MBSR in Mind-Body Medicine

This training/retreat program is an opportunity for you to study mindfulness and the MBSR approaches directly with Center for Mindfulness founder Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, and CFM Executive Director, Saki Santorelli, EdD, MA. You will learn how to practice mindfulness meditation as it is taught in the Stress Reduction Clinic—the origin of MBSR—and to explore the practical application and integration of MBSR in health care and other settings. The program is oriented toward health care professionals, including physicians, surgeons, psychiatrists, social workers, therapists, hospital administrators, and educators.

It is intensive and participatory, and emphasizes the need for you to embody mindfulness meditation practice in your own life before attempting to teach it to others. While information on creating MBSR clinics is touched on, it is not a major focus of the retreat. It is important to note that this program does not fulfill the silent retreat prerequisite for the Practicum, Teacher Development Intensive, Supervision or Teacher Certification Review.

Learning Objectives
• Cultivate the practice of mindfulness through both formal and informal practices, in silence and in conversation and dialogue,
• Learn the theoretical, philosophical, pedagogical, and scientific underpinnings of MBSR,
• Integrate mindful approaches to the experience and expression of stress, pain, grief, and anxiety within our-selves and when working with others,
• Explore instructing and guiding others in the formal and informal methods of mindfulness meditation in various settings,
• Review research supporting the clinical value of MBSR,
• Examine the essential components of a viable program, including specific program structure and content, assessment, and screening of program participants, as well as teacher competency, and
• Explore the ethical and moral principles and the domains of doing no harm, compassion, and wisdom that underlie mindfulness practice and MBSR.

Organizational notes

The Retreat will take place at the St.Virgil in Salzburg, Austria.

The costs for the Retreat are: 980 Euro early bird price until October 31,
1080 Euro normal price until April 15, 2012
and later on 1180 Euro.
Additional costs occur for Lodging and Food.

In case you would like to participate in this retreat
Please switch to our german-language Webform and proceed by clicking the "In den Warenkorb legen"-button. Please follow the german language checkout. You will then get an Email, containing the bill, mentioning the amount due and our account informations. Within Europe you should face no problems by transfering the money by using our IBAN and BIC-codes mentioned on the Billing-Email.
And if you would like to book a room in the St.Virgil or in the Youth Hostel, you can add a short notice in the "Bestellkommentar" in this checkout.

Accomodation
We are taking care of the booking of the rooms in the St.Virgil and in the Youth Hostel – accomodation in other hotels you have to book by yourself, please.
In the St.Virgil are 45 single rooms (672 Euro with full board) and 35 double rooms (588 Euro) available.
In the Youth Hostel we can offer you 2 double rooms (210 Euro) and 4 rooms with four beds (178,50 Euro; with shared shower and toilet 147 Euro).
There are also caravan parking spaces (only 5 places, without costs) near the St.Virgil available.
If you want to book one of this rooms please send us an email.
Payment of the rooms is due at the arrival in Salzburg.

In the Hotel Heffterhof (only about one kilometer away from the St.Virgil) we have pre-booked 20 rooms. The costs are 504 Euro (single room) and 343 Euro (double room per person). If you want to book a room there, please refer to us, Arbor Seminare.

IMPORTANT: If you don't have a room in the St.Virgil you have to pay a conference package of 216,10 Euro (this includes the fee for the room rental, lunch, dinner and two coffee breakes each day) - and if you want to breakfast in the St.Virgil it costs 8,50 Euro/day additionally (each day starts with morning meditation at 6 a.m.).

Cancellation
If you cancel your ticket until April 1st, the cancellation fee is 50 Euro, until May 15 the fee is 150 Euro. After May 15 the whole amount is due and we can refund it only if another person will take your place.