Once we know shame is in the house, we can begin the journey of transforming this difficult human emotion with the alchemy of tender and fierce self-compassion.
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United Kingdom (UK) MSC Teachers Community
It feels timely during this time of the pandemic to raise awareness that we have a rich and growing community of MSC teachers in the UK. We are a community…
Australasia MSC Teacher 2021 Lunar New Year Meet & Greet
More than 120 MSC Teachers in Asia and Oceania gathered together to mark the beginning of the Chinese New Year of the Ox with Chris and Kristin. Our first CMSC Lunar New Year Meet and Greet was organized to facilitate communication and network building among MSC Teachers in the Australasia Region. It holds 13 countries and regions including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
When You Need More Than Gentle: Yang Self-Compassion as the Powerful Side of Kindness
When we first take a Mindful Self-Compassion course, important aspects of our inner life can be illuminated. For psychotherapist and author Jessie Everts, her first course revealed for her the importance of both tender self-compassion and is lesser-understood twin, fierce self-compassion. In this essay, Jessie shares five ways of integrating both aspects for a robust and integrated practice that sets us up to protect, provide for, and motivate ourselves toward our greatest good.
Fierce, Tender, Whole: Taking Action for Ourselves and the World
Women are being called by the pressing issues of the day—sexual harassment, pay inequality, rampant prejudice, health disparities, political division, our dying planet—to claim our power and take action. I believe that by developing and integrating fierce and tender self-compassion, we will be better equipped to realize our true selves and make needed changes to the world around us.
MSC in Vietnam: “Saving the World” by Letting Go
Letting go gave me just enough space to realize that love and wisdom, which were the essence of what we were teaching, were a circular flow, rather than unidirectional from me to the participants. That this essence was already the nature of all beings, and my role was to give space to this unfolding, rather than “saving the world.”
Healing into Compassionate Parenting
Show of Hands: Who is a Stellar Parent during this time of a global pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement for racial justice, and increasingly toxic and violent political fissure…
Embracing Diversity and Social Justice Work in Teaching MSC: Introduction to the Series
An introduction to a series on DEI issues that we hope to explore and share with you in the year ahead. Our deepening intimacy through conversation provided us with fertile ground to unpack how the forces of oppression and privilege have impacted us in unique and shared ways. Specifically we hope to explore (a) our experiences with privilege and oppression, (b) an awareness of the ways we benefit from our privilege and have harmed others and/or been harmed by it, (c) awareness and reflection of oppression and the ways it impacts us and those around us, and (d) practices to assist us in our journey as we explore these challenging issues.
Program Adaptation Incubator Extends the Reach of MSC Program
The Program Adaptation Incubator (PAI) project was formed to support that vision of extending the reach and influence of self-compassion practice to more people, populations and settings.
Updated 2020 Teacher Guide Now Available!
The updated Teacher Guide for 2020 is now available for purchase. This version more seamlessly incorporates yang self-compassion, speaks more clearly to diversity and inclusion, and includes even more safety enhancements.
Mindfulness Vs. Compassion
Can we work together as mindfulness- and compassion-based teachers to offer intentional cultivation of both these qualities rather than fearing competition between programs?
Where are you holding your classes? Maximizing accessibility
CMSC recently received this inspiring note from an MSC participant and we asked her to slightly re-word her letter to address our teacher community at large. As we continue to…
CMSC Seeking MSC Teachers with Classroom Experience
CMSC is seeking experienced MSC teachers who are either current or former classroom teachers, or people who have extensive experience in working with educators in a professional capacity who might be interested in being a paid facilitator for an online program in early 2020, helping teach self-compassion to teachers.
To Co-Teach or Not to Co-Teach
Marcia Burton, an MSC teacher in Canada, shares how teaching with an assistant helped her to deepen her connection with and expression of her core teaching values.
Bringing MSC to Healthcare Settings: Teacher Training Now Available Online
Healthcare providers have unique challenges in the workplace. For MSC teachers who wish to bring self-compassion training to this group, we invite you to join us in starting in November for a Teacher Training for the 6-week MSC adaptation for healthcare pros: Inner Resiliency Training for Healthcare Communities.
Teen MSC Program Now Officially a Program of CMSC
CMSC, Karen Bluth, and Lorraine Hobbs are pleased to announce that Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens is now being solely managed and directed by CMSC. We expect that this move will provide a boost to this unique program that is already touching and inspiring teens around the globe, with over 200 MSC-T teachers having been trained thus far.
Refresh, Renew and Relax at a Weekend Retreat for MSC-T Teachers
June 16-19, 2020 North Carolina, USA Oceanfront, Trinity Episcopal Retreat Center CMSC is excited to announce a retreat for MSC-T teachers in the summer of 2020 on the North Carolina…
Sense & Savour With Your MSC Colleagues in Bordeaux
Please join us in Bordeaux, France in October 2020, to share, practice, and learn together with other MSC teachers from around the world. The Sense & Savour retreat is a safe, fun, and creative haven for Mindful Self-Compassion teachers from all around the world who wish to exchange ideas and best practices, refresh personal practice, and learn new ways to promote and market our programs.
Last Call to Join Pilot MSC Teachers’ Practicum
If you’re an MSC Teacher-in-Training but have yet to teach your first group, this is a wonderful opportunity to immerse in the detail of the entire 8-week program in a supportive learning environment before taking the course out into the wider world. Participants learn together to meet the inevitable bumps and surprises of teaching MSC while held safely by experienced senior teachers and in the company of fellow Teachers-in-Training.
Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program: A Guide for Professionals
Six years in the making, a comprehensive textbook describing the MSC program is now available.
Stellar Additions to the CMSC Board of Directors
CMSC would like to welcome new board members, Rainer Beltzner and Randolph Oudemans and thank outgoing board member, Joy Huang, for her service.
Do You Remember?
Self-compassion doesn’t come to life in the land of concepts. It breathes in the unchartered and uncomfortable expanse of living, especially during difficult moments of life. My practice is to remember—pause, breathe, love. As it turns out, when teaching self-compassion to others, I don’t have to know what to say or say the right thing. My job is to open my heart, which opens a door. The rest is not up to me. The door is a portal and often, courageous souls walk through.
My First Experience as a Person of Color in MSC — “Is it Really Me?”
I can remember my very first MSC training experience from several years ago like it was yesterday. There was definitely a surge of internal experiences that I observed as I…
Facilitating our Flourishing Circles of Practice
The Circles of Practice also needs you! We have an incredibly dedicated team of experienced teachers who give generously of their time and talent. We want to share the enriching experience of facilitating with other experienced MSC teachers. The Circles of Practice, for the facilitators, is a valuable way to increase their skills in teaching meditation and to contribute to the effort in building a global community of MSC practitioners who come together to grow in compassion.
Spanish Teacher Guide Now Available in Braille / Disponible la Primera Guia del Profesor en Braille
English: For the very first time the MSC Teacher’s Guide is available in Braille-Spanish for those teachers who are blind. Thanks to the initiative of Mariela de la Fuente, first certified teacher…
Your MSC Teaching Toolkit: What to Use and Why
This year, we have been busy making exciting improvements to the essential and recommended MSC teaching materials. We would like to update you on these important changes to make sure…
El Center for MSC presenta la primera mejora importante en el itinerario de formación de profesores de MSC
Programas piloto TTP (Prácticas de Formación de Profesores) que se ofrecerán a los profesores existentes en otoño de 2019 Desde el primer Teacher Training del MSC a principios de 2014,…
Monthly Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy Peer Consultation Session Launched
MSC Teachers who are also therapists now have two new monthly opportunities to come together monthly to share how we use and apply MSC and self-compassion in one-to-one therapy, and…
CMSC Unveils First Major Enhancement of MSC Teacher Training
—✦— Since the first MSC Teacher Training in early 2014, the pathway for becoming a teacher of MSC has stayed basically the same and has served us well as CMSC…
Expanding Your Practice: CCT Classes Now Available to MSC Teachers for 10% Discount
As a result of our continuing collaboration with the Compassion Institute, we are pleased to announce that all MSC teachers may take online offerings of Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) and…
