Mindfulness-Based Program
for Stress & Pain Management

An eight-week course in the art of conscious living

January - May 2009

Basic/Foundation Course:   Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Morning Classes:

Tuesdays, January 13 - March 10, 2009, 9:30 am - 12 noon
plus Day of Mindfulness, Saturday February 28
Location: UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont
Required orientation:  Tuesday, January 13, 6:00-7:30 pm,
Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt School of Social Work, UNC (325 Pittsboro St)
Instructor:              Mary Love May

Tuesdays, May 5 – June 30, 2009, 9:30 am - 12 noon
plus Day of Mindfulness, Saturday, June 20
Location: UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont
Required orientation:  Tuesday, May 5, 6:00-7:30 pm
Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt School of Social Work, UNC (325 Pittsboro St)
Instructor:              Mary Love May

Evening Classes:

Tuesdays, January 13 – March 10, 2009, 6:00-8:30 pm,
plus Day of Mindfulness, Saturday February 28
Location: Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt School of Social Work, UNC (325 Pittsboro St)
Required orientation:  Tuesday, January 13, 6:00-7:30 pm
Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt School of Social Work, UNC (325 Pittsboro St)
Instructor:              Mary Love May

Mondays, February 9 – April 6, 2009, 6:00-8:30 pm,
plus Day of Mindfulness, Saturday March 21
Location: Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt School of Social Work, UNC (325 Pittsboro St)
Required orientation:  Tuesday, January 13, 6:00-7:30 pm,
Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt School of Social Work, UNC (325 Pittsboro St)
Instructor:              Bud Lavery

Mondays, April 20 – June 22, 2009, 6:00-8:30 pm (no class on Memorial Day)
plus Day of Mindfulness, Saturday June 13
Location: Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt School of Social Work, UNC (325 Pittsboro St)
Required orientation:  Tuesday, January 13, 6:00-7:30 pm,
Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt School of Social Work, UNC (325 Pittsboro St)
Instructor:              Bud Lavery

Tuesday, May 5 – June 30, 2009, 6:00pm – 8:30pm,
plus Day of Mindfulness, June 20
Location: Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt School of Social Work, UNC (325 Pittsboro St)
Required orientation:  Tuesday, May 5, 6:00-7:30 pm, Same location as class
Room 500, Tate-Turner-Kuralt School of Social Work, UNC (325 Pittsboro St)
Instructor:              Mary Love May

Click here for details of the Basic/Foundation course

Graduate Mindfulness Classes - click here

Download the course registration form here

To register, download and complete the registration form and email to: mindfulness@med.unc.edu Questions? phone  919-966-8586.

Registration fee includes 1 orientation session and 8 weekly group sessions of 2.5 hours each, 1 all-day Saturday group session, and audiotapes and other educational materials. 
Note: A tuition reduction is given for research participation. See registration form for tuition costs.

Cancellation Policy:
Before Orientation..........……………………..Full refund
Between Orientation and Class 1.………....Full refund less $25 handling fee
After Class 1 ……….........................................No further refunds

Life is full of stressful events...
The UNC Mindfulness-based Program for Stress and Pain Management offers training in meditation, mind-body awareness exercises and other awareness techniques that will teach you how to slow down, set priorities and stay calm, focused and relaxed in the midst of a busy life.  These practices will enhance your body's natural adaptive healing ability and will cultivate the mind's clarity, and insight. This 8-week program, follows Jon Kabat-Zinn's model and is offered by the University Headache Clinic and the Program on Integrative Medicine (Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation). Upcoming dates are listed above.

Research on MBSR at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center (http://www.umassmed.edu/content.aspx?id=41252) and at the Harvard Medical School shows that the majority of people who attended the eight-week MBSR course reported lasting improvement in both physical and psychological symptoms from conditions such as heart disease, migraine headaches, some auto-immune diseases, obsessive thinking, anxiety, depression, and hostility. They also report an increased ability to relax, greater energy and enthusiasm for life, improved confidence and self-esteem, and more effective coping with both short-term and long-term stress.