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MBSR taught in ENGLISH
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program
LIVE ONLINE COURSE
Course Dates
Wednesdays between 8 – 10.30 pm (GMT+1)
12th – 19th – 26th October
2nd – 9th – 16th – 23rd – 30th November
All day silent retreat:
20th November, 10 am – 4 pm (GMT+1)
Wednesdays between 8 – 10.30 pm (GMT+1)
12th – 19th – 26th October
2nd – 9th – 16th – 23rd – 30th November
All day silent retreat:
20th November, 10 am – 4 pm (GMT+1)
What is Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)?
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an 8-week programme where participants meet once a week and learn how to integrate mindfulness principles into the challenges of every-day life.
The central focus of MBSR is to empower the participants in using their own resources towards stress-related issues experienced in the form of pain, anxiety, depression, chronic or potentially terminal illness, difficult thoughts and emotions, fatigue, anger, irritation, losses, painful life events and more. It is also suitable for individuals who would like to deepen their mindfulness practice, or just anyone who value well-being and wants to live a more balanced and harmonious life.
Background of MBSR
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Programme was founded by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979 at the Stress Clinic in the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The 8-week programme focuses on empowering the individual in all stress-related issues by cultivating a mindful approach that is based on “befriending ourselves and our experience by paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally” as Jon Kabat-Zinn defines it. It is an educational programme with a curriculum that has been offered in more than 700 hospitals in the United States and Europe as a participatory medicine intervention. Over the years, MBSR has been the subject of various studies that show beneficial effects on the physical and mental health of those who practice it. The 8-week MBSR Programme includes exercises that are easy to comprehend and implement, making it a widely used intervention in hospitals, schools, clinics, institutions and corporations all around the world.
Benefits of MBSR
MBSR is a scientifically proven programme that helps:
· Enhance coping skills
· Pain relief
· Reduce anxiety
· Improve immune function
· Better sleep quality
· Increase empathy
· Decrease burn-out
· Strengthen attention and focus
· Reduce stress levels
· Increase self-esteem
· Improve brain functioning
· Build up non-reactivity
· Cultivate more compassion and calm
· Elevate vitality and feelings of joy
· Feeling connected
The Live Online MBSR programme consists of:
· Free orientation (1 ½ hrs, required for enrollment), scheduled before your first class
· Eight weekly classes (2 ½ hrs each) live on Zoom
· One All-Day Silent Retreat class on a Sunday
· Attention exercises
· Sitting practice
· Lying down practice
· Walking practice
· Easy mindful Yoga movements
· Weekly home assignments that consist of daily home practice for 45-60 minutes
· Group sharing
· Audio files and reading materials which can also be used in future when the program is completed. This is to ensure that your mental strength and well-being keeps being strong in the long term.
All participants must complete the MBSR Intake Form prior to taking the MBSR Programme.
Click here for the MBSR Intake Form.
Please note that, in order to receive a completion letter for the course, you may not miss more than two classes, and you must attend the All Day Silent Retreat class.
If you are on the MBSR Teacher Training Pathway, this MBSR course qualifies as a prerequisite and is recognised by Mindfulness Center at Brown University.
MBSR TEACHER ESEN SEKERKARAR
· Strengthen attention and focus
· Reduce stress levels
· Increase self-esteem
· Improve brain functioning
· Build up non-reactivity
· Cultivate more compassion and calm
· Elevate vitality and feelings of joy
· Feeling connected
The Live Online MBSR programme consists of:
· Free orientation (1 ½ hrs, required for enrollment), scheduled before your first class
· Eight weekly classes (2 ½ hrs each) live on Zoom
· One All-Day Silent Retreat class on a Sunday
· Attention exercises
· Sitting practice
· Lying down practice
· Walking practice
· Easy mindful Yoga movements
· Weekly home assignments that consist of daily home practice for 45-60 minutes
· Group sharing
· Audio files and reading materials which can also be used in future when the program is completed. This is to ensure that your mental strength and well-being keeps being strong in the long term.
All participants must complete the MBSR Intake Form prior to taking the MBSR Programme.
Click here for the MBSR Intake Form.
Please note that, in order to receive a completion letter for the course, you may not miss more than two classes, and you must attend the All Day Silent Retreat class.
If you are on the MBSR Teacher Training Pathway, this MBSR course qualifies as a prerequisite and is recognised by Mindfulness Center at Brown University.
MBSR TEACHER ESEN SEKERKARAR
She obtained her accredited qualification as an MBSR teacher from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where the trademarked programme was founded.
In her consultations and services, she uses the proven approaches of the MBSR programme. She is also trained in “Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness” by the Oxford University Mindfulness Centre and experienced in delivering this approach into her services.
Esen has lived and worked internationally (Denmark, USA, Turkey, Switzerland, UK) for many years, which has broadened her experience working with a wide variety of social, ethnic and academic groups. Before moving to London, Esen lived and worked in Denmark, where she managed a psychology clinic and provided mindfulness services and training programmes to companies, institutions and individuals. She has extensive experience, not only in teaching mindfulness, but also adapting mindfulness-based approaches into different concepts and environments.
Esen is also trained in teaching mindfulness to children. She completed her “.b” training at Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) in London, which is a non-profit organisation operating in the field of mental health in the UK, and delivers .b curriculum to 11-18-year-olds in schools, and other educational youth-related organisations.
She also actively collaborates with ComicCon, the world’s largest comic convention, in a social responsibility project, where she offers mindfulness support to visitors experiencing anxiety.
Since 2021, she has been collaborating with the IVF Department in Acibadem Kozyatagi Hospital, one of Turkey’s most prestigious hospitals, and has been offering mindfulness interventions to IVF patients in supporting them through stressful and emotional treatment. This project has great significance in the field of mindfulness in Turkey as it is the first mindfulness-related project to ever be implemented in a Turkish hospital.
Esen collabortes with Motus Mundi Scuola italiana Mindfulness and also offers her services internationally.
In her consultations and services, she uses the proven approaches of the MBSR programme. She is also trained in “Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness” by the Oxford University Mindfulness Centre and experienced in delivering this approach into her services.
Esen has lived and worked internationally (Denmark, USA, Turkey, Switzerland, UK) for many years, which has broadened her experience working with a wide variety of social, ethnic and academic groups. Before moving to London, Esen lived and worked in Denmark, where she managed a psychology clinic and provided mindfulness services and training programmes to companies, institutions and individuals. She has extensive experience, not only in teaching mindfulness, but also adapting mindfulness-based approaches into different concepts and environments.
Esen is also trained in teaching mindfulness to children. She completed her “.b” training at Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) in London, which is a non-profit organisation operating in the field of mental health in the UK, and delivers .b curriculum to 11-18-year-olds in schools, and other educational youth-related organisations.
She also actively collaborates with ComicCon, the world’s largest comic convention, in a social responsibility project, where she offers mindfulness support to visitors experiencing anxiety.
Since 2021, she has been collaborating with the IVF Department in Acibadem Kozyatagi Hospital, one of Turkey’s most prestigious hospitals, and has been offering mindfulness interventions to IVF patients in supporting them through stressful and emotional treatment. This project has great significance in the field of mindfulness in Turkey as it is the first mindfulness-related project to ever be implemented in a Turkish hospital.
Esen collabortes with Motus Mundi Scuola italiana Mindfulness and also offers her services internationally.
What You Need
PC/Laptop/Macbook or Tablet that is able to access Zoom - Mobile phones are not recommended for this course -
Webcam and microphone - High-speed stable internet connection - A private space where you can be undisturbed
Course Dates
Wednesdays between 8.00 – 10.30 pm (GMT+1)
12th – 19th – 26th October
2nd – 9th – 16th – 23rd – 30th November
All day silent retreat: 20th November, 10 am – 4 pm (GMT+1)
Tuition and Fee
Full 8-week course of 28 hours: 298,60 €-Euros (VAT 22% included)
Please note that our class sizes are capped to facilitate a more intimate group dynamic, and your cancellation means that we cannot fill your seat once the course has started. For this reason, we cannot refund your payment. If you have made your payment and are unable to attend the course, someone else can participate the course, provided that the classes have not started.
