MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION
8-week course on Zoom
offered through Weill Cornell Medicine Integrative Health & Wellbeing
Summer section dates to be announced soon
offered through Weill Cornell Medicine Integrative Health & Wellbeing
Summer section dates to be announced soon
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Would you like to relate differently to the stressors in your life? Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an evidence-based experiential eight-week mindfulness training program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 1979. MBSR was originally offered to hospital patients whose doctors had done all they could to treat their serious illnesses with traditional medical interventions. Jon Kabat-Zinn's program offered them a different kind of intervention using formal mindfulness practices (a body scan, meditation, gentle yoga, walking) and inquiry to help them develop the skills to relate differently to the stresses in their lives. |
In the 40 years since it's inception, tens of thousands of people have participated and benefited from the program - not just patients dealing with the stress of illness but people from all walks of life dealing with the day to day stress of our modern lives, which at times can seem like too much to handle. MBSR is today the most scientifically researched and utilized mindfulness program in the world.
Classes consist of formal mindfulness practices (a body scan, meditation, gentle yoga, walking) and group processing with practical education about stress physiology as a way of training people to relate differently to the stresses in their lives and to relate differently to each moment of their lives. There are ongoing practice assignments every day of the program - consisting of these formal practices as well as informally cultivating a kind and purposeful - mindful - attention to daily activities, whether it is eating, brushing one's teeth, taking a shower, bathing one's children, riding the subway, or walking the dog.
COURSE SCHEDULE & COMMITMENT
Spring 2025
- FREE orientation & program overview: Wednesday, April 2nd and 9th at 6-7:30 pm
(attendance at one orientation is required for enrollment)
- classes meet on Zoom Wednesday evenings from 6-8:30 pm starting April 16th to June 4th
- All-day class on Zoom Saturday, May 17th from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm ET
- Daily home practice assignments for 45-60 minutes each day
with Cheri Fandozzi & Dr. Zachary Mulvihill through the
Integrative Health & Wellbeing Department at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
For participants with a New Jersey or New York residence, the Integrative Health Department accepts most insurances. Your insurance may cover the 2.5-hour group sessions but you will be responsible for a specialist co-payment per session. You will also be responsible if you have a deductible or co-insurance. If you would like to pay using insurance and are not already a patient with the Integrative Health Department, you must become an established patient by completing a brief, virtual intake appointment with a nurse practitioner prior to the start of the program.
For those not paying through insurance, the self-pay program cost is $425. This will be charged at the first class and is non-refundable if you choose not to continue with the program after the first class.
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What past participants have had to say:
I'm so very grateful to have taken the MBSR course and to learn tools to help with so many situations—and most essentially, to help me with myself and how I navigate the world and respond to it. Thank you, Cheri! I don't know how but this has really changed my life for the better. Gave me the tools to be less reactionary and have the discipline to start meditating daily. The MBSR gave me techniques to create a practice that works for me. I noticed a reduction in stress and worrying, and an increase in mindfulness in everyday tasks. Please keep offering this course so more people can benefit from it. |
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What types of skills do people develop in MBSR courses?
Some of them include: Practical coping skills to improve one's ability to handle stressful situations Methods for being physically and mentally relaxed and at ease Gentle full body conditioning exercises to strengthen the body and release muscular tension Becoming increasingly aware of the interplay of mind and body in health and illness Facing change and difficult times in life with greater ease Why take an MBSR Course? Everywhere you look there are classes, seminars and apps offering to teach mindfulness and meditation. With so much to choose from and so many options seemingly simpler, less expensive and time consuming, why choose to take Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction? Here are a few reasons: 1. Ongoing direct contact with an experienced, certified teacher 2. 40 years of research establishing MBSR as the gold standard of Mindfulness Based programs 3. The opportunity to deepen your understanding of how to bring mindfulness into all aspects of daily life 4. Last, but not least, becoming part of a community of practice… a place to bring questions, challenges, insights and learn and grow with others. Join the community of people worldwide who have benefited from MBSR! |