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SUMMARY:In-Person: Free Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Orientation
DESCRIPTION:In-Person: Free Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Orientation\n \nwith Margrit Pittman-Polletta\n \nTuesday\, September 2\, 2025 | 6:30pm – 9:00pm\n \n\n \nAre you curious about Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction? Want to learn more about it? In this free MBSR orientation session\, we will explore the history of the program\, research about its many benefits\, the logistics of the class\, and the commitment required to engage. Of course there will be opportunity to taste some of the mindfulness practices embedded in the course and to share with each other about your experience. This program was originally designed for people who were new to meditation\, but many experienced meditators have found MBSR to be a way to learn how to incorporate mindfulness into every aspect of our daily lives.  \nTogether\, we’ll assess whether this journey is the right fit for you at this moment in your life. \nThe MBSR Orientation is an invitation to the first step to a journey that can change how you perceive yourself\, others\, and the world around you. \nIf you’re interested in joining our next in-person MBSR course on Tuesdays\, September 16 – November 4\, 2025 from 6:30pm – 9:00pm ET\, click here for more info and registration. \nFree Orientation Registration:\nIf you are registering via a mobile device such as a phone or tablet\, you can scroll right and left and up and down within the below form if it is partially obscured or cut off.\nCLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window.
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/free-mbsr-orientation-9-2-25/
LOCATION:New York Insight Meditation Center\, 115 West 29th Street\, 12th floor\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:For Beginners,MBSR & Related Courses,Open to All
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SUMMARY:In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
DESCRIPTION:In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course \nwith Margrit Pittman-Polletta \n\nIn-Person Orientation: Tuesday\, September 2\, 2025 | 6:30pm – 9:00pm\nIn-Person Course: Tuesdays\, September 16 – November 4\, 2025 | 6:30pm – 9:00pm\nIn-Person Daylong: Saturday\, October 18 | 9:00am – 4:30pm \nLocation: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street on the 12th Floor \n \nMindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is the ground-breaking and time-tested\, scientifically researched program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979 for the University of Massachusetts Medical School. \nThis transformative course is suited for those coming to meditation for the first time or for experienced meditators who realize they have not yet integrated these practices fully into their lives. \nWhat To Expect:\nMBSR uses meditation\, mindful yoga\, and inquiry/discussion as a way of exploring the habits of the mind to discover how these patterns of reactivity become a major cause of stress and where we could intervene to change them. MBSR helps participants learn to alter their relationship with each moment of their lives and through it derive more clarity\, joy\, fulfillment\, and meaning from their lives. Classes usually have 25-30 participants but may be smaller. The course is experiential: by paying attention to what arises in daily and class practice\, and through exploring the challenges that arise and how these are met\, a supportive and safe container is created for students to feel connected and be inspired. Participants are supported by recorded guided meditations and are expected to practice 45-60 minutes of daily formal meditation as well as various informal practices. \nBenefits of MBSR:\nResearch over the past 46 years indicates that a majority of people who complete this program report a greater ability to cope more effectively with short and long term stressful situations; an increased ability to relax\, lasting decreases in physical and psychological symptoms; reduction in pain levels and enhanced ability to cope with chronic pain and most importantly a greater energy and enthusiasm for life. \nSome of the Skills People Learn in MBSR Courses: \n\nPractical coping skills to improve the ability to handle stressful situations\nTechniques for being physically and mentally relaxed and at ease\nGentle full body conditioning exercises to strengthen the body and release muscular tension\nThe ability to be increasingly aware of the interplay of mind and body in health and illness\nThe ability to face change and difficult times in life with greater ease\nGreater ability to decrease the physical\, mental and emotional effects of the societal stressors of sexism\, racism\, homophobia\, xenophobia and gender inequity among many other challenges\n\nCourse Dates: \nFree Orientation (required): Tuesday\, September 2\, 2025 | 6:30pm – 9:00pm\nCourse: Tuesdays\, September 16 – November 4\, 2025 | 6:30pm – 9:00pm\nDaylong: Saturday\, October 18\, 2025 | 9:00am – 4:30pm \nSliding Scale Course Fee: Sustaining $715 – Base $420 \nPlease choose your rate mindfully and be as generous as possible so that NYI can continue to offer financial assistance to those in need of other NYI offerings. \nIf you need financial assistance\, we have a limited amount of partial scholarships available. Email registration@nyimc.org for more info. \nParticipants may register after the orientation for this class takes place\, but must still view a recorded orientation\, complete the pre-class questionnaire and arrange a pre-class interview with the teacher. Once you have registered\, the teacher will contact you to make these arrangements. \nIf you want to learn more before registering\, you may sign up for the free orientation on September 2 here. \nRegister for the MBSR Course:\nRegistration for this course is now closed. Our next MBSR course begins on Wednesday\, October 22nd\, 2025.
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/mbsr-course-9-16-25/
LOCATION:New York Insight Meditation Center\, 115 West 29th Street\, 12th floor\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:For Beginners,MBSR & Related Courses,Open to All
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