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Meet Your Instructor

Sophie R. Kaufman, DPS, MBA, is a Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher, trained at the Mindfulness Center at Brown University School of Public Health, and at the University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society (CFM).

Dr. Kaufman is passionate about helping people bring mindfulness into their daily lives to enhance their capacity for joy, kindness, and wisdom, and to develop greater resilience in the face of life’s stressors.

Mindfulness Videos

Take a minute to watch our helpful mindfulness videos:

Explore free short guided mindfulness practices such as Walking, Sitting, and Mountain Meditations, as well as the STOP practice.

Walking Meditation

Sitting Meditation

Mountain Meditation

The Stop Practice

Mindfulness Courses

A course on mindfulness is also available to students.

CHP 190 – Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction

The MBSR course is designed to introduce mindfulness meditation practice as a way of reducing stress and developing greater balance, control, and fuller participation in your life. Mindfulness is a way of learning to relate directly to whatever is happening in your life including the challenges of stress, pain, illness, and everyday demands. The MBSR course is highly experiential and participatory. Classes include instruction in a variety of mindfulness meditation practices, gentle stretching, mindful yoga, and guided individual and group inquiry.