Online Mindfulness in Recovery® Course Registration Opens

 

 

The New Mindfulness In Recovery® Online Course – Registration Opens January 8th

We have now made our course even more accessible for everyone, whether you are a treatment professional, a person in any form of recovery, or a family member. You can now enroll and begin at any time and have a choice of days and times to attend live sessions.

We are excited and grateful to be able to support you in developing the skills to cultivate more inner peace, resiliency, and joy in your life. This online course provides you with daily activities, teachings from our co-founder, John Bruna, and live sessions facilitated by Rachel Currier. With our online format, you can attend from wherever you are in the world.

This is an eight-week course open to everyone for personal development and for those working with others in the treatment field. It is experiential and focused on helping participants cultivate a daily mindfulness practice that integrates the MIR skills into daily life.


About the MIR Course 

This course supports:

  • People in recovery (all pathways, including 12-step)
  • Family and friends affected by addiction
  • Clinicians, therapists, and addiction treatment professionals (serves as a prerequisite for the certification course) and is approved for 36 CEUs.

In addition to the course, participants receive:

  • 28-day self-paced online meditation training with John Bruna
  • 3-month free membership in the MIR community

This course begins with an opening session on Tuesday, November 7th, followed by weekly sessions every Tuesday through January 2nd. In between sessions, there are videos with instructions from John and exercises from the Essential Guidebook to Mindfulness in Recovery and the Essential Guidebook to Recovery for Family and Friends. 

Everyone in the United States receives a copy of either the Essential Guidebook to Mindfulness in Recovery or the Family and Friends version of the guidebook, and access to the private course online community platform accessible by computer, tablet, or mobile phone. You are able to interact with others in the course on that platform and in the course sessions.

*If you live outside of the USA, we will work with you to get you access to the guidebook.

 

Learn more at our Mindfulness in Recovery® Institute

 

Mindfulness Foundations Course

Mindfulness Foundations Course, March 21 – May 9, in Gunnison, CO

Join the Mindful Life Program Foundations Course, March 21 – May 9th, 2024, at Here & Now in Gunnison, Colorado. Give yourself the gift of this lively and engaging opportunity to learn to live mindfully, with attention and intention, cultivating genuine happiness and a meaningful life. The course teaches the practice of meditation and the practical application of mindfulness in daily life. Empower yourself to integrate the four key areas of mindfulness – attention, wisdom, values, and an open heart – into your life in practical, accessible and universal ways.

Attention – Developing attention skills through meditation training.

Wisdom – Understanding one’s biases, labeling, projection, and pre-judgment. Increasing emotional intelligence and learning to respond rather than react.

Values – Living a meaningful life. Developing healthy habits and responses that are in alignment with one’s personal values.

Open heart – Developing healthy relationships and connections. Cultivating skills of compassion, loving-kindness, empathic joy and equanimity.

Enrollment includes:

  • 20 hours of engaging in-person class 
  • Foundations Course Companion Journal
  • Copy of The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life by co-founder John Bruna
  • Three-month membership to the Mindful Life Community w/ app access
  • Access to meditation library and additional resources
  • Daily practice guide

Read the full description for the course under the Programs tab, and read more feedback from recent participants here.

Dates: Thursdays, 5 – 7:30 pm from March 21 – May 9th.

Cost: $350. Scholarships are available, contact facilitator for more information. 

Location: The Here & Now Center in Gunnison, Colorado. Meditation cushions and chairs are provided.

To register: Click Here or Contact Jessica Sylvanson by phone: (970) 641-6095, or email: gunni.wellspring@gmail.com.

Facilitator: Jessica Sylvanson

Mindfulness Foundations Course

Mindfulness Foundations Course, January 11 – March 7, in Gunnison, CO

Join the Mindful Life Program Foundations Course, January 11 – March 7th, 2024, at Here & Now in Gunnison, Colorado. Give yourself the gift of this lively and engaging opportunity to learn to live mindfully, with attention and intention, cultivating genuine happiness and a meaningful life. The course teaches the practice of meditation and the practical application of mindfulness in daily life. Empower yourself to integrate the four key areas of mindfulness – attention, wisdom, values, and an open heart – into your life in practical, accessible and universal ways.

Attention – Developing attention skills through meditation training.

Wisdom – Understanding one’s biases, labeling, projection, and pre-judgment. Increasing emotional intelligence and learning to respond rather than react.

Values – Living a meaningful life. Developing healthy habits and responses that are in alignment with one’s personal values.

Open heart – Developing healthy relationships and connections. Cultivating skills of compassion, loving-kindness, empathic joy and equanimity.

Enrollment includes:

  • 20 hours of engaging in-person class 
  • Foundations Course Companion Journal
  • Copy of The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life by co-founder John Bruna
  • Three-month membership to the Mindful Life Community w/ app access
  • Access to meditation library and additional resources
  • Daily practice guide

Read the full description for the course under the Programs tab, and read more feedback from recent participants here.

Dates: Thursdays, 5 – 7:30 pm from January 11 – March 7th, no class on Thursday January 28th.

Cost: $350. Scholarships are available, contact facilitator for more information. 

Location: The Here & Now Center in Gunnison, Colorado. Meditation cushions and chairs are provided.

To register: Click Here or Contact Dusty Sylvanson by phone: 970-641-3898,.

Facilitator: Dusty Sylvanson

“I am a teacher and appreciate that many people can be trained to teach the curriculum. However, Dusty’s personality and demeanor make him especially suited for teaching a course like this. I don’t know that I’ve met many people who are so naturally kind and supportive.” —Liz, Recent course participant

Four Immeasurables Retreat with John Bruna

Main hall at Blazing Mountain Retreat Center

April 11-14, 2024

Hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center

Our co-founder, John Bruna, will be facilitating a retreat on the Four Immeasurable Attitudes – equanimity, loving-kindness, compassion, and empathetic joy. Teachings on each of these beneficial attitudes can be found in many spiritual traditions and cultures. While they have origins in Buddhist philosophy, the benefits of cultivating the four immeasurable attitudes are universal, not bound by any particular spiritual or religious belief. In our current times, we believe the world needs us to cultivate these qualities more than ever.

In addition to helping us cultivate a healthy and open heart, which nourishes our relationship with ourselves and others, the four immeasurables are also the antidotes to unhealthy attachments and aversions, hatred, ill will, jealousy, and envy—just as turning on a light dispels the darkness, these immeasurable attitudes dissipate destructive emotions and attitudes. Needless to say, one does not need to be a Buddhist to benefit from these precious teachings, they are universal to people of all faiths, traditions, and cultures. The four immeasurables, combined with meditation and mindfulness, help us all live with more resiliency, develop our inner resources, and have more peace and joy in our lives.

To learn more and register visit the Way of Compassion Dharma Center.

Mindful Living Skills

Mindful Living Skills Webinar – The Art of Reflection and Celebration

Mindful Living Skills Webinar

 

The Mindful Life Community™ is excited to announce our next Mindful Living Skills webinar: 

The Art of Reflection and Celebration

December 16th, 4 pm MST US (Sunday, Dec 17, 10 am AEST)

Register today to save your spot!

The panel for this month’s webinar:

Laura Bartels, Executive Director of Mindful Life Program™

Mark MolonyCo-founder of Mindful Life Program™


Our monthly webinars bring Mindful Life Program™ founders, teachers, and guests together in a collective conversation on key aspects of practice. Join us to learn, explore, and have a chance to ask questions during these live events.

 

The webinars are open to anyone, so feel free to invite friends. They are free to members of the Mindful Life Community™ and Mindfulness in Recovery® Community. If you’re not a member of either, register for just $10.

After checkout, look for an email with your personal link to the webinar.

Already a member?

Register at no charge from the Event link within your community. For ease, we’ve copied them below!

Mindful Life Community

Mindfulness in Recovery® Community