The MMTCP Alumni Association is open to all graduates of the two year Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Certificate Program. We are a fast growing professional network dedicated to connection, continuous learning, and taking the teacher’s seat as mindfulness teachers.
We are delighted to host the first all alumni gathering! MMTCP Connect: One Heart, Many Voices is the first time we will all gather together as alumni from all three cohorts in a day long virtual feast of inspiring speakers and interesting discussions to support taking the teacher’s seat with greater confidence as well as deepening personal practice.
Saturday, November 16 from 10 am – 8 pm ET with a special live session from 8 pm- 9:30 pm for Asia/Pacific friends
The event is free for Alumni Association members. RSVP here; the Zoom link is here
If you are not a member, join us now! Or you can purchase a ticket for the event which includes a three month membership so you can check us out!
Full event details and schedule are below. Please note all events are in ET, please adjust according to your time zone. Once you RSVP and add to calendar it will do so as per your time zone (if you have enabled that).
| Time (all times in EST) | Speaker and Topic |
| 10 – 10:45 am |
Welcome Opening Session with Tara Brach | Opening the Heart Space How do we guide ourselves, and others, in the midst of challenging and divided times |
| 10:45 – 11:40 am | Mark Coleman | Teaching in Times of Climate Crisis: Letting the Natural World Nourish Us |
| 11:40 am – 12:00 pm | Break |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm |
Anne Cushman | Mindful Movement, Connection and Creativity
Bring your journal and a little space to move and breathe |
| 1:00 – 1:30 pm | Break — stretch your legs, go for a quick walk, and then bring your lunch back for the next session |
| 1:30 – 3:00 pm | The Ups and Downs of Teaching | Alumni Panel featuring a small sampling of the many fabulous ways alumni are incorporating our training into their work. Come meet Alyssa Chase, Bibiana Geraldo, Irene Bongini, Manizeh Mirza-Gruber and Pam Hausner as they share both their challenges and successes of being a mindfulness teacher. Moderated by Steve Kaplan. This will be a working session so feel free to bring your lunch or snack. |
| 3:15 – 4:00 pm | La Sarmiento | Mindfulness: The Musical – Singing & Chanting for Liberation |
| 4:00 – 5:00 pm | Spring Washam | Beginner’s Guide to Working Responsibly with Plant Medicine |
| 5:00 – 5:15 pm | Break |
| 5:15 – 6:00 pm | Jack Kornfield | Continuing to Open the Heart Space – Conflict, Forgiveness and Reconciliation during divided times. Please note that Trudy Goodman will unfortunately not be able to join us for this session. |
| 6:00 – 7:00 pm | Jack and Tara | In Conversation…with each other and the audience |
| 7:00 – 7:45 pm |
James Baraz | Closing Session Where Do We Go Next? The joyful responsibility of being in the teacher’s seat during difficult times. |
| 7:45 – 8:00 pm | Closing announcements and break |
| 8:00 – 9:30 pm |
Gen Heng and Duncan Smith | This time works for me! As we expand our global community, the reality is that time zones don’t always work for everyone. If you were looking at the all day Alumni gathering and thought, “That time doesn’t work for me.”, then here’s your opportunity to be part of this event. Please join us for an inclusive hour of practice, dialogue, and community, as we explore what is present for us in our practice and our teaching, with other MMTCP alumni. This session will take place on Sunday, November 17 at 6.30am India, 9am Hong Kong/Singapore, 10 am Tokyo, 12pm Melbourne/Sydney, 2 pm Auckland. All are welcome!
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The MMTCP Alumni Association is here to serve you; by alumni, for alumni. The work of the Alumni Association is to support you as a teacher and as a practitioner. Membership is accessible to all MMTCP graduates – our sliding scale base rate is $100 USD /per year and no one is turned away for lack of funds. Your membership gives you access to:
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- member only events with speaker events with senior teachers and mentors to gain practical teaching support so you can take the teacher’s seat with greater confidence and to deepen your understanding of the dharma
- Sanghas and affinity groups so you can be in community with like-minded peers for support and practice — we have about 25 sanghas and growing!
- Be part of one of the largest professional networks of certified mindfulness teachers around the world.
- A rich array of mindfulness and meditation resources for your own use and to share with your students
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