Participants in the 8-week classes should attend an introductory program or orientation session prior to the start of the class. If unable to attend, you may schedule an individual session directly with the course facilitator. 
Upcoming Orientation Dates:
August 15, 5:30-7 pm
1200 Lashley St.
Longmont, Co. 
​Childcare available.
Friday Morning MBCT Group ​
​(max 6 people)
9:30 am - 12 pm: 
Oct. 18 - Dec. 20
Lashley St. Fire Station
​ Longmont, Co.

​Please contact us if interested in participating in this class. Open to counseling clients and referrals only.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
for the general population

Tuesday Evening
MBSR Class
5:30-8:00 pm Feb-March 2020 
Location: Longmont, Co.
Register for MBSR
What participants are saying:

"This has really helped me get in touch with what it feels like to be kind to myself by taking the time.”

“On a stressful and busy workday, the breathing exercises help calm me down.”

“I’ve been getting ‘stuck’ in my meditation practice – this gave me skills and tools to use in physical life outside of my internal practice.”

“This gave me immediate tools to stop my automatic reactions in stressful situations.”
“What has been useful is learning to put on the brakes of my thoughts and recognize the body sensations and building my awareness.”

“I learned to practice kindness, practice compassion, practice mindfulness and to be okay with being still and not latch onto thoughts and emotions.”

“I have discovered that I am a powerful and strong woman, capable of being mindful in the daily stresses of life.”

“Meditation is such an amazing tool. My goal is to be able to tune in as much as possible despite the chaos that surrounds us all, and to connect to the beautiful energies around me.”

“I was spending a lot of time ruminating over unnecessary and harmful thoughts and am learning to accept my emotions.”

“I am learning to stay present, even in the difficult moments.”
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“I felt immediate benefits in that the body scan, the yoga, and the meditation were all helping me to settle more into being grounded and centered, even in difficult times. I also learned a great deal about how I habitually respond to stress, and realized that those automatic stress responses caused way more problems than they solved.”​

Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for Anxiety and Preventing Depressive Relapse

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This 8-week group class that can gives you practical skills help you overcome depression, anxiety, and low mood states (such as burnout), by learning new ways to respond to your own thoughts and feelings, and includes: ​
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  • Formal training in mindfulness meditation,
  • Identifying automatic thought patterns and triggers for depressive relapse.
  • Developing resilience, present-moment awareness, and self-compassion.
The course will meet weekly over the course of 8 weeks in 2.5-hour sessions. Sessions will involve sitting, standing, lying down, and movement meditation practices as well as curious inquiry into cognition (how we think) and it's relationship to how we feel, and to how we show up in relation the world.  

MBCT has been tested and proven effective in clinical trials throughout the world. 
Audio recordings of guided meditations are provided on the website.

***Participants who are currently in a depressive episode should consult with their health care team and work to stabilize prior to engaging in this course.***

Course fee includes participation in the day-long silent retreat held during the final weeks of the program. This modality of mindfulness-based relapse prevention may also be helpful for treating workplace burnout and compassion fatigue, generalized anxiety disorders, and addictions.

Program Cost: $600. A $75 deposit is required at time of registration. Partial scholarships available. Your program fee supports scholarships for participants in need, as well as the mindfulness in education movement. Please contact us for more information on financial assistance if needed. It is our mission to make stress reduction programs accessible to all. ​
"If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher." ​  
​-Pema Chodron

Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
for Reducing Anxiety and Improving Health

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The MBSR program was created by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn in the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1979. The course is now offered in over 250 medical centers, hospitals, and clinics around the world, and variations of the program have made their way into popular culture, holistic training institutes, and public schools, supporting people with stress, anxiety, depression, and chronic pain in ways that give hope in these troubled times and teach kindness and compassion to current and future generations.

  • Clinically proven to lower blood pressure, prevent depressive relapse, and improve quality of sleep and overall health

The course is a formal 8-week training in mindfulness meditation, with a day-long silent retreat near the end of the program. It meets on a weekly basis and includes a personal commitment to home practice and mindful citizenship.  Participants will practice present moment awareness, breathing techniques, relaxation exercises, movement meditations, yoga, mindful walking, and more. This brings attention to the unity of mind and body, as well as to the ways the unconscious thoughts, feelings, and behaviors can undermine emotional, physical, and spiritual health. 

Program Cost: $600. A $75 deposit is required at time of registration. Partial scholarships available. Your program fee supports scholarships for participants in need, as well as the mindfulness in education movement. Please contact us for more information on financial assistance if needed. It is our mission to make stress reduction programs accessible to all. 
"You can't stop the waves, but you can
​learn to surf"
​-Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, 
founder of MBSR
MBSR and MBCT diagram courtesy of Patricia Rockman, MD. Centre for Mindfulness Studies.