increase your sense of personal confidence, of having more options and more strength to face the different challenges in your life.

Most people completing MBSR programmes report that they gain lasting benefits, such as:

• more energy and enthusiasm
• a greater capacity for relaxation
• more self-confidence
• an increased ability to handle stressful situations

The course consists of 4 fortnightly classes of up to 25 people working together as a group. On it, you will learn several key mindfulness practices and have the chance to discuss these and your experience of them in the group. Home practice is an important part of the course, and each participant is required to undertake to do 40 to 60 minutes of this, six days per week, between each class. The course is led by Michael Chaskalson.

mindfulness courses in london

The Summer course runs on Saturdays 7 and 21 June, 5 and 19 July.

There is also a distance learning option (see below).

In London, the sessions on 7 and 21 June and 19 July run from 1.30pm to 5.30pm. The session on 5 July is an all-day retreat and runs from 11am to 5.30pm.

The course costs £250 per person (a few concessions are available).

Costs includes all tuition, a course handbook and audio CDs.

The course will be held at the London School of Economics in Holborn, London.

Download June '08 course flyer

Download June '08 booking form

distance learning

For those who can't find a course local to them, a distance learning option is available. This course comprises 9 x 45 minute telephone sessions.

Homepractice is an important part of all our courses and participants should be ready to undertake at least 45 minutes of this for 6 days of every week that the course runs.

For more information, please contact us.