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Vermont Mind & Movement
Karen Van Gilder, MS, 500-hrYT, MBSR-QT
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Winter Session - South Burlington Senior Center Activities Room, 180 Market Street, South Burlington
February 1 - March 29 ~ Saturdays ~ 9 - 11 am Half-Day Retreat March 1 ~ 9 pm - 2 pm ($220 SB residents/ $264 non-resident)
Register for Winter Session Here
Spring Session - Ayurveda Center of Vermont, 34 Oak Hill Road, Williston, VT
April 29 - June 17 ~ Tuesdays ~ 5:45 - 8:00 pm Half-Day Retreat May 31 ~ 9 pm - 2 pm ($425 supporting, $325 standard, $225 supported)
Register for Spring Session Here
MBSR is a 8-week program developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zin at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 1979. The program was designed to benefit people with chronic stress related to illness, pain, and daily stressors. It is also appropriate for those who wish to improve their overall health and well-being and those who simply wish to experience more richness in their lives.
Throughout the 8-week course, participants are introduced to a variety of practices that are designed to cultivate self-awareness and presence. MBSR helps people learn new ways of relating to stress, pain and psychological distress; being with the body, emotions and difficult mind states; all while cultivating kindness and self-compassion. Participants recognize stressors and coping strategies and learn how to change habitual reactivity patterns. The course provides a framework to support people with connecting more fully to themselves, others, and their lives.
The program also supports participants to cultivate a regular and consistent meditation practice, which has been shown to have positive outcomes for improving the capacity to manage stress, emotional regulation, mood, memory and attention, coping with illness and pain, self-awareness, and self-compassion.
Upcoming Orientation Sessions:
Sunday, March 16, 6:30-7:30pm
Sunday, April 13, 6:30-7:30pm
Yoga and MBSR
Karen will be offering regular meditation and yoga classes online and in person.
Karen Van Gilder
Karen is a qualified MBSR teacher through the Global Mindfulness Collective. She is a 500-hr Yoga Teacher and has been teaching yoga and meditation for more than 10 years.
Our Practice
“Karen's classes are a great workout filled with acceptance, knowledge and joy. A wonderful way to spend an hour focused on breathing instead of the craziness of the day..”
— TK, practitioner
