This Training is FULL
PROGRAM DATES: (3 weekends - 9 days) All times are East Coast US Time. Online via Zoom
May 19-21: Thursday evening 6-9 p m, all day Friday and Saturday (from 8:15 am - 7:30 pm)
June 2-4: All day Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (from 8:15 am - 7:30 pm
June 16-18: All day Thursday, Friday and Saturday (from 8:15 am - 7:30 pm)
The Mindfulness Teacher Training Alliance (MTTA) will be offering this training live via Zoom.
TRAINERS: Elaine Retholtz, Janet Curry and Jon Aaron
The MBSR Teacher Advancement Intensive (TAI) fulfills the second-level formal program in the Mindfulness Center at Brown University’s teacher training pathway to becoming certified as an MBSR teacher. The TAI will strengthen teaching skills, personal practice, and expand experiential and didactic understanding of the elements of teaching MBSR through:
Opportunities to practice teaching the elements of MBSR.
Receiving peer and teacher trainer feedback in each session.
Cultivating skills in offering meditation practices and didactic teachings of MBSR through self-reflection, dialogue, and practice.
Forming community with other MBSR teachers.
Between-session assignments prior to each weekend.
Strengthening meditation practice.
Widening personal and professional resilience and mindful presence which can be shared with others through teaching.
All teachers for this Teacher Advancement Intensive are members of the Mindfulness Teacher Training Alliance (MTTA) and the Global Mindfulness Collaborative (GMC) and are certified MBSR Teacher Trainers through the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine and the Mindfulness Center at Brown University School of Public Health (MC@B), a member of the GMC. This TAI is part of the certification path for MBSR teachers utilizing the MC@B teacher trainer curriculum and all participants successfully completing this program will placed on the GMC, and MC@B websites as level 2 MBSR teachers.
Prerequisites for this program include previous participation in an MBSR Foundations program, two qualifying retreats, and regular ongoing meditation practice for at least 2 years. In addition, candidates need to have offered 3 introductory mindfulness workshops of at least 90 minutes each, to 6 or more participants.
Contact me if you are interested or want more information on this training, or complete the application.
Tuition: $2,800.00. Early Bird Discount 10% by March 15th 2022
Fee reductions, payment plans and scholarships are available.
Once your application has been accepted we will reach out to you regarding registration and payment.