We offer courses on Intro to Mindfulness to our students and residents/fellows. Dr. Holly Rogers, a psychiatrist from the Duke University Student Counseling Center, and her colleague developed and tested a modified Mindfulness program called Intro to Mindfulness specifically targeted to “emerging adults”. Although this course evolved targeting college-age students, it is beneficial to other age groups as well. The Intro to Mindfulness Program includes a 4 week Mindfulness course; while an advanced 4 week Intro to Mindfulness 2.0 course for those who completed the basic course, and it includes a half-day Silent Retreat. It has become very popular and is being widely used in many college campuses in the US. You can find more information about this course at the Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults website.
We also offer the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program (MBSR) which is considered to be the gold standard for a Mindfulness program with strong scientific evidence of efficacy developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts nearly four decades ago. It is an 8-week class-based program where participants meet once a week for 2.5 hours and participate in an 8-hour retreat at the halfway point. Participants are encouraged to practice 45 minutes daily at home and complete assigned homework.
We also offer the Mindful-Self Compassion (MSC) course. Mindful Self-Compassion is a research-based, 9-week training program designed to cultivate the skill of self-compassion. MSC teaches participants to respond to difficult moments in their lives with kindness, care, and understanding.
All our Teachers are certified to teach these courses.