Practicum in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Living Inside Participant-Practitioner Perspectives
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Participants in a Practicum seminar
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The Practicum provides an opportunity for you to experience an MBSR class as taught by senior CFM teachers. Taking the MBSR class along with regular program participants gives you the opportunity to directly experience the impact of MBSR on your life and practice.
This program allows you to immerse yourself in the CFM approach to learning, growing, human development, and healing. You will also engage in a seminar with your teacher and fellow Practicum participants in which you will have the opportunity to explore issues and questions arising out of your experience of the class, engage in guiding other seminar participants in formal and informal mindfulness practice, and study the contextual background of MBSR.
There are two versions of the Practicum: the Eight-week and the Nine-day Intensive.
Please click on the individual names below, to learn more about each specific format.
The Eight-week Seminar Practicum requires weekly attendance at an eight-week MBSR class and includes 70 hours of instruction.
The Nine-day Intensive Practicum, which is intended for trainees who live far from the Center for Mindfulness in Worcester, MA, includes a five-day residential MBSR retreat followed by a 4-day residential seminar, and consists of 66 hours of instruction.
Learning Objectives
- Explore the CFM approach to instructing MBSR classes in detail
- Develop an understanding of the theoretical, philosophical, pedagogical, and scientific underpinnings of MBSR
- Examine, through the lens of MBSR, the emerging field of mind-body medicine
- Refine and deepen your personal meditation practice
Prerequisites for Eight-Week Seminar and Nine-Day Intensive
- A personal meditation practice is required.
- Participation in at least one 5-10 day silent, teacher-led mindfulness meditation retreat.
Program Dates
Eight-Week Practicum
Fall 2009*
September 28th - November 20th -- Application Deadline: August 14, 2009
Spring 2010*
April 26th - June 18th -- Application Deadline: March 12, 2010
Summer 2010*
June 21st - August 13th -- Application Deadline: May 14, 2010
*all held in Worcester, Massachusetts
Nine-Day Intensive
Winter 2010 - USA
January 8-17 - Worcester, Massachusetts
Application Deadline: October 16, 2009
Summer 2010 - USA
July 4-13 - Rhinebeck, New York and Worcester, Massachusetts
Application Deadline: April 2, 2010
Program Fees
Application fee: $50, payable to the CFM
Tuition: $1,800, payable to the CFM
Note: The Nine-Day Intensive also carries a $445* tuition fee for the Mindfulness Tools for Living the Full Catastrophe workshop at the Worcester location for the January 2010 program and at Omega Institute for the July 2010 program.
*Mindfulness Tools for Living the Full Catastrophe tuition fees subject to change.
Registration for the Mindfulness Tools workshop should be made following acceptance notification for the 9-Day Intensive Practicum. Instructions on how to register will be given upon acceptance into the Practicum.
How to Apply
Click here for instructions on submitting an application.
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