Hello, MSC Graduates!
You may now apply for the CDP below.
This 8.5-month-long course provides opportunities to deepen your self-compassion practice in a live, committed, global community of 25 participants or fewer. The CDP invites rigor, but is also designed to fit into your busy daily life. Learn more.
Cohort 26
MSC Community for Deepening Practice (CDP)
October 11, 2023 – May 29, 2024
Wednesdays, 4-6 p.m. Pacific
Taught by David Fredrickson and Tina Gibson
This 8.5-month-long experience provides opportunities to deepen your self-compassion practice in a live, committed, global, online community.
* Pre-requisite: The complete Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) course
Cohort 28 (for MSC Teachers)
MSC Community for Deepening Practice (CDP)
Jan. 16 – Sept. 3, 2024
Tuesdays, 4-6 p.m. Pacific / 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ACDT
Taught by Tina Gibson and Dr. Jorge Armesto
In the warm community of your peers, MSC Teachers will take eight months to re-discover the MSC curriculum from the inside, out. Slowly and experientially, you’ll deepen your personal embodiment of the skills that you wish to teach. This results in a more mature understanding of self-compassion, plus greater integrity, capacity, confidence, and authenticity as a teacher.
* Pre-requisite: The complete Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) course
Dying into Life: A Six-Month Experiment in Renewal, Self-Compassion, and Courage
May 13, 2023 – Oct. 27, 2023
Tuesdays, 8-10 a.m Pacific
Taught by Aimee Eckhardt, Tracy Ochester, Ruth Williamson, and Aaron Shipps
Any conversation about dying is actually a conversation about living. With our mortality as our teacher, what might we discover in the space between life and death, love and sorrow, trance and intentionality? This course provides opportunities to deepen your self-compassion practice in a live, committed, global, online community. Taught through the lens of self-compassion.
* Pre-requisite: Mindful Self-Compassion Program
Already graduated from the CDP? Continue exploring…
Dying into Life: A Six-Month Experiment in Renewal, Self-Compassion, and Courage
This six-month experiment is a rare opportunity to immerse in what matters most to each of us by embracing the truth of our own mortality. This live, online course is taught through the lens of mindfulness and self-compassion. In this uniquely engaged course, supplemental practice sessions will be offered, as will specific homework and practices related to our weekly topic.
Finding Your Place in the Circle of Care
(on hiatus)
We will learn, breath by breath, to counterbalance the despair, fatigue, and indifference that may sometimes set in when we give too much. This workshop was designed by Tina Gibson for those who struggle with finding balance in their caring: parents, counselors, teachers, clinicians, children of aging parents, chaplains, etc. This workshop also supports those who do advocacy work for the environment, animals, and more.
CDP-Evolving (CDP-E)
(on hiaitus)
This course is a 6-month continuation and evolution of the CDP, in which we consider topics rich for further exploration (forgiveness, self-critical voice, people pleasing, self-regulation, and more.). In the CDP-E, we maintain the same small class size and class structure, but as an even deeper dive. In addition to weekly meetings, participants will receive optional opportunities for live, teacher-guided practice each month in contemplative writing and expressive arts.