Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
8 Weeks to transform your relationship with stress
8 Weeks to Stress Less
and Live more!
If you struggle with anxiety, burnout, chronic pain, or ongoing symptoms related to chronic illness - stress is almost certainly part of the picture. MBSR can help.
MBSR may be for you if
You find yourself​ unable to manage all that's coming at you.
You're feeling like there is never enough time to slow down and care for yourself.
You are experiencing stress related symptoms from anxiety, chronic pain or burnout/compassion fatigue.
Before MBSR, I was reactive, rushing to solve or escape uncomfortable feelings. It gave me the space to act rather than react impulsively, to come back to the present moment rather than dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. This new presence of mind has been life-altering, reducing my stress and anxiety levels substantially.
~Kelley
Here's What to Expect
1. An evidence-based, experiential framework
A structured yet flexible program, MBSR guides you through a series of meditation and mindfulness practices designed to help you deeply connect with your own inner resources. It offers you a new lens through which to understand stress and develop your capacity to manage it for yourself and teach your clients to do the same.
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2. Compassionate, Expert Guidance
I am Certified as an MBSR Instructor through the University of San Diego's Center for Mindfulness with a background in Public Health. My approach to facilitating strives to bring humility and humor to our common, human experience, and is grounded in my own practice and personal familiarity with emotional upheaval and chronic illness.
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3. A Supportive Community of Like-Minded Peers
Although mindfulness is a personal practice, each MBSR class blossoms into a tightly-knit, supportive community. The bonds between practitioners form quickly, and are fortified by our collective exploration of stress and relief—universal experiences that unite us on a profoundly human level.
MBSR at a Glance
We meet weekly for 2.5 hours
Each week we explore a topic, dive deep into practice and inquire into our present moment experience.
Between classes, you are encouraged to practice daily and complete brief assignments designed to integrate mindfulness into your daily life.
Between weeks 6 and 7, we spend a full day (9am - 4pm) together, mostly in silence in the spirit of a retreat.
Week 1: Attention
How we pay attention has as much of an impact as where we put our attention - this week, we begin to get to know what we pay attention to and how by practicing the Body Scan meditation.​
Week 4: Stress
We take a deep dive into the physiology of stress and reactivity. We come to know stress as an automatic, conditioned, embodied response that we just might be able to notice and interrupt.
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Week 2: Perception
We begin to explore and uncover habitual patterns in the way we relate and pay attention. We'll learn to use the breath as an anchor to stay right here in the present moment.
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Week 5: Response
Learn to extend the pause between stimulus and response and experience some freedom from habitual reactions as you begin to notice thoughts as "just thoughts".
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Week 3: Movement
Just like the mind can hold on to automatic habits and patterns, so can the body. In class 3, we observe our reactions to the body in motion with an introduction to gentle Hatha yoga and walking meditation.
Week 6: Communication
This week we explore stress and response inside of relationships, continue to observe thoughts as "just thoughts" and develop and strengthen concentration and focus
RETREAT
Between weeks 6 and 7, we spend a full day (9am - 4pm) in silent practice. You invited to turn inward and be led seamlessly from one practice to the next to explore your own inner landscape.
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Week 7: Compassion
We practice bringing kindness to ourselves and our everyday experiences with Metta Mediation and reflection on the role of self compassion in healing and pain relief for both individuals and communities.
Week 8: Integration
In our final class, we discuss ongoing practice, support and resources to continue experiencing relief, healing and joy in real life, right now.
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Colette DeHarpporte, MA
Certified MBSR Instructor and Heatlh Coach
I have over 20 years of Mindfulness Practice Experience and was inspired to pursue training as an MBSR Instructor and Health Coach following my own life- threatening illness.
I bring a depth of understanding and compassion to supporting others as they develop, sustain and apply their own Mindfulness Practice.
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"What's magical about Colette's approach is how she makes each person feel seen and heard without making anyone the center of attention—myself included. Despite our long-term association, I've always felt like an equal student in her class, sharing the learning journey with everyone else."
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~ Ronda, Labor Relations Specialist