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Our Mission

The mission of Mindfulness Works, LLC is to help individuals and organizations thrive through expertly structured, accessible mindfulness and self-compassion programs, classes and coaching, and through techniques drawn from the science of happiness.

Cornelia Kip Lee

Cornelia Kip Lee

Cornelia has practiced mindfulness meditation in the early Buddhist tradition since 1995, studying with senior Western mindfulness teachers such as Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Rodney Smith and Mark Nunberg.

She is also an adult learning expert with more than 25 years of experience in public health and nonprofit work, focused on designing training for healthcare professionals.

Her approach is practical and accessible, blending her understanding of Buddhist meditation with training in secular mindfulness. Cornelia received mindfulness teacher mentoring and certification through the UC San Diego Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Institute’s teacher certification programs.

She is qualified to teach the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (link) (MBSR) and the Mindful Self-Compassion (link) (MSC) eight-week programs. She has also adapted these programs for one-hour segments that are convenient and impactful for employees.

Please contact Cornelia to discuss Mindfulness Works programs and how they may benefit you, your colleagues, and/or staff.

Cornelia Kip Lee

Cornelia Kip Lee

Cornelia has practiced mindfulness meditation in the early Buddhist tradition since 1995, studying with senior Western mindfulness teachers such as Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Rodney Smith and Mark Nunberg.

She is also an adult learning expert with more than 25 years of experience in public health and nonprofit work, focused on designing training for healthcare professionals.

Her approach is practical and accessible, blending her understanding of Buddhist meditation with training in secular mindfulness. Cornelia received mindfulness teacher mentoring and certification through the UC San Diego Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Institute’s teacher certification programs.

She is qualified to teach the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (link) (MBSR) and the Mindful Self-Compassion (link) (MSC) eight-week programs. She has also adapted these programs for one-hour segments that are convenient and impactful for employees.

Please contact Cornelia to discuss Mindfulness Works programs and how they may benefit you, your colleagues, and/or staff.

Cornelia Kip Lee

Cornelia Kip Lee

Cornelia has practiced mindfulness meditation in the early Buddhist tradition since 1995, studying with senior Western mindfulness teachers such as Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Rodney Smith and Mark Nunberg.

She is also an adult learning expert with more than 25 years of experience in public health and nonprofit work, focused on designing training for healthcare professionals.

Her approach is practical and accessible, blending her understanding of Buddhist meditation with training in secular mindfulness. Cornelia received mindfulness teacher mentoring and certification through the UC San Diego Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Institute’s teacher certification programs.

She is qualified to teach the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (link) (MBSR) and the Mindful Self-Compassion (link) (MSC) eight-week programs. She has also adapted these programs for one-hour segments that are convenient and impactful for employees.

Please contact Cornelia to discuss Mindfulness Works programs and how they may benefit you, your colleagues, and/or staff.

Significant catalyst

Thank you for helping me transform and awaken to my true essence. The MBSR classes you taught were a significant catalyst for my journey to self-awareness, and since I completed the series in early spring, I’ve been meditating nearly each day at least once, participating regularly in meditation circles, and reading book after book about… Read more “Significant catalyst”

J.S., Durham NC

Inspirational and Enjoyable

Thank you again for leading this course, it was very inspirational and… Read more “Inspirational and Enjoyable”

Anonymous, Durham NC

Self-compassion and Mindfulness

I have taken two classes with Cornelia, the first on self-compassion and the second on mindfulness. Cornelia teaches through mind and heart and skillfully facilitates the group so that we become trusting of each other and cohesive. She asks questions in a way that focuses on one’s perspective and experience without being at all judgmental.… Read more “Self-compassion and Mindfulness”

Sherryl Kleinman
Emerita professor of sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill

Gained so much from it

Thank you for facilitating another great MBSR course! I enjoyed it immensely and gained much from it. I do feel that my practice has deepened and that I’m more skillful at being mindful and… Read more “Gained so much from it”

N.M., Durham NC

Gained so
much from it 

Thank you for facilitating another great MBSR course! I enjoyed it immensely and gained much from it. I do feel that my practice has deepened… Read more

N.M., Durham NC

Inspirational and enjoyable 

Thank you again for leading this course, it was very inspirational and enjoyable.

Anonymous, Durham NC

Significant catalyst 

Thank you for helping me transform and awaken to my true essence. The MBSR classes you taught were a significant catalyst for my journey to self-awareness … Read more

J.S., Durham NC

Self-compassion and mindfulness

I have taken two classes with Cornelia, the first on self-compassion and the second on mindfulness. Cornelia teaches through mind and heart and skillfully facilitates… Read more

Sherryl Kleinman
Emerita professor of sociology
UNC-Chapel Hill