I enjoyed the interaction with the group, who were all experiencing the same issues
around stress, leading busy lives and analysing too much. More than anything, I really liked
your approach and style which made me really comfortable.
I have taken a lot from this programme. In addition to meditating I constantly use the
strategies that you have suggested and find it is helping me handle stressful
(or what I perceive as stressful) issues on a day to day basis and is helping me to think
about things differently. Thank-you Susann – the experience was phenomenal.
I was a little wary to try meditation and wasn’t sure if it would be for me. I think, to be fair,
I didn’t really understand what it involved but I hoped the course would make me a calmer,
more relaxed person. I realise now it’s going to take more than an 8 week programme
to do that – but your experience and unfaultable facilitation has given me some great tools
to help me in working towards that goal.
Voices from the MBSR Summer Group Course 2010
Everything useful; idea of accepting problems best; well structured and well presented;
nice atmosphere.
The course made meditation accessible, many different ways to approach it;
lots of laughter and I enjoyed the group; helped to hear how others were feeling, coping
and that you are not the only one with life stresses. Thank you!
I think the whole course was well planned, organised and met all the learning
outcomes.
Voices from the MBSR Winter Group Course 2009/10
Susann Herrmann, Dipl. Psych. (MA)
Co-Founder of London Meditation
trained by Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli
Dear Susann,
I just want to write and say an ENORMOUS ’Thank you’ for all of your support,
guidance, kindness and warmth over the past few months while I have been on the course...
I have gained so much insight into myself, and how to deal with life’s ups and downs
in a far more positive way. I know, I now have a tool for life, that I can use in pretty much
any circumstance...
I have a new way of being and I am eternally grateful to you for showing me
how to get there!
You have become a very significant person in my life and I feel so lucky to have met you!
I would not be where I am now without you.
Thank you, Susann,
with love and giant hugs
Lucy Andrew, Learning Mentor
Listening to a raisin. Strange? No, it’s mindful!
Susann teaching mindfulness at The Yoga Show
MBSR Mindfulness-based
Stress Reduction Programme
MBSR is part of our Coaching Programme.
If you want to learn how to take better care of yourself and discover a deeper sense of ease and peace of mind – and if you are willing to actively engage in your own health and well-being, we welcome your participation in our eight week programme.
The programme consists of eight weekly two-hour evening classes and a one-day retreat (on a weekend) between session six and seven.
What is MBSR?
Developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre, MBSR is based on a form of meditation known as mindfulness.
Mindfulness is a basic human quality, a way of learning to pay wise attention to whatever is happening in your life that allows you a greater sense of connection to your life inwardly and outwardly.
Mindfulness is also a practice, a systematic method aimed at cultivating clarity, insight and understanding. In the context of your health, mindfulness is a way for you to experientially learn to take better care of yourself by exploring and understanding the interplay of mind and body and mobilizing your own inner resources for coping and growing.
Nearly three decades of scientific research all over the world suggest that training in mindfulness and MBSR can positively and often profoundly affect participants’ ability to reduce medical symptoms and psychological distress while learning to live life more fully.
Who will benefit?
The MBSR Programme has benefited people reporting a variety of conditions and concerns:
- Stress – including work, school, family, financial, illness, ageing, grief, uncertainty about the future and feeling ’out of control’.
- Medical conditions – including chronic illness or pain, high blood pressure, cancer, heart disease, asthma, skin disorders and many other conditions.
- Psychological distress – including anxiety, panic, depression, fatigue and sleep disturbances.
- Preventing and Wellness – including health enhancement and wellness focused on prevention and learning the ’how’ of taking good care of yourself and feeling a greater sense of balance.
How does MBSR work?
By practising in sessions, and by listening to guided meditations at home during the week, you learn, practice and integrate mindfulness into your everyday life.
Highly participatory, supportive and structured, the MBSR Programme will provide you with:
- guided instruction in mindfulness meditation practices.
- gentle streching and mindful yoga.
- group dialogue and mindful communication exercises to enhance awareness in everyday life.
- individually tailored instruction.
- daily home assignments.
- guided meditations and handouts.
The programme is challenging and life-affirming. Participating in the Stress Reduction Programme requires an ongoing commitment to yourself.
Your Facilitator
Susann Herrmann, CPsychol./OccupPsychol.(MA)
- Trained by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
- Founder and former Director of the Stress Reduction Clinic,
- former Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness
- and Professor of Medicine, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School
- Saki Santorelli, Ph.D.
- Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness,
- Director of the Stress Reduction Clinic
- and Assistant. Professor of Medicine, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School
- Mark Williams, Prof.
- Professor of Clinical Psychology and Wellcome Principal Research Fellow at the University of Oxford,
- has held previous posts at the Medical Research Council Applied Psychology Unit in Cambridge and the University of Wales, Bangor,
- Co-Developer of the MBCT Programme
- and Co-Author of ’The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness’
- and by John Teasdale, Ph.D.
- Research scientist, University of Oxford and Cambridge,
- one of the pioneers of cognitive therapy research in UK,
- Co-Developer of the MBCT Programme
- and Co-Author of ’The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness’
- Graduated from the Intensive Residential MBSR Practicum
- led by Melissa Blacker (MA) and Florence Meleo-Meyer (MS, MA)
Senior Teachers and Co-Directors of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction professional training and education programs at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
- led by Melissa Blacker (MA) and Florence Meleo-Meyer (MS, MA)
MBSR group course
Venue:
The Penthouse (Flat 8), 89 – 95 Parkway, Camden Town, NW1 7PP
(Street-map please see here).
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Dates for autumn course: Wednesdays
Oct 13, Oct 20, Oct 27, Nov 03, Nov 17, Nov 24, Dec 01, Dec 08
plus an ’all-day’ retreat including brunch
on Sat Nov 06 or Sun Nov 07 (11.30am - 6.30pm) – you choose the day.Time: Wed 7 - 9pm (please arrive between 6.45 - 7pm)
Cost: £ 295
including handouts, guided meditations & brunch during the retreat day.
MBSR one2one course
Please don’t hesitate to contact Susann to get an appointment for a non-obligatory consultation to help you make up your mind.
Duration of sessions: 90 minutes
Cost Mon – Fri (daytime): £ 95 – last session starts 4pm –
including handouts and guided meditations.
Cost evenings and weekends: £ 110
including handouts and guided meditations.
If you have any questions please call 020 7424 9027 or send an email.
