Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

Schedules

All schedules are subject to change - please check here for the most current schedules before registering for a class. MBSR classes are relatively small compared to other Duke IM offerings so early registration is highly encouraged. Please also be aware that classes must meet a minimum number of participants- if the minimum is not met, a class will be cancelled. Notification of cancellation will occur several business days in advance of the orientation session, and all registered participants will be issued a full refund.

• Foundation schedules (on-site classes)
  
• Foundation schedules (distance learning program)
  
• Foundation schedules (research study classes)
• Graduate Program schedules
  
• Continuation Class Schedules
  

Foundation schedules (on-site classes)

Mondays
Orientation:  June 25, 6:30-8:30 pm
July 9-August 27, 6:30-9 pm
Instructor:  Ron Vereen
Duke Integrative Medicine, 3475 Erwin Road

Tuesdays
Orientation:  June 26, 2:30-4:30 pm
July 10-August 28, 2:30-5 pm
Instructor:  Riitta H Rutanen Whaley
Duke Integrative Medicine, 3475 Erwin Road

Thursdays:
Orientation:  June 28, 6:30-8:30 pm
July 12-August 30, 6:30-9 pm
Instructor:  Phyllis Hicks
Duke Integrative Medicine, 3475 Erin Road

Foundation schedules (distance learning program)

Tuesdays
July 10-August 28, 7-8:30 pm EDT
Instructor: Julie Kosey

Foundation schedules (research study classes)

Mechanisms of Mindfulness: Effects on Sleep Quality, Stress Physiology & CVD Risk*

Thursdays
Orientation:  May 3, 6:30-8:30 pm
May 10-June 28, 6:30-9 pm
Instructor:  Riitta H Rutanen Whaley
Duke Integrative Medicine, 3475 Erwin Road

Are you feeling stressed or are you having trouble sleeping? You may be eligible to participate in a research study on meditation, stress, and sleep.

Receive the eight-week course, the accompanying meditation CDs, and other materials at no cost to you.

*This course is open to eligible individuals only.  Please contact  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it u if you are interested in participating in this research study.

Click here to read about this research study.  

Graduate Program schedules

Interpersonal Mindfulness

Tuesdays
Orientation:  June 26, 6:30-8:30 pm
July 10-August 28, 6:30-9 pm
Instructor:  Maya McNeilly
Duke Raleigh Hospital

In this eight-week course, we will practice embodying core principles of mindfulness to cultivate engaged relationship with ourselves and others in personal and professional interactions (family, friends, significant others; co-workers, supervisors, work-groups).  We will focus on:  a) fostering open-hearted, compassionate connection with self/other from a place of strength, stability, and groundedness, b) optimizing harmony, synergy, and joy, c) equanimity in working with conflict, resistance and push-back, and d) exploring judgment, fear, aversion, desire, and projections of the mind as hindrances to mindful interaction.

Work will be done individually, in pairs, and groups using meditation, dialogue, journaling, movement and awareness of somatic intelligence and energetics (drawing on the work of psychologist Peter Levine, Ph.D. and the martial arts of Push Hands T’ai Chi and Aikido) to enhance and embody interpersonal mindfulness.

Continuation Class schedules

• Saturday Drop-In
  Saturday Drop-In Classes are once-a-month sessions except for months with the Day of Mindfulness. Topics vary. This class is for MBSR alumni only.
  
  Registration:  There is no need to pre-register
  
  Fee:  There is no course fee. Donations are welcome and benefit our financial aid program.
  
  Location:  Duke Integrative Medicine, 3475 Erwin Road
  
  Time:  9 - 10:30 am

  April 21, 2012 | Maya McNeilly
  June 23, 2012 | Julie Kosey
  

• Day of Mindfulness
  One full-day session of intense mindfulness practice taking place once during each program cycle (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall). Please bring a bag lunch.  This class is for currently enrolled students and MBSR alumni only.
  
  Registration:  Beginning with the Summer cycle Day of Mindfulness (August 18) alumni must pre-register.  Currently enrolled students do not need to do anything (the DoM event is a part of the MBSR curriculum, and the cost is included in the MBSR registration fee).
  
  To register call 919-660-6826 or 866-313-0959 (toll-free)
  
  Fee:  $30 | $25 if registered by 8/2 (Summer cycle DoM)
  Donations are welcome; all donations go to our scholarship fund.
  
  Location:  St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 82 Kimberly Drive, Durham, NC 2770 or
                St.Paul's Episcopal Church, 221 Union Street, Cary, NC 27511
  
  Time: 9 am - 4 pm
  
  Get directions to the Day of Mindfulness

Spring 2012 | May 19 @ St.Paul's Episcopal Church in Cary (updated on 5/15!)
Alumni do not need to pre-register for this event

Summer 2012 | August 18 @ St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Durham
Registration Opens:  April 23
Registration Closes:  August 16

• Experience Mindfulness
  Join Jeff Brantley for a weekly "taste" of mindfulness. Topics vary.  This class is open to the public.
  
  Registration: There is no need to pre-register.
  
  Fee: $10 payable at reception desk.
  
  Location: Duke Integrative Medicine, 3475 Erwin Road
  
  Time: 12 - 1 pm
  
  Every Wednesday.

• Managing Difficulties with Mindfulness
  
  Join Ron Vereen once a month for sessions focusing on using mindfulness as a coping technique. Please note: this class is an expansion of the MBSR Graduate offering of the same name. While completion of that program is beneficial to your participation in this continuation class, it is not required.  This class is for MBSR alumni only.
  
  Registration: There is no need to pre-register.
  
  Fee: $10 payable at reception desk.
  
  Location: Duke Integrative Medicine, 3475 Erwin Road
  
  Time: 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. First Thursday of each month.