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SUMMARY:How Adults Learn: Essential Principles for Mindfulness Educators
DESCRIPTION:How can diving into the psychology of how adults learn deepen both your mindfulness offerings and your own practice? This engaging 6-week course equips MMTCP alumni with essential adult learning principles that will provide you with new perspectives on your teaching\, coaching\, consulting\, counseling\, and facilitation. \n \nIn this co-created learning space\, you’ll explore adult learning-aligned strategies for designing powerful learning experiences\, adapting your teaching to different contexts\, strengthening psychological safety\, and building trust—learning not only from course content but from each other’s experiences and insights.  Whether you’re leading 8-week courses\, one-on-one coaching sessions\, or workplace trainings\, these foundations will sharpen your ability to plan from an adult learning perspective\, meet adult learners where they are\, support meaningful change\, and maybe even enjoy your work more!  \n \nInstructor Alison Cohen\, MMTCP mentor (2019-2025) and guiding teacher of Two Wings Mindfulness\, is an enthusiastic adult learning and development nerd whose deep dives into this arena (including PhD coursework) have strengthened her own mindfulness-based teaching\, coaching\, and consulting—and she’s excited to share what she’s gleaned with fellow teacher-practitioners. \n \nRegistration for this series is now closed; we hope to see you at another one of our programs.   \n \nSession dates and times are:  \nMondays from 12-1:45 pm ET (with +15 minutes of optional Office Hours): March 9\, 16\, 23\, 30 (no class April 6)  April 13 and 20.   \n \n \nLearn more Alison here
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/how-adults-learn-essential-principles-for-mindfulness-educators/2026-03-16/
CATEGORIES:Learning Sessions, Mentor Offerings and Other Events
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SUMMARY:Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Teachers
DESCRIPTION:Facing Trauma in a Changing World \nAn international TSM sangha \n \nLet’s explore how trauma shows up in our communities online and in person and the skillful means that we need as TSM teachers and/or facilitators to be of help in stormy days. \n“Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves\,” Thich Nhat Hanh. \n \nThis sangha provides a grounded and safe space to be present with your peers who share one simple yet profound goal: Peace in every Step (á la Thich Nhat  Hanh). Let us reclaim our deep listening and deep seeing into shared humanity. Let us discuss cross cultural sensitivities at the junction of trauma and mindfulness. Let us recenter\, inquire and clarify what resources may be best to offer to our communities.   \n  \nMay this space be a home base for kindness\, curiosity and inspiration amidst the chaos. \n \nWe will meet on the 3rd Tuesday of every month @ 11:00 am ET USA\, which is \n\n\n5:00 pm in Warsaw\, Poland \n\n\n6:00 pm in Jerusalem\, Israel/Palestine \n\n\n7:00 pm in Abu Dhabi\, Emirates \n\n\n  \n\n\n11:00 am in Washington DC\, USA \n\n\n4:00 pm in London\, UK \n\n\nPlease use the conversion app for your time zone\, respectively.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/trauma-sensitive-mindfulness-teachers/2026-03-17/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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SUMMARY:Mindful in Nature Sangha
DESCRIPTION:See you for our monthly sangha at the following link: \nhttps://meet.google.com/qsp-eiwk-khu
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mindful-in-nature-sangha-5/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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SUMMARY:Gil Fronsdal | The Practice of Accompaniment - Mindfulness and Chaplaincy
DESCRIPTION:Even as secular mindfulness teachers\, those we work with sometimes ask more of us than instruction alone. In these moments\, we are invited not only to offer practices\, but also our presence — to listen deeply and to walk along with them as they come into a more intimate relationship with themselves and their suffering. \n \nDrawing on the wisdom and practices of chaplaincy\, Gil Fronsdal will guide us in exploring the nuance between instruction and accompaniment and how to walk alongside others with care and humility\, discerning when to teach and when simply to be present.   \n \nThis session is from 12:30 – 2 pm ET; the Zoom link is here \nMore about Gil \nGil is the founding teacher\, and a co-guiding teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City\, California and the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz\, California. He has been teaching since 1990. Gil is also the lead teacher of the Sati Center’s Chaplaincy and Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy programs. Gil has practiced Zen and Vipassana since 1975 and has a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Stanford. He is a husband and father of two boys. You can learn more about IMC’s offerings here.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/gil-fronsdal-the-practice-of-accompaniment-mindfulness-and-chaplaincy/
CATEGORIES:Senior Teacher Speaker Series
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