fall offering: MBSR

Everyone carries stress. Everyone experiences suffering. We are also equipped with wondrous capacities for resilience and creativity. One key to accessing creative response to whatever arises is mindfulness. We can rediscover our innate gifts of compassion and curiosity with some patience and a little bit of practice. If you'd like to find out how, please do join me.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an evidence-based, secular exploration of the practice of mindfulness, embodiment and lived experience. Developed in 1979 by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, this program has supported thousands of people over the years, transforming lives. The course offers a well-established, 8-week journey toward greater peace, creativity and resilience. More information about MBSR is available here.

The course is comprised of guided mindfulness meditations, gentle movement, personal reflection and inquiry held within a supportive community. It is ideal for those new to mindfulness as well as long-time meditation practitioners interested in strengthening their practice by reviewing the basics of mindfulness. People are drawn to MBSR for countless reasons: to relieve stress, to tend to physical and emotional pain, to establish a regular practice of mindfulness, to reconnect with their own authenticity. All are welcome.

8 Wednesday evenings 6:30 - 9 pm (est) online
September 17 - November 5, 2025
Practice Day on Saturday October 18 9:30 am - 5 pm (est)
Orientation on Wednesday September 10 6:30-8 pm (est) online required if you intend to register for the class.

Tuition = $600 – $500 – $350 includes materials and practice day
Early bird pricing before August 29th: $500 – $400 – $250
(more information about my pricing tiers is available here: https://tomorrow-never-happens.ghost.io/mindful-collapse/)

The eight-week course is rigorous: regular attendance is necessary as each session builds on the previous one. Participation at the all-day practice session Saturday October 18^th is required. If you know that you will have to miss more than one session, please don’t register for this course. If enough people want another course due to scheduling conflicts, I’m open to offering this more than once.

REGISTER AT https://mbsr.betsyfagin.com/offerings/registration-mbsr-september-2025/

If you have any questions, please reach out to me, Betsy at betsy.fagin@proton.me.