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MBSR & Mindfulness

Mindfulness is being aware of the present moment, of what is happening in mind and body, with an open and kind attention. It is a skill that everyone can learn. Dr. Yowon Choi teaches mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in English and Korean: one-to-one by video call, and for groups.

What is MBSR?

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an 8-week program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. It is one of the best researched ways to learn mindfulness. You work step by step with the challenges and demands of your own daily life, and learn to respond to stress, pain and difficult emotions with more calm and freedom of choice.

You learn through:

  • guided mindfulness meditation practices, such as breathing meditation, open awareness and the body scan
  • mindful yoga and gentle stretching
  • exploring your experiences together with the teacher
  • daily home practice with audio recordings and a workbook

Mindfulness can help with stress, worry, low mood, chronic pain, sleep and strong emotional reactions. It can bring more patience, kindness towards yourself and others, focus, energy and joy.

Yowon trained as an MBSR teacher at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness, where MBSR began, and is a certified MBSR teacher of the Swiss MBSR Association. She has practiced meditation for more than three decades, in the Korean Seon and Vipassana traditions, and has taught meditation since 2009. More about Yowon

One-to-one, by video call

Learn MBSR or mindfulness one-to-one with Yowon, at your own pace and at times that suit you, online from anywhere in Korea. Together you look at what you want to work on, and the practices are adapted to you and your daily life. This also suits you if you cannot join a group, or would like to deepen your practice.

For companies and organizations

Yowon teaches mindfulness and MBSR programs for companies, the public sector, schools, hospitals and other organizations, in English or Korean, on location or online: from an introduction of a few hours to a full 8-week MBSR course. See the programs for organizations