Mindfulness in the Heartland offers online opportunities to learn the skills and practices of mindfulness from the comfort of your own home or office.
All of our online classes are taught live via the Zoom video conferencing platform.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an empirically-supported 8-week course in mindful living developed in the late ’70s by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. MBSR has been found to positively and often profoundly affect participants’ ability to reduce medical symptoms and psychological distress while learning to live life more fully.
Over four decades of published research indicates the training offered through the MBSR curriculum can help participants:
- Reduce stress and emotional reactivity
- Loosen the grip of negative habits and thought patterns
- Improve self-compassion and self-care
- Manage anxiety and depression
- Decrease pain and medical symptoms
- Improve overall well-being
Over the duration of the course, MBSR participants are introduced to the key principles of mindfulness, provided with instruction for formal and informal practices, and engage in short talks and discussions. With a commitment to involvement, both within and outside of class, participants are pointed towards practices that integrate mindfulness into daily life.
The 8-week program includes:
- 8 weekly, 2.5 hr sessions
- A 7.5-hour retreat
- Audio recordings to guide home practice
- Weekly reading materials
MBSR Summer 2026 Sessions (Online)
Free Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Saturday, June 27th
10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (Central Time)
Online via Zoom
Attendance at the Free Introduction to MBSR or a private consultation with the instructor is required to register for the 8-week MBSR course
8-Week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Saturdays, July 11th thru August 29th
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Central Time)
Online via Zoom
*NOTE: The first MBSR session is 1/2 hour longer and the last session can be up to an hour longer.
All-Day Session:
Sunday, August 9th
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Central Time)
Online via Zoom
Registration Fee: $550
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