Mindfulness-Based-Stress-Reduction Teacher Training

The Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts in Worchester offers teacher training and a certification program for MBSR teachers. However the MBSR name is not copyrighted, so anyone can call themselves an MBSR instructor. If you are not familiar with an MBSR instructor, ask what training they have.

Also ask about their own meditation, since Kabat Zinn maintains that a solid personal practice is perhaps the best qualification for teaching meditation.

For information on the MBSR training and instructors in your area, check the website for the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare, and Society.

In Minnesota, the Center for Spirituality and Healing offers MBSR classes with trained instructors.