WHAT WE offer

The Mindfulness and Well-Being Consultancy, Inc. is devoted to listening deeply. From individual mentoring, teacher trainings, workshops, curriculum development, and retreat offerings, we look forward to co-creating to meet your needs.

Our teaching expertise includes:

  • Certified (UMASS, UCSD, Brown) Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Trainer, teacher, and mentor - an eight week 10 session intensive training in meditative disciplines originally created by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn.

  • Certified (UCSD) Mindful Self Compassion (MSC) Trainer, teacher, mentor, an eight week 9 session training in self kindness originally created by Dr. Kristin Neff and Dr. Chris Germer.

  • Certified Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) Teacher, an eight week program originally developed at Stanford University by principal author Jinpa Thupten.

  • Compassion for Couples (CfC) Teacher, a 6 session exploration bringing a deeper connection between loved ones, created by Michelle Becker, LMFT, inspired by MSC and CCT.

  • Yoga Teacher (Source Yoga Studios Winnipeg) Hatha, Vinyasa Flow, Restorative, Yin, Yoga Therapeutics, Meditation, Pranayama.

  • Sessional Instructor, Curriculum Developer (University of Manitoba) Anti-oppressive Practices Social Work, Self Compassion in Professional Practice, Mindfulness and Contemporary Contemplative Practices in Social Work: Cultivating Practice Integrity.

Certified as a Teacher Trainer of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness, and adhering to the International Mindfulness Integrity Network Standards, we now are recognized by the Mindfulness Center at Brown University to offer teacher training as part of the Global Mindfulness Collaborative.

MBSR TEACHER TRAINING:

INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISION & MENTORSHIP:

Good practice guidelines compel mindfulness teachers to explore their teaching process in supervision with a senior mindfulness teacher trainer. Inspired by the poet Rumi, we will meet beyond the ideas of wrong doing and right doing to dive deeply into what it means to teach. For those seeking certification in MSC or MBSR, you will be supported in your development with sensitivity and appreciative inquiry.

Committed to trauma sensitivity and the concept of “convergence” - combining traditional and contemporary expressions of the dharma, we offer day-long and extended silent retreats in companionable silence providing participants the opportunity to deepen their experience of meditation practice co-creating a supportive community. Retreats can be commissioned online or in community.

RETREAT OFFERINGS:

Looking for customized trainings? We listen deeply to your needs to develop specialized workshops and co-create innovative curriculum advancing mindfulness and well-being in a variety of settings.

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT:

"Joy is a thing, a fundamentally necessary and vital part of healing!”

-Dawn MacDonald, MSW, RSW