LIBBY ROBINSON, PhD, MSW, MPH
Mindfulness Meditation Teacher & Speaker
This Winter of 2026, I will offer a new course, Deepening Your Practice with the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. It will emphasize practicing the foundations to deepen our experience of kind and compassionate present moment awareness. The foundations are: awareness of sensations, of feeling tone (pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral), of mental events (thoughts, emotions, etc.), and of open awareness in our daily lives.
The class will meet for 6 weeks for 2 hours/week. It will include guided meditations, discussions, and support for daily mindfulness practices. Details are below.
About Libby
Welcome to my website.
I teach mindfulness courses, lead drop-in guided mindfulness meditation sessions, and lead meditation at retreats offered by Open Mindfulness Meditation and the Ann Arbor Center for Mindfulness. I have extensive experience teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and will be teaching courses in early 2026 on Deepening Your Practice with the Four Foundations of Mindfulness and on Cultivating the Boundless Heart. I also provide presentations to organizations
and businesses.
I have been practicing mindfulness since 1979 when I went to my first 7-day silent retreat at the Insight Meditation Society. My perspective on myself and my struggles shifted profoundly and I was better able to deal with difficulties when they arose. As I continued to practice, I jave experienced more equanimity and wisdom. Ever since that first retreat I have continued to practice on my own, in groups and classes, and attend retreats whenever I can.
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In 2001, I took a week-long course on teaching MBSR from Jon Kabat-Zinn, who developed this curriculum for learning mindfulness. Since then, I have taught this course over 50 times, taken advanced teacher training courses, and am now a Certified MBSR Teacher.
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I started teaching in 2007 to colleagues in the UM Psychiatry Department. In 2010, I offered the course to the broader community, teaching MBSR almost every Fall, Winter, and Spring to a wide variety of individuals.
I will continue to teach MBSR at least once/year, but I am now offering shorter courses, e.g., Cultivating the Boundless Heart (the Brahmavijaras, also called the Abodes of the Heart: kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity). I am considering teaching this course again in late winter/early spring of 2026.
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I'm now offering for the first time a course on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, based on a classic Theravadan Buddhist text, this winter of 2026.
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Teaching mindfulness is the most rewarding thing I've ever done. I learn so much from every class. Teaching reinforces my own practice, and I enjoy sharing the practice of cultivating gentle compassionate awareness of
the present moment, just as it is.
What is Mindfulness?
"Mindfulness
is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgementally in the service of self-understanding and wisdom."
Jon Kabat-Zinn
More details about this winter's class:
The emphasis in this course will be on practicing mindfulness, using the four foundations to broaden and deepen the tools for that practice.
The foundations are:
1. awareness of sensations (the body, breath, hearing, seeing, etc.)
2. awareness of feeling tone (pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral)
3. awareness of mental events and states (e.g., thoughts and emotions)
4. awareness of whatever arises in our experience in our daily lives
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Throughout this class, we'll bring kindness and compassion to our practice, to ourselves, and to others.
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Meeting weekly for 2 hours for 6 weeks, the classes will include brief talks, guided meditations, and discussions, as well as discussing our experiences fostering daily mindfulness practices (20-30 min/day recommended). The course fee is $250 and includes recordings of guided meditations and handouts.
SW CEs can be obtained with an additional fee of $50 and some documentation, which I will provide you.
​Details on the schedule are below.
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​My teaching style is fairly informal, with lots of opportunities for discussion, interactions, and questions.
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​I have been teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction since 2007, have taught over 60 MBSR classes, and am a Certified MBSR teacher from the UC-San Diego Center for Mindfulness. I have also received teacher trainings from the Univ. Mass Center for Mindfulness and the Toronto Centre for Mindfulness Studies. In addition and most important for my own personal practice, I have attended over 25 7-day silent retreats.
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​​If you're interested, please contact me. I'm available to answer any questions and register you. You can contact me through this website (see link below) or via email (libbyrobinson7@gmail.com). ​
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Teacher:
Libby Robinson, Ph.D., MSW, MPH
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Schedule:
Winter 2026 -- Deepening Your Practice through the Four Foundations of Mindfulness
​The 6-week class: Every Saturday, February 14 to March 21, 2:00 to 4:00 pm.
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All class sessions and the retreat are virtual.
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Cost:
Course fee: $250
Negotiable with financial issues or multiple registrations; payment plans possible: discuss this with me.
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Contact me:
Through this website; see below
Or email me at libbyrobinson7@gmail.com
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