Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz will be offering the MBSR Intensive Practice and Teaching (IPT) in the fall of 2026.
MBSR Intensive Practice and Teaching (IPT) is the second formal training on the Global Mindfulness Collaborative’s MBSR Teacher Training pathway, providing a deeper dive into the MBSR curriculum’s form and essence and greater clarity to its intention, content and flow. True to its name, this training is an intensive immersion in MBSR that strengthens teaching skills and personal practice. As a trainee, you will expand your experiential and cognitive understanding of MBSR through practice teaching, receiving feedback from peers and trainers, study and self-reflection, mindfulness practice, and the support of the learning community. The IPT aims explicitly to develop teaching skills as well as the embodied presence and qualities of heart that support freedom from suffering for ourselves and those we serve. Click here for a full description of the MBSR Teacher Training Pathway.
Pre-requisites
- Previous participation in MBSR Essentials or its equivalent
- A minimum of two 5-7-day residential meditation retreats*
- A minimum of two years of personal meditation practice
- The offering of three introductory mindfulness programs of a minimum of 90 minutes each, to a minimum of 6 participants.
*Each application will be evaluated on its individual merits.
Dates: 3 weekends. All sessions will be via Zoom.
Note: This training will be offered in a more spacious format - one weekend every 3-4 weeks rather than every other week.
Orientation: Saturday, September 26th, 9:00AM (ET) to 12:00PM
Weekend 1: Friday - Sunday October 2nd - 4th 9 am-7pm ET
Weekend 2: Friday - Sunday October 30th - November 1st 9 am-7pm ET
Weekend 3: Friday - Sunday December 4th -6th 9 am-7pm ET
The days generally begin with an early morning practice period and run through until dinner time (depending upon your time zone)
Commitment Required
This is an intensive course! In addition to the time in the training, there will be intersession assignments that will require meeting with others in your training cohort.
Tuition: $2,800.00 (early bird discount of 10% if paid by August 15)
Scholarships are available but limited.