Certification materials are accepted twice per year:
Submission deadline December 30
Review completed by March 30
Submission deadline June 30
Review completed by September 30
In order to make certification accessible during the pandemic, we have altered the policy for online teaching, and we now accept review of online classes. In addition, if someone has taken the Teaching MBSR Online course, the requirement for having taught at least (six) 6 cycles of MBSR, stands. If this course has not been taken, the new recommendation is to have taught (eight) 8 cycles. There may also be a situation that someone has a mix of in-person and online classes, and in that case, the requirement of six (6) classes will be adequate.
The certification review process is modeled after the process created at Bangor and Oxford Universities.
Full submission information can be found on this pdf document.
Submit your information and apply
Submit your information and apply for MBSR Teacher Certification of Successful Completion by clicking this link and completing the application.
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To submit payment for the application please click here.
Before applying for review of your materials, the following prerequisites are required:
- Successful competition of “MBSR Teacher – Training Level 2”
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Medicine, Practice & Science*
- Four qualifying retreats, defined as being 5-7 day, silent, teacher-led retreats.Successfully completed teaching six (6) MBSR courses
Recognition
Award of a Certificate of Successful Completion of Teacher Training in MBSR: Your name listed on Brown University Mindfulness Center website in the MBSR Teacher Registry as a fully-trained and recognized MBSR Teacher.
- Successful competition of “MBSR Teacher – Training Level 2”
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Medicine, Practice & Science*
- Four qualifying retreats, defined as being 5-7 day, silent, teacher-led retreats
- Successfully completed teaching six (6) MBSR courses
More information about Teacher Certification in MBSR
*This course may be taken at any time during your sequence.
Please contact us at [email protected] if you have other questions.