{"id":5143,"date":"2022-07-18T09:44:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T09:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moments.org.uk\/our-courses-2\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T20:07:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:07:12","slug":"mbsr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/moments.org.uk\/what-we-do\/mbsr\/","title":{"rendered":"MBSR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b4779bdb\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>8 Week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme has become the most popular and well-researched means of learning mindfulness. Based on the programme founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn at The University of Massachusetts Medical School, it now has over 2 decades worth of supporting research showing it successful in reducing stress, anxiety, chronic pain and depression.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-2e45848c\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-d4b87ebd\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d4b87ebd\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">Some of the benefits of an 8-week MBSR course include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Reduced emotional reactivity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduced anxiety<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increased focus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improved Mood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduced blood pressure and heart rate <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improved immune system  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:35px\">Course commitments:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Attendance of all 8 online sessions via Zoom.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>30 minutes meditation practice for at least 5 out of 7 days a week for the duration of the course.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Short journaling\/reflections on both formal and informal mindfulness practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optional online half-day retreat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-50854613\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-50854613\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-4aa7252c gb-headline-text\">What does the course include?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The online course consists of 8 (2-hour) weekly sessions taught online via Zoom with both Sam and Mike, as well as an optional online half-day retreat. Group size is typically 4-10 people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Each session involves guided meditation practice, group discussion and dialogue, short interactive teachings and reflections on topics around mindfulness and stress, as well as person-specific guidance on developing your meditation practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to meditation techniques you will learn a range of practical tools and techniques for managing stress and calming the nervous system that you can integrate into your daily life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Teaching topics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The foundational principles of mindfulness practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The science of meditation <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The physiology of stress <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pain and &#8216;reactivity&#8217;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The power of gratitude<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mindfulness in daily life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mindfulness in relationships<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compassion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-13e58a04\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-9cf08620\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-2ad4433b\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-2ad4433b\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>An essential function of the course is to support you turning the skill of mindfulness meditation into a daily habit that you can reap the greatest benefits from.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-cb6955c2\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-cb6955c2\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Guided Meditations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The guided meditations we teach involve shorter (informal) practices that you can take on the go, as well as longer (formal) practices that include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Body Scan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mindfulness of Breath<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gentle Movement Meditation <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compassion and self-compassion practices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6d200589\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d87dad50 gb-headline-text\">Next course starts Weds 3rd May 2023 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>8 weeks, 7-9pm, online<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-contrast-3-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Suggested price: \u00a3180<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We are committed to making our courses as accessible\/inclusive as possible and we don&#8217;t want anyone who might benefit to be unable to access them, so we encourage you to <strong>pay what you can<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tally.so\/r\/m68r9N\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register your interest<br>and we&#8217;ll be in contact<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 Week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course The 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme has become the most popular and well-researched means of learning mindfulness. Based on the programme founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn at The University of Massachusetts Medical School, it now has over 2 decades worth of supporting research showing it successful in reducing &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"MBSR\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/moments.org.uk\/what-we-do\/mbsr\/#more-5143\" aria-label=\"More on MBSR\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5258,"parent":5140,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moments.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moments.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moments.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moments.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moments.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5143"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/moments.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5599,"href":"https:\/\/moments.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5143\/revisions\/5599"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moments.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moments.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moments.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}