Elana Rosenbaum – 2-Day Certificate Course: MBSR: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

Outline

Foundational Principles

• The Origin of MBSR
• Goals and Principles
• Populations Served
• Assessment and Orientation
• MBSR Ground Rules
• Teacher competencies

The Curriculum – Themes

• Class 1-3 Grounding Mindfulness in the Body
• Class 4-5 Stress Reaction versus Response
• Class 6-7 Communication and Interpersonal Mindfulness
• Class 8 Summation and Bringing Mindfulness Home
• All Day Session

Establishing Mindfulness Practices

• Defining Mindfulness
• Introducing Mindfulness Experientially and Verbally
• 7 Essential Attitudes in Establishing Mindfulness

Establishing Intention and Commitment to Practice

• Language – Using Gerunds and the Vernacular
• Leading an Awareness Exercise: The Raisin

Guidance in Formal Mindfulness Practices

• The Body Scan
• The Sitting Meditation with Awareness of Breath
• Yoga
• Walking Meditation
• Loving-Kindness Meditation
• Practice in Leading a Mindfulness Meditation

Applying Mindfulness to Daily Life

• Creating Home Practices
• Use of Homework
• The S.T.O.P.
• The Three Minute Breathing Space
• Awareness Exercises

Clinical Issues: Working with Difficulties

• The Process of Inquiry including Role Playing and Practice in Inquiry
• Working with Feeling
• Working with Pain and Stress
• Working with Anxiety and Panic
• Application of Neuro-Science Research

Adaptations of MBSR for:

• Depression
• Addictions
• Children and Adolescents

Inter-personal Mindfulness and Communication

• Akido for MBSR
• Use of Dyads
• Group Process
• Interface with Psychotherapy

Limitations of Research and Potential Risks

• Various definitions of mindfulness
• Research validity and reliability
• Client may experience initial increase in symptoms
• Special considerations for severe mental illness