Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron

Tuesdays, September 4th – October 30th, 2018 from 9:30am to 12:00pm held at NYZCCC

Please note:  Required Orientation is Tuesday, September 4th (free)
Plus one day-long class on Sunday, October 23th, from 10am – 5pm held at New York Insight

Program Fee: $450-$600 based on sliding scale

Mindfulness is the purposeful act of paying attention to the present moment. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a specific curriculum that teaches mindfulness and how to incorporate it into our daily lives so we can cope effectively with stress in a more open and easeful way. Over 32 years of research indicates that MBSR practitioners experience lasting decreases in physical and psychological problems, and are able to live life with more vitality and enjoyment.

MBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of short and long term stress in their lives. In this course, individuals will learn:

• Practical coping skills to improve your ability to handle stressful situations

• Gentle full body conditioning exercises to strengthen the body and release muscular tension

• To become increasingly aware of the interplay of mind and body in health and illness

• Methods for being physically and mentally relaxed and at ease

The course is highly participatory and requires a commitment to attendance and daily practice.

Jon Aaron is a teacher at New York Insight since 2006. His principal dharma teacher has been Matthew Flickstein of The Forest Way. He trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, and is a certified teacher through the CFM. He has taught over 65 cycles of the seminal curriculum as well as numerous courses for alumni of the program. He completed the Integrated Study and Practice Program at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and the Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care at the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. He is the co-guiding teacher of the Makom Meditation Havurah program at the Jewish Community Center. He is a certified Somatic Experience Practitionertm and has most recently completed the teacher training in Mindfulness for Pain offered by Breathworks in England.