Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Programme

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is one of the most rigorously researched psychological interventions in clinical medicine. Originally developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, MBSR has been validated in hundreds of peer-reviewed studies for its effects on perceived stress, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, blood pressure, sleep quality, and immune function. NutraNourish's MBSR programme is delivered by Dr…

The programme is structured around an eight-week curriculum of progressive mindfulness training, delivered in weekly sessions of 60–90 minutes. Each session introduces a new facet of mindfulness practice — body scan meditation, mindful movement, breath awareness, sitting meditation, mindful communication — alongside psychoeducation on the physiology of the stress response and the science of mind-body connection.

Participants learn to recognise and interrupt the automatic reactivity patterns that fuel anxiety, rumination, and emotional dysregulation. The body scan practice cultivates somatic awareness, helping participants identify how stress manifests physically before it reaches the level of conscious distress — an early warning system that enables earlier, more adaptive responses. Mindful movement sequences derived from yoga and qi gong enhance proprioception…