OVERVIEW

MBSR TT: 10-week Online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher Training is organized by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness (UCSD CFM) and will be held from Feb 18 - Apr 22, 2026.

Description:
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an empirically-supported 8-week psycho-educational group intervention that teaches mindfulness meditation as a health intervention. Created by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979, MBSR offers participants the possibility to develop a different relationship to stress resulting from chronic physical and psychological illnesses. Research outcomes have demonstrated positive improvements in physical and psychological symptoms, as well as changes in health attitudes and behaviors.

This Online 10-week teacher training will provide health care professionals and educators the opportunity to study and experience the foundational underpinnings, mindfulness meditations and specific exercises that are the framework of the MBSR program. The themes, rationales, intention and practice skills of each MBSR class session will be reviewed, discussed and practiced. Participant screening guidelines will be covered, and samples of client handouts will be provided. There will also be time set aside for personal mindfulness practice.

Schedule (subject to change):

Week 1: Orientation & Welcome, Wednesday (9-11:30am PT)
Week 2-Week 6: Mondays (9-11:30am PT) & Wednesdays (9-11:30am PT)
Week 7: All Day Session: Sunday (7:00am-2:00pm PT)
Week 8-10: Mondays (9-11:30am PT) & Wednesdays (9-11:30am PT)