Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is an eight-week, 10 classes, evidence-based program that provides participants with intensive experiential training in mindfulness meditation and mindfulness movement. Throughout the program, you will learn how to integrate the new learnings into daily life.
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MBSR Program Details:
Time: 6:15 to 8:45 pm
Onsite Local: 415 N. Edgeworth Street, suite 101
Also available online
Orientation: Monday, September 8th, 2025 at 6:15 pm.
Class 1 -October 6, 2025
Class 2 – October 13, 2025
Class 3 – October 20, 2025
Class 4 – October 27, 2025
Day of Mindfulness – Saturday, November 1st, 2025 – 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Class 5 – November 3, 2025
Class 6 – November 10, 2025
Class 7 – November 17, 2025
Class 8 – November 24, 2025
Get to Know Your Teacher:
Rossana L. Magalhaes, LCMHC
Rossana L. Magalhaes, LCMHC, is a Board-Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor and a Certified MBSR Teacher. She studied at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and became a Qualified MBSR Teacher. With persistence and determination, Rossana continued with numerous mindfulness-based retreats, training, and extensive supervision. She received the title of Certified MBSR Teacher from the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, Rhode Island.
Rossana is a Certified Mindfulness Teacher by the Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults (MIEA) (former Koru Mindfulness)
Rossana was a Mindfulness teacher at the Brain Mechanisms of Pain and Health Laboratory at Wake Forest School of Medicine. She earned an honors Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Science in Counseling and Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, UNCG. Rossana is originally from Brazil and has taught more than ten MBSR programs in the Triad area of North Carolina.
THE MBSR PROGRAM:
The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program was developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn and colleagues and is taught worldwide.
You will immerse yourself in the application of the MBSR practices in your daily life, including stress reduction, increased awareness, self-reflection, self-care, and self-esteem. The MBSR program supports health, healing, spiritual enrichment, and personal growth.
The MBSR 8-week program is the first step on the certification path to becoming an MBSR teacher. If you attend all 10 sessions, you will get a certificate that will entitle you to start your journey to become an MBSR teacher, if that is your wish.
The MBSR with Rossana is now together with the MBSR Anytime™ developed by Rossana and Irena Danys. Therefore, you will take the 8 weeks, 9 sessions program and have access to the MBSR Anytime for 1 year (until November 2026). This is a wonderful way for you to review the teachings in the program and even take it again, at your own pace.
People Participate for Several Reasons:
- Stress: work, family, finances
- Chronic pain or chronic illnesses
- Anxiety, Panic, Depression
- Gastrointestinal problems (e.g. Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
- Fatigue
- Hypertension
- Headache and migraines
- Cancer
- Skin problems (e.g., Psoriasis)
- Food Syndromes (e.g. Anorexia, Bulimia)
- Post-Traumatic Syndrome
- Diabetes
- Multiple sclerosis
- Asthma and other breathing problems
- Menopause
- Sleep Disorders
- Fibromyalgia
Registration Details
Participants can register here for the orientation and the set of classes. After submitting the registration, participants will receive an email with a link to complete a questionnaire.
Cost: $587.00 – For the MBSR in-person or online and 1 year of MBSR Anytime™
Strengthening awareness and resilience to stress in 2025
What Participants Will Get in the MBSR Program:
✓ Practices to improve your ability to deal with stress and tension.
✓ Create greater awareness of the present moment experience and open space to appreciate your experience without getting caught in thoughts and worries.
✓ Become increasingly aware of the interaction between the body and the mind
✓ Facing moments of change and difficulties in your life with equanimity.
✓ Discover and develop your ability to help yourself walk towards greater balance and awareness
✓ MBSR offers an opportunity to restore our lives by offering the opportunity to cultivate clarity, insight, integrity, and dignity that we deserve.
Watch here as Rossana provides information about the MBSR Program
A limited number of scholarships are available for those enduring financial issues. To be considered, please send an email with your reason for taking the class and to apply for the scholarship.