Mindfulness is scientifically proven to help manage stress, improve sleep, increase focus, and manage the symptoms of chronic pain and illness, while building resilience, balance, and peace of mind.

Learning to practice mindfulness provides a way to directly relate with and take charge of your life. It can help you consciously and systematically notice and respond to your own stress, joy, pain, pleasure, and the changeful nature of living.

Benefits of Mindfulness

Scientific research at medical and research centers around the world suggest that mindfulness can positively and often profoundly affect participants’ lives.

  • Stress Reduction

  • Decreased Medical Symptoms

  • Improved self-care

  • Greater ability to manage anxiety and depression

  • Improvement in symptoms of burnout

  • Increased focus and clarity

  • Loosening the grip of negative habits and thinking

  • Decreased emotional reactivity

  • Improved sense of well-being

  • Learning how to be present and appreciate the pleasures of everyday life

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

Overview

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is the gold standard in mindfulness training. It was created in 1979 by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. The 8-week course offers an evidence-based, systematic training to cultivate mindful awareness.

Learning to practice mindfulness meditation provides a way of relating directly with whatever is happening in your life, a way of taking charge of your life, of consciously and systematically noticing and responding to your own stress and pain, and to the challenges and demands of living. This starts with cultivating present-moment attention in an open, nonjudgmental way. Mindfulness is a nonsectarian, scientifically researched approach that is in harmony with any faith-based tradition.