This is a private page for students enrolled in Rebecca’s Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy 8-week course. Here you will find handout materials and supplemental information to the course text, The Mindful Way Workbook by Teasdale, Williams and Segal.
Week One: Awareness and Automatic Pilot
Formal practice: The Body Scan
Informal practice: Bringing mindfulness to a routine daily activity
Handout packet: MBCT week 1 handouts
Week Two: Another Way of Knowing
Formal practices: The Body Scan, and Awareness of Breath
Informal practice: Pleasant Experiences Calendar
Handout packet: MBCT week 2 handouts
Week Three: Gathering the Scattered Mind
Formal practice: Mindful Movement, and The Three-Minute Breathing Space
Informal practice: Unpleasant Experiences Calendar
Handout packet: MBCT week 3 handouts
Week Four: Recognizing Aversion
Formal practices: Sitting meditation, Walking meditation, and The Three-Minute Breathing Space
Informal practice: Checklist of Negative Thoughts
Handout packet: MBCT week 4 handouts
Week Five: Allowing and Letting Be
Formal practices: Sitting Meditation: with a Difficulty, Walking meditation, and The Three-Minute Breathing Space, Regular and Responsive
Handout packet: MBCT week 5 handouts
Week Six: Thoughts are not Facts
Formal practices: Continue with Sitting Meditation and Walking meditation, The Three-Minute Breathing Space, Regular and Responsive
Informal practice: Identifying Your Relapse Signature
Handout packet: MBCT week 6 handouts
Week Seven: How Can I Best Take Care of Myself? (Kindness in Action)
Formal practices: Any of the practices learned so far, Mountain Meditation
Informal practice: Nourishing v. Depleting Activities, Activities that bring Pleasure or Mastery
Handout packet: MBCT week 7 handouts
Week Eight: Putting It All Together
Formal practice: Loving-kindness Meditation
Informal practice: Personal Mindfulness Plan
Handout packet: MBCT week 8 handouts