8-Week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course (MBSR)

 This 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course is offered at the CHA Center for Mindfulness and Compassion.  All levels of experience with mindfulness and meditation are welcome.

Mindful meditation has been show to improve your thoughts, beliefs and actions in response to stress by balancing sympathetic and parasympathetic responses (Kabat-Zinn, 2003). In this course, the fundamentals and foundations of mindfulness and meditation will be taught. Participants will have the opportunity to practice daily at home, together in the weekly group and use provided resources to help support an ongoing practice. This course aims to support and provide tools for relieving stress, increasing resiliency, and meeting the challenges of everyday life. Kabat-Zinn, J. (2003). Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). Constructive Human Science, 8, 73–107.

Instructors: Natalia Cepeda and Juan Jose Miret

Free One-Hour Intro Workshop: Join us for a free hour-long introduction to the practices and topics covered in the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course. Come learn if enrolling in our 8-week MBSR Course is right for you. This intro workshop is open to all in the community - please RSVP below. If you are ready to enroll in the course, please click the purple "Register Now!" button at the right.


8-week Course:  Wednesday Evenings July 12, 19 and 26, August 2,9, 16, 23 and 30
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Retreat: Saturday, August 26, 2017, 9:00 - 4:00 PM

               Location: 26 Central Street, Community Room, 2nd Floor, Somerville, MA 02143

Course Rate:
Regular Registration (from June 13 to July 5).........$600
Late Registration (July 6 to July 12).........................$650 

Need-Based Scholarship Applications Available. CHA Employees and patients, please contact us at cmc@challiance.org for more information about course discounts.

CHA Center for Mindfulness and Compassion
26 Central Street, Community Room, 2nd Floor, Somerville, MA 02143
For questions, contact us at cmc@challiance.org or (617) 591-6132