There are moments in everyday life that shape what happens next: how we interpret events, react, and move forward. What if you could recognize those turning points earlier, before stress or reactivity takes over, and use them to return to clarity and calm?
Deeper Mindfulness is an innovative 8-week course that blends mindfulness meditation with neuroscience to explore “feeling tone”: the subtle emotional backdrop that colors experience. Feeling tone can be the tipping point into habitual reactions, and learning to notice it sooner can help you regain balance in a chaotic world.
This course is designed for those who want to deepen their mindfulness practice beyond Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), or other mindfulness-based programs.
What You’ll Learn
- Recognize feeling tone and how it influences thoughts, emotions, and behavior.
- Strengthen self-regulation during stress and difficult emotions.
- Reduce reactivity and respond with greater clarity and intention.
- Apply mindfulness skills in everyday personal and professional situations.
- Create a sustainable plan to deepen and continue mindfulness practice.
Who Should Participate
This course is for participants seeking to deepen their mindfulness journey after completing MBCT, MBSR, or another mindfulness-based program.
If you cannot attend the first session or expect to miss two sessions, we recommend waiting for the next offering.
This Course Includes
- Eight weekly, 2-hour classes that include discussion, meditation, and inquiry.
- Home practice: 10–30 minutes of daily guided meditation, plus instructions for everyday mindfulness.
Note: This course is for personal learning and practice and does not provide facilitator training.
Helen Hyun-Chung Kim
Helen Hyun-Chung Kim is a certified teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and previously worked as a board-certified psychiatrist in Korea for 15 years serving underserved communities. Guided by Dr. Steve Hickman at the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness, she deepened her practice and now shares mindfulness and self-compassion to support others on their own paths of healing and self-discovery.
Continuing education credits are awarded in the following categories: American Psychological Association and Board of Registered Nursing. An additional $50 fee applies.
Psychologists
UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 16.0 CE credits.
California Licensed MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs
This activity is an approved continuing education program by the American Psychological Association. Credit hours may be applied to your license renewal through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. 16.0 CE credits.
Nurses
UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing to sponsor continuing education. Provider Number CEP16351. 19.0 contact hours.
A refund (minus your $50 non-refundable/non-transferable deposit) will be made for cancellations submitted in writing up to 7 days prior to the event start date by emailing mindfulness@.ucsd.edu. No refunds will be allowed within 6 days of the event start date.
Please be aware that the registration fee, deposits, and funds are non-transferable to other programs.
In the unlikely event that the course is cancelled, UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is responsible only for a full refund of the registration fee. In regards to in-person programs, the center is not responsible for any refunds to transportation, hotel accommodations, or any miscellaneous expenses.
Refunds are processed using the same method as the original payment (unless past 180 days).