1. Mindfulness
Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
with Adrianne Vincent
8 Weeks: Tuesdays Oct 27 - Dec15 6:30-8:00PM
6 Weeks: Thursdays Nov 5 - Dec 17 7:00-8:30PM
Each evening class will commence with comforting homemade soup, bread and meditation.
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction MBSR is the single most researched, empirically validated, safe and efficacious complementary
medical intervention on record (Baer, 2003). Positive behavioral outcomes are supported by neuroscientific evidence as well as numer-
ous positive effects in clinical oncology. Pioneered by Dr JonKabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, MBSR
teaches you to use you inner resources to relieve stress and manage pain more effectively.
In this 8-week course you will learn practical mind-body awareness techniques. You will be learn effective cognitive, emotional, and con-
templative techniques for dealing with stress and emotional hardship amidst experiences of suffering and pain, as well as developing an
appreciation for the joys of life. These techniques also increase a sense of well-being and decrease the stress and anxiety that comes
from working in fast-paced, demanding, and intense work environments.
Adrianne has offered this course to Palliative Care Fellows at Harvard Medical School and clinicians at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute
(DFCI) at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. They found this training to be helpful for maintaining self-awareness and adminis-
tering self-care through the rigors of their work.
Adrianne Vincent's clinical work and educational style is informed by over 35 years of experience teaching mindfulness and yoga inter-
nationally for healthcare professionals, lawyers, business leaders, medical patients and the public. As well she has experience as an In-
tegrative Medical Educator, Buddhist Ritual Minister and bodyworker. Currently Adrianne is completing her MTS at Harvard Divinity
School. She is a yoga and meditation instructor at the Center for Wellness, Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) and Majestic Yoga
Studio in Cambridge.
Drawing upon years of experience, Adrianne has developed a unique interdisciplinary approach to clinical and pastoral care which she
has introduced and established in various institutions across the United States and internationally. She complements the best of acade-
mic allopathic medicine with evidence-based spirituality and healing practices for students, families, healthcare workers, and patients
throughout their lives including end-of-life care. A founding community member of Spirit Rock Meditation Center (SRMC) in Woodacre,
CA, the Institute for Health and Healing (IHH) at the California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) in San Francisco, CA, and founder CEO of
Unconditional Care. Adrianne has helped facilitate the progressive exploration of integrative medical practices as well as designed
coursework for their implementation.
MBSR
Awareness of Breath
Emotional Regulation
Increased Attention
Gentle Yoga
Sitting and Walking Meditation
Coping and Acceptance
Diminish Stress, Anxiety, and
Depression
Cultivate an Appreciation and
Empathetic Perspective
Increase the
Functional Quality and
Well Being in Life
“Since 1980, Adrianne has explored Bud-
dhist philosophy and history with me at Spirit
Rock, of which she was a founding communi-
ty member. This has included a deep explo-
ration of the insight meditation tradition
(Vipassana) in which we practice, as well as
larger Buddhist traditions and their theology,
philosophy and history. Adrianne has an
inquisitive and capacious mind, and she has
during that same time also studied with A.H.
Almaas at the Ridhwan School in Berkeley.
There she has supplemented her learning
with instruction in spiritual experience and
psychoanalysis, and this has given new per-
spectives to her work with us at Spirit Rock.”
Jack Kornfield PhD, Co-Founder of IMS Barre
MA and Spirit Rock Meditation Center, CA