Mindfulness

Langara offers both Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).Both courses provide a solid introduction to mindfulness meditation while offering similar practices in which the participant can both learn in class and establish meditation in their everyday lives. 

The practices taught in both courses include the body scan, mindful activity, sitting meditation practices of various lengths, hatha yoga,  and walking meditation. 

Offered in the same format of 8 evening classes, and one full-day retreat, each course is based on the research of Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Through his pioneering work at the University of Massachusetts Medical School where he is founder of its world-renowned Stress Reduction Clinic, mindfulness is finally being recognized as a highly effective tool for dealing with stress, chronic pain, and other illnesses.