Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Mindfulness can be a powerful tool to identify your physical, mental and emotional habits and needs. Becoming more familiar with your own mind and its patterns can help you relate more directly to whatever is happening in your life – including difficulty and pain – and discover greater balance and ease. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was created in 1979 and has been widely taught and scientifically studied around the world; research has shown positive improvements in physical and psychological symptoms.

Good news: you don’t need to “clear your mind.” You don’t need special equipment. This class will focus on practice; there will time for instruction, reflection, and dialogue – but at its heart mindfulness is experiential. A variety of practices will be introduced, including sitting, walking, and gently moving, and participants will be invited to practice at home between classes (with guided instructions included.) Some of the themes include patience, trust, letting-be, and stress reactivity and response.

No experience is necessary, this class welcomes beginners (and skeptics), as well as anyone with experience with mindfulness or contemplative practice. Come as you are – even thoughts, emotions and problems can be avenues for discovering more wisdom and compassion.

Schedule – All times 6:00-8:30 pm, all locations RGH 113 unless otherwise noted

The orientation session will be online, and all other sessions and Day of Mindfulness take place in-person at Holy Wisdom Monastery.

• Tuesday, Sep. 29th – Orientation (over Zoom) – 6:00-7:30 pm
• Tuesday, Oct. 6th – Session 1
• Tuesday, Oct. 13th – Session 2
• Tuesday, Oct. 20th – Session 3
• Tuesday, Oct. 27th – Session 4
• Tuesday, Nov. 3rd – Session 5
• Tuesday, Nov. 10th – Session 6
• Saturday, Nov. 14th – Day of Mindfulness – 9:00 am-3:00 pm (lunch included)
• Tuesday, Nov. 17th – Session 7
• Tuesday, Nov. 24th – Session 8

Cost

$410/person – includes all sessions and lunch on Sat., Nov. 14

Register

The registration deadline for this series is October 4, 2026. Class size is limited to 16 and a waitlist will open when the limit is reached.

Cancellation policy – if you register but must cancel your registration, you can receive a 75% refund up until September 28th. After that, a 50% refund is available until the retreat starts.