The course was brilliant – thank you!
Group format really enhanced reflection and learning from others...
The clear home work really made able to apply the rules without getting to hungry
on ’shoulds’...
Really enjoyable course and I loved the included Mindfulness Urban Retreat Day!
The course made sense to me and had helped me much more than two previous mindfulness courses
at a Buddhist centre. Thank you for making it so accessible, grounded and enjoyable...
Confronting my own self was not always enjoyable but in a way I think it was the point
and it was brilliant – thank you!
The course structure was fantastic! I’m not sure if it was designed for people to work
things out for themselves but that’s how it worked for me and that was brilliant...
Tutor was excellent – built great rapport with the group. What I have learned throughout
this 8-week will stay with me for life...
Meditation changes my perspective, the doom and gloom disappears and becomes light in the sky!
Susann was an involved and engaging facilitator and each session was well planned
and executed, and varied as well...
I found, in addition to the teaching, the stories and quotes quite informative and
resonating...
Having accidently booked the wrong course I nonetheless found the whole experience positive,
despite not being particularly stressed...
A truly nourishing, growing experience in the company of the most delightful 14 people...
This is the beginning of enjoying my self more! You provided a very warm and open space
which encouraged me to share, listen and feel. I was amazed at rediscovering my body through
my mind. Really didn’t expect this to happen...
Susann is an excellent tutor. Everybody should spend some time in her company. I
would highly recommend this course to everyone – and I will!
Voices from the MBSR Spring Group Course 2011
For more voices click here.
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.
Content of the MBSR eight session programme
- Recognising the present moment
- Engaging with the breath
- Practice, practice, practice
- Stress and the flow of emotions
- Stress and thoughts: finding another place to stand
- Interpersonal mindfulness / mindful communication
- Applying mindfulness
- Making mindfulness a part of your life
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 Teacher
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 Teacher Development Intensive in MBSR
and the Intensive Residential MBSR Practicum
- both 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.
- both 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 spring course: Wednesdays
Apr 18, Apr 25, May 02, May 09, May 16, May 23, May 30, Jun 06
plus an ’all-day’ retreat including brunch
on Sat May 19 or Sun May 20 (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.
For testimonials click here.
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Dates for summer course: Tuesdays
Jul 03, Jul 10, Jul 17, Jul 24, Jul 31, Aug 07, Aug 14, Aug 21
plus an ’all-day’ retreat including brunch
on Sat Aug 18 or Sun Aug 19 (11.30am - 6.30pm) – you choose the day.Time: Tue 7 - 9pm (please arrive between 6.45 - 7pm)
Cost: £ 295
including handouts, guided meditations & brunch during the retreat day.
For testimonials click here.
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For further MBSR group courses in 2012 please see calendar.
MBSR one2one programme
For further questions please don’t hesitate to contact Susann.
Contract: 10 sessions of 90 minutes each
Cost: £ 1,500 including handouts & guided meditations.
For testimonials click here.
If you have any questions please call 020 7424 9027 or send an email.
