CBR Project

About CBR Project

The CBR Project was founded in 2004 through the Garrison Institute, a US-based not for profit organisation. CBR was initially focused on supporting caregivers and others in the ‘helping’ professions in the US.

In 2013, CBR for humanitarians was developed by a team of internationally recognised experts in psychology, trauma, meditation, mindful movement and educational pedagogy. One of the key founders was Sharon Salzberg, the noted meditation teacher and author, whose work on loving kindness and compassion guided the project.

CBR for humanitarians is now the flagship programme under Garrison Institute International, an extension of Garrison Institute based in the Netherlands, managing international programmes.

The Contemplative Based Resilience Project (CBR) provides bespoke support and capacity building to address these needs. The CBR curriculum is based on three core components:

Psychology of Stress Meditation Mindful Movement

The CBR Project approach was shaped by the enormous body of medical evidence showing that meditation and mindful movement help to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression as well as improve stress-management, self-awareness, creative thinking and concentration.

The CBR Project training is entirely secular with no religious component, and is therefore open to all.

Address

• Headquarters

  3703 ZeistUtrecht, Netherlands