The Sunday, December 14, 2025 session of the MGOC is an "Open House" session, and is a FREE offering.
We will gather, practice, get to know each other a little better, and share what we’re experiencing in meditation. Nothing fancy. Just show up and be in community exactly as you are, as 2025 draws to a close.
To register, please complete and submit the form below. You will receive an automatic response from East Coast Mindfulness containing the Zoom link for the session (please check your Junk/SPAM folder in case you do not see this arrive). The Zoom link will be valid only for that month's session.
We would love to have you join us!
Mindfulness Grad Online Community (MGOC) with Rebecca Eldridge
When: 6:45-8:45PM US Eastern, the second Sunday of each month Join as few or as many monthly sessions as you likeNOTE: Can’t make it to a session? Each session will be recorded and shared with all who register.
Cost: A donation of any amount. Suggested donation amount: $12-$25/session.
Next session: Sunday, December 14 (FREE Open House)
The Mindfulness Grad Online Community (MGOC) will gather monthly under the guidance of MBSR Teacher and Teacher Trainer Rebecca Eldridge for continued learning, practice, and community.
During each session, we will explore various mindfulness topics through teachings, practice, silent reflection, and speaking & listening.
As members of the MGOC, we all will—
- Participate. Your presence and participation matters. Our live interaction and in-the-moment bonding will provide the buoyancy for good learning, good community, and good care-taking of ourselves and each other. Each session will also be video-recorded and shared with everyone who registers. Each session's recording will be available for review until the next month's session.
- Speak & listen. We will show up ready to truly wonder; to speak from direct experience about what we know, as well as what we don't know or aren't sure of—and to listen deeply as others do the same.
- Practice between sessions. We will each maintain a personal practice that fits our life, and consider how formal and informal practices of mindfulness are informing our life.
- Explore between sessions. We will explore various topics both during and between sessions—through our day-to-day experiences, through contemplation and practice, reading and studying, and more.
Prerequisites
- You graduated from any organization's 8-week Mindfulness-Based course (such as MBSR, MBCT, MSC, and so on) that was held live either in person or online.
- You want to be part of a community of mindfulness practitioners willing to be seen as human—perfectly imperfect and totally okay.
The Weekly Process:
Engaging a process at each session will provide a structured freedom to move us toward understanding, acceptance, action, further wondering, connection, and other things we can’t possibly name until they arise in our midst.
The process, with approximate times—
- Landing & welcome: 5 min.
- Brief check-in from each person: 10 min.
- Introduction of topic, brief teaching: 15 min.
- Mindfulness practice: 20 min.
- Silent reflection on topic: 10 min.
- Speaking & Listening: Small & Whole Group: 20 min.
- PAUSE: 5 min.
- Gathering: What do we know now? 20 min.
- For next time: 10 min.
- Closing: 5 min.
NOTE: Everyone (those present and those who registered but have to miss) will receive an email after each session, with a link to the recording of that session and what to focus on for next time.
Rebecca Eldridge
Rebecca served as an MBSR Teacher and MBSR Teacher Trainer at the Center for Mindfulness at UMass Medical School, creating and training their teaching faculty to deliver their first online MBSR course in 2016. She is certified as a calibrated rater for assessing MBSR teaching, and is a member of the International Mindfulness Integrity Network, a worldwide group of teacher trainers exploring ethics and standards of mindfulness training programs.
Beyond teaching MBSR and training MBSR teachers, Rebecca works with organizations to develop and deliver mindfulness programs for living with more authenticity, resilience, and joy; and meditation guidance for promoting restorative rest and sleep. Her personal practice is guided by her teacher, Pema Chödrön, and she was featured giving meditation instruction in two courses taught by Pema Chödrön: Making Friends with Yourself and How to Live with Compassion and Courage. She also loves growing things—from fruits, vegetables, and flowers; to a personal meditation practice that doesn’t fizzle out; to communities that welcome and encourage people as they are.
All times shown are US Eastern:
| Dates | Times | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 142025 | 6:45-8:45PM | Open House: Meet Other 8-Week Grads We will gather, practice, get to know each other a little better, and share what we’re experiencing in meditation.Nothing fancy. Just show up and be in community exactly as you are, as 2025 draws to a close. |
| Nov 92025 | 6:45-8:45PM | Standing & Walking Meditation Experiencing physical balance in standing and walking practice can impact emotional and mental balance in everyday life. We will practice both standing and walking meditation during this session. In addition to practicing inside, you will be invited to practice a short period of standing practice outside (optional), even though it will be evening for many of us. Please come in comfortable clothing, prepared to walk inside in either socks or barefoot, and ready to walk outside in shoes, if you choose. |
| Oct 122025 | 6:45-8:45PM | Unfixing Fixed Mind |
| Sept 142025 | 6:45-8:45PM | Retreat In Everyday Life: 2-Hour Home Retreat |
| Aug 102025 | 6:45-8:45PM | 9 Attitudinal Foundations of Mindfulness, from Jon Kabat-Zinn (continued from July) |
| July 132025 | 6:45-8:45PM | 9 Attitudinal Foundations of Mindfulness, from Jon Kabat-Zinn |
| June 82025 | 6:45-8:45PM | Poetry and Mindfulness |
| May 112025 | 6:45-8:45PM | Loving-Kindness as a Formal Practice |
| Apr 132025 | 6:45-8:45PM | Mindfulness of Feeling Tones: Pleasant, Unpleasant, Neutral |
| Mar 92025 | 6:45-8:45PM | Listening & Speaking |
| Feb 92025 | 6:45-8:45PM | Mountain Meditation |
| Jan 122025 | 6:45-8:45PM | Body Scanning |
| Dec 82024 | 6:45-8:45PM | Loving-Kindness Meditation |
| Nov 102024 | 6:45-8:45PM | 4 Foundations of Mindfulness |
| Oct 132024 | 6:45-8:45PM | Self-Compassion |
| Sept 82024 | 6:45-8:45PM | Establishing & Re-establishing Practice |