Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teaching Certificate

Learn to facilitate MBSR, an evidence-based, experiential program designed to teach participants mindfulness meditation and movement practices they can integrate into their daily life.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teaching Certificate

Learn to facilitate MBSR, an evidence-based, experiential program designed to teach participants mindfulness meditation and movement practices they can integrate into their daily life.

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Become a Certified MBSR Teacher

The School of Professional Studies, in partnership with the Mindfulness Center at Brown, offers a multi-tiered training pathway designed to teach individuals how to become MBSR instructors and practitioners. The Certificate in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teaching is led by experienced teacher-trainers, to deepen both your practice and teaching skills.

Chart your journey: Become a Qualified MBSR teacher in a single year, or achieve full Certification in two. Along this path, discover Mindfulness Facilitator training, a foundational program that empowers you to lead introductory mindfulness sessions and guided meditations after just one course.

If you're not yet ready for teacher training, or need to complete the prerequisite, explore our upcoming 8-week MBSR course.

Certificate Snapshot

Format

Live-online courses, including practice and teaching

Length

Qualified to teach in just 1 year. 2+ years to complete total certificate

Profile

Avg. 2+ years of daily meditation practice with an interest to teach MBSR

Partner

The Mindfulness Center at Brown

Certificate Benefits

Whether beginning the teacher-training pathway in MBSR or looking for specific teaching skills, we have options to support your learning.

Each step of the formal training process engages a trainee in a variety of domains, including:

  • Developing competencies as an MBSR teacher
  • Cultivating skills for either the classroom or private practice
  • Deepening knowledge in the areas of science, ethos, pedagogy, public health
  • Strengthening one’s personal practice through the lens of MBSR

With a commitment to meeting the whole person, our intention is to address individual learning needs and encourage the unique resources and capacities of each person.

Who Should Attend?

Those who are interested in MBSR teacher training come from a range of backgrounds and professions.

Potential applicants include:

  • Educators and school personnel, including teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, guidance counselors, and school social workers
  • Business leaders, Human Resource leaders, and professionals in a variety of fields who see mindfulness-based training as a compelling skill supporting clarity, resilience in the face of rapidly changing conditions, innovation, creativity and increased focus for themselves and their employees
  • Retirees and those looking to change careers
  • Community organizers and those in public service who see mindfulness and MBSR as a way to support the development of self-efficacy and empowerment for oppressed and underrepresented communities
  • Doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, therapists, and counselors
  • Brown University undergraduate students interested in a practical job in the mindfulness field to teach others evidence-based mindfulness programs
  • Brown University graduate students, particularly those in the Masters in Public Health concentration in Mindfulness, who want to couple the research and science training they receive in their Master's degrees with MBSR teacher training

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