Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
8 weeks to greater awareness, compassion, and resilience.
Next program: October 15 – December 3, 2026 · Online via Zoom · $500 (sliding scale available based on need)
This 8-week, 9-session MBSR course is a comprehensive, evidence-based training in mindfulness meditation and mindful hatha yoga. The curriculum — developed at the Stress Reduction Clinic over three decades — teaches you how to integrate and apply mindfulness in everyday life, and to build resilience for the challenges of physical health, mental health and life stressors.
The MBSR program includes
✧ A 1-1 individual phone appointment with Andrea to discuss goals and history before the course begins
✧ 8 weekly 2.5-hour group sessions with a weekly theme, guided meditations, movement practices and teachings
✧ Lifetime access to recordings, and support for daily home practice (allocate ~45 min/day)
✧ A full-day silent meditation retreat
Why MBSR?
✧ An empirically supported psycho-educational group with more than 30 years of research behind it
✧ Demonstrated improvements in physical and psychological symptoms
✧ One of the only intensive mindfulness trainings with embedded mind/body integrative medicine
✧ Shown to enhance internal resources, resiliency, brain functioning and overall health outcomes
✧ Offered as a complement to (not a replacement for) traditional medical and psychological treatment
Fall 2026 schedule
When: October 15 – December 3, 2026 · Online via Zoom & In Person in Victoria
In-person sessions are held at Helga Beer Yoga Studio, 1600 Bay St #202, Victoria, BC. All other sessions run online via a secure video platform.
* Please note the dates with asterisks differ from the regular schedule: the first session is 3 hours, and the Full-Day Retreat is 7.5 hours.
Cost
$500
Sliding scale options available based on need.
Full-Day Retreat
A 7.5-hour, primarily silent retreat day designed to expand learnings and deepen your meditation practice. Held in person at Helga Beer Yoga Studio or online. Open to past MBSR students as well. Included in your MBSR registration.
Your teacher
Andrea Weekes, MSW, RSW is a qualified MBSR teacher (UCSD Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Institute) with over a decade of personal Insight Meditation practice and 18 years in mental health and social work. You'll be guided by someone who practices what she teaches.
Professional Credentials
Registered Social Worker #14073
IOCDF-trained in ERP for OCD
Qualified MBSR teacher (UCSD-trained)
18 years in mental health and social work
Reserve your spot
Space is intentionally limited to keep the group intimate.