Leading Mindfulness Groups

Leading Mindfulness Groups:
Strategies and Skills Course

Course Highlights:

  • Learn how to teach and facilitate mindfulness groups with atrauma-sensitive and *EDI approach.
  • Build upon the foundation and skills you have acquired froma previous mindfulness training program.
  • Practical training and teach-back sessions to developexpertise and confidence.
  • Evidence-based approach by Jon Kabat-Zinn, incorporatingMBSR, MSC, Emotional Literacy, Mindful Movement, and Positive Psychology.
  • Focus on guiding practice, delivering engaging didacticinformation, and facilitating meaningful inquiry
  • Receive feedback from peers and experienced instructors

Who Should Attend:

  • Individuals who have completed a multi session mindfulnessprogram or have completed prior mindfulness training.
  • Educators, community organizations, healthcareprofessionals, workplace trainers, and mindfulnesspractitioners looking to expand their skills and confidence inteaching mindfulness.

Why Choose Us?:

  • Practical training and teach-back sessions to apply your knowledge.
  • Unique curriculum encompassing various protocols for teaching mindfulness.
  • Supportive and constructive environment for skilldevelopment.
  • Leverage the expertise and resources of MindfulnessEveryday trained and experienced teachers.

    • July 4, 5, 6, 2023: 9 am - 1 pm

    Location: LIVE online via ZOOM

    Fee: $395
    Interactive, participatory and engaging

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    Meet Your Facilitators

    Heidi Bornstein

     

     

     

     

     

    HEIDI BORNSTEIN, R.P., founder and acting executive director of Mindfulness Everyday, a register Canadian charity, has an extensive background in mindfulness, yoga and meditation. Heidi is trained as a Hatha yoga and meditation teacher, and received intensive training at the International Meditation Institute while living in India. She is a certified MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) Level 1 teacher, Hatha Yoga Teacher, Meditation and Level 2 SMARTeducation – Stress Managements and Resiliency Techniques for Educators (SMART) Facilitator and an Instructor for University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies.

    Heidi is certified in Yoga Ed for Elementary Schools, High Schools, and for Working with Those At-Risk; Mindfulness for Kids at Risk with Vinnie Ferraro; Street Yoga training for Kids at Risk; Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program for Teens: Interventions and Strategies to Use in Clinical Practice with Gina Biegel, MA LMFT and has completed the Certification in Applied Mindfulness Program at the University of Toronto Factor Inwentash School of Social Work.

    Heidi is committed to creating communities, tools and awareness that bring mindfulness, well-being and mental health to Canadian schools and community organizations, supporting yoga, meditation, and mindfulness programs for children, youth, teens, and adults in Toronto since 2002.

    Stephen Chadwick

     

    STEPHEN CHADWICK is an MBSR teacher who received his training under the direction of Roy Hintsa and Dr. Diane Reibel the Director of The Stress Reduction Program at Jefferson University’s Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine. He received his certification as a Yoga Ed Instructor for High Schools, Working with Those At-Risk, Level II Curriculum Training of Mindful Schools, and trained in smartEducation™ (Stress Management and Resiliency Techniques) with Linda Wallace. Steve is a teacher for The Mindful Edge® –Stress Reduction and Life Strategies for Teens program in high schools. He has twenty seven years experience as a public school teacher with the TDSB, specializing in working with Children with Special Needs and ESL.