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      • Finding Your Place in the Circle of Care (3-week workshop)
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CDP Registration

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.


–> NEW for UK and Asia Pacific: Cohort 21
MSC Community for Deepening Practice (CDP)

Feb. 6 – Sept. 25, 2023 (Mondays)
9-11 a.m. UTC

Taught by Tina Gibson and Siri Chandler 
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

Apply for Cohort 21

Cohort 24
MSC Community for Deepening Practice (CDP)

April 6, 2023 – Nov. 16, 2023
Thursdays, 8-10 a.m. Pacific

Taught by Ruth Williamson and teaching partner (TBF)
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

Apply for Cohort 24

Cohort 25
MSC Community for Deepening Practice

April 10-November 20, 2023
Mondays, 4-6 p.m. Pacific

Taught by Tina Gibson and David Fredrickson  
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

Apply for Cohort 25

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, Dawn MacDonald, and Tracy Ochester  
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

Learn More or Apply for Dying into Life



Applications for late 2023 CDP Cohorts will be available spring, 2023. To be notified when applications are available, please provide your details below, and we will reach out to you directly.

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  • Note that participants must have completed the full MSC course (10-week online, 8-week in person, or intensive version) as a prerequisite to the CDP. If you have not yet taken the full MSC, please explore some available options at https://centerformsc.org/lomsc/
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Already graduated from the CDP? Now available for 2022:

Dying into Life: A Six-Month Experiment in Renewal, Self-Compassion, and Courage

This yearlong 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 and is inspired by Stephen Levine’s A Year to Live and Frank Ostaseski’s Five Invitations. In this uniquely engaged course, supplemental practice sessions will be offered, as will specific homework and practices related to our monthly theme.

Learn more
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.

Learn 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.

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