Bonnie O’Brien Jonsson, MS

Public Classes Taught

• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Experience

Bonnie O'Brien Jonsson has been teaching Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at the Osher Center since 2002. In addition to teaching at the Osher Center, she has taught MBSR at Google and Berkeley Law, and she teaches meditation in prisons and other venues in the Bay Area. She has been a practitioner of mindfulness meditation since 1993 and is also a certified qi gong instructor. 

Ms. O’Brien-Jonsson worked as a program director and hospital clinician for 16 years prior to starting her business providing continuing education seminars for health care professionals. She led Year to Live workshops on mindful living and dying for 15 years. 

Ms. O’Brien-Jonsson brings a sense of joy and kindness into her teaching. 

Education and Training

• Dedicated Practitioners Program and Professional Training with JKZ, Center for Mindfulness, Spirit Rock Meditation Center
• MS, Health Education, San Francisco State University
• BS, Psychology, Dominican University

Personal Statement and Approach

I love teaching and being with people as they learn the practice of mindfulness. I am inspired by each class. My intention is to provide a safe place that nourishes each person and I focus on fostering self-trust and kindness.