If you are highly stressed and/or facing difficult challenges in your life this 8 week course plus a full day retreat will work for you if you consistently do the practices taught. Dr. Linda F. Brown leads the class and is a kind, experienced teacher. The course is secular. No Conservative Christian should feel uncomfortable taking the course notwithstanding the fact that the course is held on a Buddhist campus and he or she would be definitely in the minority of the students (which appears to be the norm in Bloomington).