Mindful Academy Solterreno
Continuing Education Online 2020
From our strong Solterreno roots, the Mindful Academy Solterreno Teacher Training and Silent Retreats, we continue to grow as a community through new continuing education opportunities online in 3 core ways:
Full details of all options and dates
Sit with Inquiry sessions will continue in 4-week blocks with 2-week breaks between blocks.
These are open groups that are available to book in advance each week. Two time options of Wednesday mornings 11 am (CET) & Thursday evening 8.30pm (CET). Advance booking is essential to maintain small group sizes that support the intention and practice of deep listening. Places may be booked to attend all or some of the 4 week block of sessions. There is no assigned fee for these sessions at this time to ensure that finance is not a barrier to deepening practice in community. For those who feel inclined to and who are in a position to offer a donation, this is welcomed by the teacher giving their time and holding the space. A link will be provided in the booking reply email that confirms your place in the weekly session for those who wish to offer such a donation.
Book your place by emailing sheena@discoveringmindfulness.ie You will receive a reply email to confirm your place and Zoom meeting details.
Intention: To deepen personal practice through inquiry in community with teaching peers
Format: Weekly Zoom Meetings; Max. 8 places per group; Wednesday mornings or Thursday evenings. Introductions - Silent Sit - Group Inquiry.
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Book: sheena@discoveringmindfulness.ie
The Masterclass Series offers a range of standalone training options with Senior Teachers from Mindful Academy Solterreno.
These online options respond to our collective responsibility to tend the integrity of MBSR teaching; provide a means to gather in community together to deepen knowledge through experience with Senior Teachers and; advance MBSR teaching competency, confidence and courage. The series begins Summer 2020 with the following opportunities:
- “Meeting Uncertainty Together: MBSR Maps & Metaphors” - with Sheena Burke, Senior Teacher. As we continue to move through an unprecedented global pandemic with as much as 50% of the world under ‘lockdown’ for a prolonged time in recent weeks and increasing questions and concerns on how to move forward, we ask the key question - what does MBSR offer in the midst of this? In this session we will practice, inquire and dialogue on recent experiences of teaching MBSR in the midst of a global pandemic, review key MBSR maps and metaphors and explore how they may serve our practice and teaching now and into the future as we move into new phases of living alongside COVID-19.
Format: Zoom Meeting; Practice, Teaching, Inquiry, Dialogue
Booking contact: sheena@discoveringmindfulness.ie
Fee: €30
- “Teaching MBSR Online”: A 3-part series - with Claire Griffin, Senior Teacher. This comprehensive course offers a live, interactive and collaborative way of learning and developing the necessary skills to teach the 8-week MBSR course via videoconference. During the training, both the technical and the key teaching elements needed to successfully facilitate the MBSR course in the live online environment will be explored, including practising the experiential exercises of MBSR and how these can best be facilitated with creativity and fidelity to the learning themes of the sessions, in the online space.
Format: Zoom Meeting; Practice, Teaching, Inquiry, Dialogue
Booking contact: claire@clairegriffintalent.com
Fee: £125
Future masterclasses coming next include “MBSR & Polyvagal Theory: An introduction”;
“Essential Buddhist Teachings for MBSR Teachers” and “Deepening Listening & Inquiry Skills”.
3. “Mindful Movement”: A 3-part series - with Monique Leverington.
TEACHING Functional and Trauma-Informed MINDFUL MOVEMENT - MASTER CLASS
We are also adding to existing Supervision options with Senior Teachers:
- Individual Supervision & Mentoring: Tailored supervision of teaching and mentoring of personal practice and inquiry.
- Group Supervision & Mentoring*: Closed Groups, Monthly 2 hour sessions; Personal Practice & Inquiry; Teaching Practice Questions & Reflections.
- MBSR Skill-Building Package*: Teaching your first MBSRs. This package is offered to meet the requirements of the Mindful Academy Solterreno Certification Pathway. It is particularly useful for those teaching their first 3 MBSR courses with 9 hours of supervision in a combination of 4 x 45 minute individual supervision and 4 x 90 minute group supervision. It is deliberately low cost to support beginning teachers.
*Minimum of 4 participants required for each group.
