MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION

This 8-week course involves mindfulness teachings, class-based discussion, practice and enquiry. You will be invited to do home-based meditations and mindfulness practices between the weekly classes.

MBSR is the internationally recognised, gold-standard mindfulness course. Thousands of MBSR participants around the world report handling negative emotions better after doing this course, especially when facing stress, disability and illness. Improvements in the body’s immune function and in the ability to deal with emotional and physical pain are common outcomes, as are better interpersonal relationships and a greater sense of self-worth and vitality.

The MBSR course curriculum involves a time and practice commitment that is designed to embed mindfulness into your daily life. It will help you reduce your stress, calm and clarify your mind, cultivate and sustain your capacity to pay attention and to live life more skilfully. These skills will guide and support you long after the course is completed.

Want to know more? Please complete our online contact form and Larissa will be in touch.

Information session: 2.30pm Monday 11 September, 2023 (FREE All welcome, registration preferred)

Classes: 2.30 to 5.00pm Mondays 25 Sep to 13 Nov plus One Day of Mindfulness Sunday 29th October. ($695pp registration required)

Venue: The Fourth Floor, Level 4 MLC Building, 65 Murray Street, Hobart.

About Dr. Larissa Bartlett

Dr. Larissa Bartlett has been practicing yoga and meditation for 15 years and is registered to teach the MBSR program through the Mindfulness Training Institute of Australasia. Her approach to teaching mindfulness incorporates both its Eastern origins and Western science. She has a PhD from the Menzies Institute for Medical Research in the health and social effects of mindfulness training.

Her research has been published in high impact journals and shows that different approaches to teaching and learning mindfulness have variable effects on personal, social and performance outcomes. Dr. Bartlett offers this course to anyone seeking to reduce worry and stress, and to improve their wellbeing.