CMC News + Courses + Events

CMC announces Landmark Study on Mindfulness Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Published in JAMA; Mindfulness-Based Therapy Reduces Opioid Craving by 67 Percent, Highlights National Trial.

Read the study here.

Upcoming Events

  • April 21, 2025: Join us live over Zoom to hear from Pico Iyer in his lecture titled Living with Fire: Finding Calm in a Time of Uncertainty, 1-2pm Eastern Time. Register here to attend and receive a recording.

  • May 1, 2025: We are excited to again offer the gold standard of 8-week mindfulness programs - Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). There is an optional orientation day on April 24, a good way to meet your teachers and get an overview of the program. Sliding scale rates, register and learn more here.

  • November 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, 2025: We are thrilled to once again offer our Mindful Behavior Change - Group Leader Training (MBC GLT); a 5-day experiential program with a mix of didactic, individual, and small group exercises designed to help attendees learn basic skills for leading mindfulness groups in clinical or community settings. This program introduces the foundation to deliver our 8-week Mindful Behavior Change (MBC) course, formerly known as Mindfulness Training for Living Well, a trauma-informed, therapeutic mindfulness-based intervention. The MBC course is the basis for our extensive Mindfulness Training for Primary Care (MTPC) research studies. Learn more about the creation of this program here and our research results here.

    Visit our Mindful Mental Health page for more information on clinical programs covered by insurance.

    Please consider making a tax deductible donation to help support our research, clinical teams, and professional trainings. Learn more and donate here.

 
 

Featured News: CMC was awarded a research grant titled “Neural and physiologic effects of self-compassion on chronic pain” from the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.  This grant provides seed funding for a pilot neuroimaging study examining self-compassion training for people experiencing chronic lower back pain.