Center for Mindful Self Compassion

Our Vision: We aim to be the global leader in self-compassion training and to offer the highest quality programs to diverse populations, based upon scientific research and established teaching methods. CMSC is committed to building an equitable, inclusive, and caring global community supporting the practice of self-compassion where each person matters and everyone belongs.

Our Mission:

Our purpose is to alleviate human suffering and improve the collective well-being of the planet through the practice of self-compassion. We will accomplish this mission by:

• Providing resources and training opportunities to anyone wishing to learn and practice self-compassion
• Disseminating Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) and adaptations of MSC in an effective, accessible, flexible and affordable manner to the widest range of participants
• Providing quality training and continuing professional support to teachers of CMSC programs
• Supporting and extending diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all activities of the organization and through our partners around the world
• Collaborating with other mindfulness and compassion-based organizations to pursue our common purpose of a more compassionate world through intentional practice
• Actively engaging with systems (e.g., healthcare, education, business, government, military) that would benefit from self-compassion training
• Fostering a worldwide community of practice to support everyone who wishes to be more self-compassionate
• Encouraging scientific research to enhance our understanding of self-compassion and MSC