Upcoming Mindfulness Courses
Mindfulness is a lifetime's journey along a path that ultimately leads nowhere, only to who you are.
– Jon Kabat-Zinn
These 8-week mindfulness programmes are for anyone who wants to learn mindfulness and different mindfulness practices, including sitting meditation, mindful stretching, body scan, mindful walking, mindful eating and mindful communication, in a structured way.
Research findings suggest that the practice of mindfulness is helpful for stress coping, reducing depression, anxiety and burnout, improving sleep, pain or illness coping, enhancing our immune functioning and happiness. Mindfulness practice is also found to alter the structure and neural activity of the brain. These changes are linked to improved concentration, mood regulation and empathy. Many mindfulness practitioners find that mindfulness practice positively and often profoundly affect their lives.
Below are the upcoming mindfulness programmes offered by Samantha.
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
In the fast pace of modern life, our minds are often occupied by work and endless tasks, we are here, yet our hearts and minds are elsewhere. Mindfulness practice helps us cultivate focused awareness of the present moment, reconnecting us with our body and mind. We learn to observe our inner states and moment-to-moment experiences as they are, and to meet whatever arises with openness and acceptance.
Learning mindfulness is also a journey of self-discovery and reflection on how we live. Through sustained practice, we gradually come to see how our habitual reactions and patterns of living on "automatic pilot", such as constantly striving, judging ourselves, or worrying about the future, keep stress and suffering going. We learn to respond more consciously to life's inevitable ups and downs, regaining inner space and freedom, and living with greater ease.
Since Professor Jon Kabat-Zinn founded the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme in 1979, it has been offered around the world for over forty years. Extensive scientific research has shown that the programme can effectively help us cope with life's stresses, reduce depression and anxiety, alleviate burnout, strengthen the immune system, improve sleep quality, and ease chronic pain, enabling us to live with greater ease and happiness. Research has also found that sustained practice can change the structure and activity of the brain, enhancing emotional regulation and certain cognitive functions such as attention and memory, and deepening care and compassion for ourselves and others.
Themes：
• Coming back to the present moment
• Waking up to the autopilot
• Keeping the body in awareness
• Understanding stress reactivity
• Mindful responding
• Mindfulness in communication
• Mindfulness in daily life
Format：didactic teaching, mindfulness practices, interactive discussion, sharing and inquiry. Home practices of around 45mins a day will be assigned. Participants practice at home with the guiding audio instructions.
Language: Cantonese
MBSR is for people who
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are experiencing stress, chronic fatigue, sleep problems, pain or other medical conditions.
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often feel tensed, anxious or overwhelmed.
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are willing to take better care of themselves and learn how to live with ease.
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want to to build a sustainable mindfulness habit with lifetime support, including opportunity to join monthly practice sessions exclusively for graduates.
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wish to pursue MBSR teacher training in the future (this eight-week course is a prerequisite)
October - November 2026
Orientation: 2 Oct at 19:00 - 20:30
Classes: 9 Oct - 27 Nov Friday at 19:00 - 21:30 / 19:00 - 22:00 (Class 1 & Class 8)
All Day Retreat: 22 Nov Sunday at 10:00 - 17:30
Location : 20/F, 33 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Teacher: Samantha Yung
Mindfulness Retreat
A Six-Day Silent Mindfulness Retreat for Graduates of the 8-Week Mindfulness Courses
The retreat is an opportunity to deepen your mindfulness practice and enrich your understanding of mindfulness. It is also a space to quieten down, care for your body and mind, and explore life.
The retreat includes:
• Systematic practice and teaching on the foundations of contemporary mindfulness: Buddhist psychology and the four foundations of mindfulness (the Satipatthana Sutta)
• Deepening mindfulness practice in silence
• Mindfulness practices: sitting, walking, mindful movement, and mindful eating (vegetarian meals)
Date: 23 December 2026, 7:30pm – 28 December 2026, noon
Location: Salesian Retreat House, Cheung Chau
Teacher: Kevin Fong
Assistant Teacher: Samantha Yung
Language: Cantonese