Course Details: Dates, times, and location

Dates, Times & Topics

Mondays 9:00 -11:30 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) and Saturday, November 20, 2021 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

10/4/2021 (9:00 - 10:00 am PDT) Orientation: Intentions and Overview

10/11/2021 Session 1: Introduction to Mindfulness

10/18/2021 Session 2: The Power of Perception and Creative Response

10/25/2021 Session 3: The Power of Being Present

11/1/2021 Session 4: The Unwanted

11/8/2021 Session 5: Awareness and Mindfulness as a Stress Mediator

11/15/2021 Session 6: Flexibility and Communication

11/19/2021 Day of Mindfulness: Being 

11/22/2021 Session 7: Cultivating Mindfulness in Daily Life  

11/29/2021 Session 8: Integrating Learning and Sustaining Practice


Location

The Human Development Center

1101 State St., Suite 300 

Bellingham, WA 98225

and/or Online via Zoom


Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (Fall)- Live Blended

Course Description:

Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an 8-week, evidence-based, experiential program designed to provide participants with intensive and systematic training in mindfulness meditation and movement practices. Also, it is a supportive community in which to explore integrating into one's daily life what is discovered and learned through the process of participating in the program.

First created in 1979 by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, tis class is given in the tradition of the MBSR program he founded which has over 40 years of research that consistently demonstrates positive outcomes associated with increased self-awareness, as well as emotional and attentional regulation. 

In addition, outcomes show reductions in symptoms for various physical and behavioral health conditions including anxiety, depression, and chronic pain, as well as changes in risk factors that may lead to more serious chronic ailments. 

Join to explore how mindfulness may support living life more fully, with greater ease and joy.

Blending In-person and Online Learning

In order to address the dynamic health situation, participants in this course may attend in-person at the Human Development Center 1101 State St. Ste. 300 Bellingham, WA, online via Zoom, or a mix of the two. In the event the instructor deems that meeting in-person is no longer a safe option, the course will migrate to an exclusively live online course.

Pricing options

A limited number of partial and total scholarships are available. Please email [email protected] for an application.

Instructor(s)

Facilitator Jill Stansbury

Jill Stansbury is a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction facilitator qualified by the Brown University Center for Mindfulness that has been running parenting and meditation groups for fifteen years. She has been a co-parent, extended family member caretaker, and classroom educator / school administrator for almost thirty years. Meditation has been a daily part of her life for over twenty-five years, and she looks forward to practicing with you. Her goal has always been to guide people to look at their strengths and learn additional tools to increase wellness. This course is part of her vision to share that approach with as many individuals, educators and parents as possible so that the world becomes a place that welcomes and cares for us all.

Social proof: testimonials

"It...gave me the confidence to develop a regular meditation practice. "

Georgiana Nderitu

The course was enlightening. It helped me to be more thoughtful about how to meditate which gave me the confidence to develop a regular meditation practice. It deepens the understanding of one's internal wisdom and allows one to make wise, discerning choices.