Certified Teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion
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THE ONLINE, EXPERIENTIAL TRAINING COURSE THAT CHANGES PEOPLE'S LIVES-
REGISTER TODAY!
Research shows that the MSC course improves resilience and emotional well-being.
Join our wonderfully diverse group of participants from across Asia-Pacific as you enjoy course sessions from the comfort and convenience of your own home.
Monday evening in Thailand is ideal for Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam as well as Europe and UK!
17:30 in Bangkok is:
18:30 in Singapore and Hong Kong
11:30 in UK
Check your own time zone!
Discover Inner Strength & Build Your Resilience:
This enhanced version of MSC training program online includes:
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9 core course sessions X 2.5 hours each (24 hours total)
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Monday Evenings 17:30-20:00 ICT (Thailand time)
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Plus, a 2.5-hour retreat session after the 6th session.
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Taught by two of the most experienced MSC teachers in Asia.
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Download announcement above to see the whole schedule!
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A small, diverse group from around Asia
Course Fee: USD$400
Early Bird Discount: Register and pay on/before Aug. 19, 2024, USD$300
The course is limited to 22 participants
Please know that we offer at least 25% of the seats in each course to local scholarship recipients
and people actively serving their communities. We're proud to be inviting counselors from Myanmar, volunteers from Singapore and other to complete this course at no charge. So, when you pay the registration fee, you’re helping to support this offering!
Steps to Register & Payment:
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Email us to express your interest (or with any questions you have)
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We’ll send you two forms to complete: an information form and an informed consent. You complete them and send them back to us. We pace our work with self-compassion, so please give us a few days to review and respond.
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We'll send you the link to make payment online. Make your payment and your place is secured! Easy online payment options available.
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Refund policy: If you cancel before/on Aug. 31, you will be refunded your course fee minus a 5.5% processing, gateway, and VAT fee from the online ticketing company, which is non-refundable. If you cancel after Aug. 31 and before Sept. 9, you will be refunded 45% of your course fee. There are no refunds after Sept 9.
YOUR GUIDES:
SIRI CHANDLER & BEN WEINSTEIN
Two of Asia's Most Experienced MSC Teachers
Siri Chandler is a dual Thai-American national living in Pranburi, Thailand, where she facilitates mindfulness and compassion retreats, courses, and workshops in-person and online. She is a certified teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), with teacher training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB), Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) and a variety of other MBI’s. As an enthusiastic life-long learner, she devotes her time to continuously deepen her own practice which she has been cultivating over the past 30 years. Siri is especially drawn to bringing mindfulness into daily life in a practical way. She brings the practice into what she enjoys most: kiteboarding, hiking, yoga, and walking her dogs on the beach. Learn more about Siri.
Ben is clinical psychologist who chose a path less traveled to live as an expat in Thailand since 2003. Ben has been a mindfulness practitioner since 2004 and now teaches mindfulness and self-compassion in English and Thai. Ben is honored to be a certified teacher of Chris Germer and Kristin Neff’s remarkable Mindful-Self Compassion training course. As someone who has devoted his entire working life to applying psychological and behavioral science to help people learn, develop, heal, and grow, Ben is profoundly inspired by the proven, transformative power of mindfulness, purpose-guided engaged living, and self-compassion. He loves to see how people who complete the MSC course begin to make profound changes in just 10 weeks. You can learn more about Ben here.
WHY LEARN ONLINE?
Advantages of the Online Course
SEVEN COMPELLING REASONS TO TAKE THE MSC COURSE ONLINE WITH US
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Our course is experiential and interactive. You will NOT be listening to lecture- you will be experiencing the MSC skills directly and you’ll also be interacting with the other participants and learning from each other.
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The group will be wonderfully diverse including people with different life experiences and perspectives from nations around Asia-Pacific.
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Participate in experiential exercises and small group discussions in an emotionally safe and supportive environment without leaving your house, and,
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Learn from the region's leading experts: this course is led by Siri Chandler and Ben Weinstein, PhD, two of Asia-Pacific’s most experienced and skilled teachers of secular mindfulness and self-compassion. Dr. Ben and Siri are highly experienced mindfulness teachers and group facilitators who have optimized this version of the course to create a safe and nourishing space for personal exploration and growth. Both Ben and Siri are globally recognized for their expertise and are both teaching faculty for the international Center For Mindful Self-Compassion.
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Ben and Siri teach the full version of the MSC course including all the core self-compassion skills plus some additional content on fierce Self-Compassion. You’ll see that other versions offer less immersion into the world view and practice of self-compassion.
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You can join the course from the comfort and convenience of your own home or other private space.
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Ben and Siri’s version is priced so as to be accessible across the Asia-Pacific region. You won’t find a more affordable way to grow with senior teachers and a supportive community. Plus, Ben and Siri offer spaces in each course as scholarships to support local heroes across SE Asia who are working to improve their communities so each paying participant is helping support social transformation, too