certified teacher directory
Nearly 200 teachers across four cohorts have taken part in our yearlong Mindfulness Teacher Training program. Meet some of the graduates below, and explore how they integrate mindfulness into their work with young people and their communities.
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Adam Seth Lowenstein, English Instructor
I lead regular drop-in meditations, facilitate my school's Meditation Club, and develop other mindfulness programming.
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Canisha Bell, Certified Health Education Specialist
I teach mindfulness as a way of being, integrated into everything.
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Cynthia Garner, Mindfulness Instructor / Leadership Coach / Mentor
I offer applicable mindfulness skills and somatic practices for healing complex and systemic trauma, soothing wounded hearts, loving the skin you are in, and awakening your soul’s purpose.
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Daisy Bodman, M.Div
As an interfaith chaplain, I rely on mindfulness and contemplation as key components to providing spiritual care.
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Daniel Brottman
I am currently practicing and studying meditation as much as I can, and meeting with people individually to discuss their meditation practice.
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Emily Proctor, Math Professor, Middlebury College
I weave mindfulness into my classroom teaching as well as lead mindfulness retreats for students.
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Esther Persaud, BScN, RN, CMT
I practice mindful working, scrutinizing my actions, thoughts, and intentions, seeking truth and engaging with curiosity.
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Gabriel Baldwin, Facilitator / Teacher / Consultant
I support clients resolving trauma through a mindfulness centered somatic psychotherapy called Hakomi, facilitate rites of passage for youth, adults, elders, and death, consult to organizations on group dynamics, and lead meditation classes and retreats in Mid-Coast Maine.
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Ghisly Garcia, UX Research Manager & Mindfulness Educator
I'm passionate about bringing mindfulness practices to global majority BIPOC youth.
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Ingrid Knapp, Teacher, Providence Public Schools
Mindfulness keeps me grounded and present for my high school students.
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Jessica Samples, Mindfulness Practitioner, Coach
I coach adults to deepen in presence and grow their mindfulness muscles, not just for themselves, but for our world.
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John Allman, LMSW, Youth Therapist
I use and teach mindfulness in support of my work as a trauma therapist working with justice-involved youth.
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John Braman, Director, Rio Grande Mindfulness Institute of Mountain Cloud Zen Center
I currently work with a grant from Mind and Life Institute to Indigenize mindfulness education for Native youth in New Mexico.
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Kelly Munn, Mindfulness & Movement Facilitator / Executive Function Coach
I am dedicated to growing the good by partnering with teens & adults as they discover their passions, build new skills, and move forward creating the lives they desire.
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Lawrence J. Schuessler, Mindfulness Teacher / Wilderness Guide / Adjunct Professor
I bring nature into my teaching by facilitating meditation outdoors and encouraging folx to use our senses to explore the natural world around us and within us.
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Lissa Edmond, Psychiatric Nurse & Meditation/Movement Facilitator
I offer integrative mental health care, meditation, and mindful movement held in a compassionate, trauma-responsive, and justice-oriented framework as part of a lifelong mission to reduce suffering for all beings.
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Meg McLaughlin, Director of Health and Wellness, Middlesex School
I incorporate mindfulness as a personal practice to be fully present with patients as well as teach mindfulness meditation to teenagers.
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Olivia Dillingham, Mentor, Founder of The Golden Thread
I am a Hakomi-informed mentor who combines mindfulness, somatic tools, and traditional counseling to help people navigate and build soulful lives.
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Shea Riester, LMSW, SEP, Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and Somatic Therapist
I teach trauma-informed mindfulness meditation 1-1 and in groups, as well as Nonviolent Communication (NVC) through a mindfulness lens.
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Steve Norman, Retired Educator/SEL Coach, Mindfulness Instructor
I provide SEL, Leadership and Community Building Programs using Mindfulness, Restorative Practices, Experiential Learning and Relational Activities.
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Topher Stephens
I provide online & in-person programs in mindfulness, nature education, and earth-skills for restoring kinship and connection.
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Valerie Striar, Mindfulness Educator / Master Practitioner Narrative 4 Facilitator-Trainer / Performance Artist/Creator
I help others open to their innate wisdom, intelligence and creativity, cultivate awareness, self-acceptance, empathy, and compassion.
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