hello again
in this lesson we're gonna go through
the key components of mbs are
and you'll see just looking at this
screen that there are a variety of
learning modalities that are leveraged in this
course and that leads to a really
rich and multi dimensional learning experience and
each of these modalities really enhances and
reinforces
and deepens the others it's a really
wonderful design i'm going to go through
each one briefly the first is practicing
mindfulness so in mps are we practice
many different ways of meditating and moving
that cultivate our awareness
it's some ultimately experiential as i mentioned
earlier it's a bit like learning a
musical instrument you can read about it
you can talk about it but you
can't really know it without practicing it
so much like an instrument that you
might wanna learn mindfulness learning mindfulness really
requires that we take the time to
practice and it's called practice
the next
the next learning modality and mbs are
is conceptual every week we explore a
relevant topic the topics include things like
perception and stress physiology and stress psychology
they include on communication and relating to
ourselves and others and consumption
so a wide range of topics that
i'm naturally unfold and build off that
preceding topic so there's an arc to
the course conceptually
the next ah learning component is the
group environment
and this one really jumps out as
being much more meaningful for most participants
than they ever would have imagined
there's something about being in a peer
support group that is incredibly powerful and
empowering
i'm being with the others who are
also interested in this exploration tends to
offer a great deal of validation and
support
a natural an easy sense of connection
and just a really safe and wonderful
container for exploration for vulnerable and authentic
exploration and learning
so the group learning environment is really
important every week there are opportunities for
discussion in small groups and in large
groups we do a lot of inquiry
that invites people to really discover for
themselves what it is that is an
unfolding
and to trust that to trust that
ah
innate ability to know that an eight
wisdom to not have to learn from
somebody else but to be supported by
others and sometimes something that is shared
by some somebody else it actually is
the thing that illuminating that makes the
ah
the switches start to click
so the group learning environment is very
enriching anna very important part of the
mbs are ah
framework
and then finally the last piece is
home practice this is the piece that
invites personal exploration in between the classes
which is really important a lot of
the learning takes place in between the
weekly classes when you're on your own
and paying attention and discovering whatever there
is to be discovered
so we've got experience or conceptual participatory
which is always an invitation to participate
as is comfortable for you so you
never have to share but you're always
invited to to the degree that it's
comfortable and then of course it's an
exploration
these different approaches on rest on a
foundation and are held in this bigger
structure and i want to talk a
little bit about this bigger structure first
are the standards of practice they're very
well defined standards of practice for mbs
are which really and sure the fidelity
he of the program
and provide a structure that allows the
program to be replicated which is around
the world it's flexible enough to be
adapted to many different settings but structured
enough to be true to it's framework
to be true to the evidence based
on
roots and frame of the program
so the standards of practice include things
like rigorous teacher training teachers need to
be credentialed and a particular way in
order to be authorized to teach mps
are
in addition to the standards of practice
which lay out the structure of the
chorus much of which i've talked about
and dsr is also designed to be
inclusive it is meant to welcome everyone
this is really important this gets to
the non religious roots of the program
you don't need to believe anything you
don't need to i'm subscribed to anything
you just need to show up with
curiosity about yourself and your life and
the world around you
and explore that and discover for yourself
what's true
so it's a very inclusive and welcoming
environment
and it's trauma sensitive
one of the advantages to being where
the peer group and being with a
in a live environment where the teacher
is that the program is very responsive
to whatever whatever arrives with each of
the individuals that come to the program
and trauma sensitivity as a really important
part of that