Free Online Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Info Session – September 2026

About This Program

Join us online! Mindfulness meditation has received much attention in the media and research. It has been effectively used as a complimentary approach to traditional medicine and psychotherapy. Mindfulness is a secular form of meditation that is based on thousands of years of wisdom traditions.

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The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program is one of the most researched and well-respected evidence based mindfulness course. The program provides participants with the opportunity to engage in formal MBSR mindfulness meditation practices, as well as investigate themes of perception, automatic and habitual stress reactivity, mindfulness-mediated stress responses, and interpersonal communication.

If you are interested in learning more about it, attending a MBSR information session is a good starting point! It is FREE and open to anyone 19 years and older.

The info session is also a free prerequisite for those who are interested in registering in an 8-week MBSR Program at the Centre For Mindfulness Canada. As a Certified MBSR Teacher and Trainer with the University of Massachusetts Medical School's Centre for Mindfulness (CFM) and Mindfulness Center at Brown University, it brings me great joy to introduce participants to mindfulness through theses sessions.

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Dr. Kasim Al-Mashat is a Registered Psychologist and University of Massachusetts (UMass) Center For Mindfulness (CFM) Certified MBSR Teacher and Trainer. He is the founder of the Centre For Mindfulness Canada.

Kasim has also completed a six-month meditation retreat in silence in Southeast Asia and presented a TEDx about mindfulness.

Learning Objective

In this FREE Online Information Session you will:

• Get first hand experience of mindfulness
• Learn why mindfulness may be useful to cultivate
• Learn about the origin and history of MBSR
• Obtain information about the entire eight-week MBSR program
• Discover the use of mindfulness for effective stress reduction
• Meet the instructor and have opportunities to ask questions

Registration Information

To register for the FREE Online MBSR info session, please complete the form below.

Upcoming Programs

Learn Mindfulness: The 8-week MBSR program provides participants with the opportunity to engage in formal MBSR mindfulness meditation practices, as well as investigate themes of perception, automatic, habitual stress reactivity, mindfulness-mediated stress response and interpersonal communication.

Teach Mindfulness: The MBSR Teacher Training Path consists of three levels. Each of the three levels has a number of steps.