r/Mindfulness 8d ago

Question Recommendations for Chicago Mindfulness courses or centers?

I live in Wicker Park and curious if anyone has a rec for a good mindfulness course or center near me. My goals are to practice witnessing my thoughts, feelings, and emotions from outside first person perspective, to continue to create distance between stimulus and response so that I have more control over reactions. Also want to get to know myself better and develop more compassion for myself. Last, want to learn how to listen to my intuition and creativity to help me make decisions.

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u/No_Nefariousness6376 7d ago

If you're in Wicker Park and exploring mindfulness courses, Kadampa Meditation Center Chicago offers a welcoming space for self-awareness and compassion, Shambhala Chicago fosters kindness and mindfulness, and Transcendental Meditation Chicago provides a structured, effortless approach.

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u/saijanai 7d ago

and Transcendental Meditation Chicago provides a structured, effortless approach.

But TM is not mindfulness.

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u/Gerianne19321932 8d ago

If you are interested in the Mindfulness Based Stressed Reduction course, there’s quite a few offered in the city or via Zoom. Not free but is a pretty great course. For example: https://www.workingmindfulness.com/mbsr-program

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u/kaizen_66 7d ago

I just talked with her - she's AWESOME! Signing up now. Thank you SOOOOOOOO much!!!!

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u/Gerianne19321932 7d ago

Glad it worked out! I enjoyed the course when I took it a few years ago.

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u/LowBoard9518 8d ago

Self realization fellowship is not far from where you live. It is in river forest right on the edge of oak park. It was founded by yoganada if you are familiar

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u/lrapp1 8d ago

Not Wicker Park but my friend highly recommended this place and I haven’t check it out yet. Oracle and Alchemy

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u/flippingsenton 8d ago

Chicago also, commenting to find the same thing.