Learn How To Facilitate Mindfulness Using Proven & Successful Methods
3 day Facilitator Certificate Course based on the latest research and techniques on teaching mindfulness
Auckland 15-17 April
This course gives you the background, science, practices and activities to guide others and to establish a regular practice yourself.
Mindfulness is gaining recognition as a resource to improve attention, the ability to deal with stress and anxiety as well as improving well-being.
The course is based on the successful programme run by Mindful NZ Schools for the past three years as well as the latest research for teaching mindfulness designed by the original MBSR members who trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn.
This is an interactive course covering theory, activities and practices. Participants get the opportunity to guide classes for first-hand experience. The course is over 3 days. If you have any questions call or text; 021 238 7799
TOOLS & RESOURCES
The course includes printed lesson plans, practices and scripts, a Facilitator’s Manual as well as a Mindfulness Workbook.
Course in Auckland 15-17 April 2016
TIME & PLACE
Location: Location: Columba Centre, 40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby Auckland
Friday: 1.00-5.00pm*
Saturday: 10.00am-4.00pm
Sunday: 10.00am-4.00pm
Cost:
$595
Including: lunches, morning and afternoon tea, Mindfulness Teaching Manual, an 8 week Mindfulness Workbook and ongoing support.
Limited spaces – book now
*It is possible to attend half day Introduction to Mindfulness only. Friday 15t April 1-5pm – $145 and to book for Saturday or
Sunday only ($240 per day).
NEW! Free community Mindfulness class Friday 15 April 4-5pm
All Welcome no booking needed
BOOK HALF DAY COURSE-FRIDAY 15 April
BOOK FULL DAY SATURDAY 16 April
BOOK FULL DAY SUNDAY 17 April
“Rita is a fabulous facilitator – she made us feel extremely comfortable, was open minded and encouraged us all to share from our diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise. I came away with many very practical, easy to use exercises that I have since been using with with my classes of various ages. Thank you Rita for gifting me such a wonderful and enjoyable afternoon of learning”.
-Louise Dore, Auckland
Course Content
- What is Mindfulness?
- How does it work?
Evidence-based research results
and the neuroscience. - Why ‘Teach’ Mindfulness to Students and Children.
- Breathing Exercise 1 and 2
- Guided Body Scan
- The STOP Method
- How to build a MIndfulness Lesson
- Tools & Resources
- How to identifying patterns of thinking and reacting that keep us trapped.
- Practical ways to work with Difficult Thoughts and Emotions.
- Turning boredom and restlessness into curiosity
- Mindful Listening-expanded awareness.
- The ‘Mountain meditation’
- Training Session – Guide Mindfulness
- Questions and Answers, feedback/personal Enquiry into your own experience
This training will give you a resource to improve everyone’s, including students and children’s ability to deal with stress and anxiety as well as improve attention and focus and cultivate kindness and empathy. Activities and practices will be taught to help engage students in the mindfulness process and assist in internalising the mindfulness process.
Developing a culture of kindness in the classroom.
Studies have shown that emotional regulation, social behaviour and academic achievement have noticeably improved for those who have received Mindfulness instructions.
Benefits such as:
- Decreased stress and anxiety
- Better sleep
- Better self-management
- Less reactivity
- Improved mental resilience
- Increased self-awareness
- Better memory
- Increased attention and focus
- Better conflict resolution skills
are common and expectable result from regular Mindfulness practice.
What will you learn?
In these 3 days you will not only be introduced to the powerful Mindfulness techniques that are helping individuals from all walks of life to have more balance, harmony and focus in their lives. You will also receive the tools and training to share these techniques to everyone; adults and children.
As the benefits from Mindfulness are becoming more widely recognised and acknowledged, there is now a real opportunity for everyone, including teachers social workers and parents who see the value of attention training and mindfulness exercises to help others improve focus, mental resilience and impulse control.
“Mindfulness is a way of life, an inner resource available to all that improves mental balance, increases our ability to focus and be attentive and cultivate emotional resilience”. R Riccola
THE TRAINER
Rita Riccola has been a Meditation and yoga practitioner for 25 years. Rita has completed courses with Mindful Schools USA. More recently she has been training teachers at Diocesan and Dilworth Junior College in Mindfulness in the effort to take the practices to their students.
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About the Facilitator
Rita Riccola
“Rita is a fabulous facilitator – she made us feel extremely comfortable, was open minded and encouraged us all to share from our diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise. I came away with many very practical, easy to use exercises that I have since been using with with my classes of various ages. Thank you Rita for gifting me such a wonderful and enjoyable afternoon of learning”.
-Louise Dore, Auckland
RITA RICCOLA
Rita Has been a meditation and yoga practitioner for 25 years. Rita has completed courses with Mindful Schools USA in preparation to offer schools in New Zealand Mindfulness classes. In 2012 she set up Mindful NZ Schools in an effort to bring Mindfulness practices and the proven benefits to schoolchildren in New Zealand.
As a teacher, I saw first-hand, in High School classrooms, the great need to equip children with impulse control and self-managing techniques that would help them deal with the increasing stress and demands in their lives.
James Cook High, Tangaroa College, Dilworth Junior College, Henderson High School are some of the schools she has worked at. More recently she has been training teachers at Diocesan and Dilworth Junior College in Mindfulness in an effort take the practices to their students. She has also been running Mindfulness seminars, weekly classes for adults and an after-school programme for children and parents for the past 2 years at Grey Lynn Community Center.
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15-17 April 2016
Venue: St Columba Centre,
40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby
Cost: $595
BOOK NOW
Limited spaces available
Courses in Gisborne 21-22 and 23-24 May 2016
OPTION 1
21-22 May 2016
Saturday: 10.00am-4.00pm
Sunday: 10.00am-4.00pm
OPTION 2
23-24 May 2016
Monday: 10.00am-4.00pm
Tuesday: 10.00am-4.00pm
Venue: Reap Bldg., Peel Street, Gisborne
Cost: $395
Limited spaces available
DOES MINDFULNESS REALLY WORK?
“Practicing Mindfulness has been shown to alter the structure and function of the brain, which is what allows us to learn, acquire new abilities, and improve memory.”
DR. ROMIE MUSHTAQ
Mindfulness trains the mind to be observant and responsive to the many challenges we face every day.
Harvard, Oxford and Stanford Universities offer Mindfulness courses. Mindfulness is not just a trend but a proven method for success.
“Mindfulness makes me get more sleep and helps me to get fall asleep”
Year 5 student, Dilworth Junior, Auckland
“When I am trying to get to sleep I use the body scan. It really works!”
Student, James Cook High, Auckland
‘The body scan felt relaxing and calm which took all the anger away”.
Year 5 student, Dilworth Junior, Auckland
Why Mindfulness?
Evidence based results from around the world continue to show that the regular practise of Mindfulness has ongoing benefits for physical and mental health. Research over the past few decades has found that Mindfulness training helps to;
Relieve Anxiety & Stress
In our fast paced lives, where we rush from one demand to another, there is very little time or space to stop and pause. Mindfulness offer the tools needed to connect with our inner intelligence, where we can access natural calmness beneath the busy minds.
Let go of Anger & Frustration
Coming in contact with your direct experience in the mindful state allows us to become familiar with the patterns that direct our lives; our thoughts, emotions and reactions.
OVERCOME WORRYING
& NEGATIVE THINKING
Pain is an inevitable part of being human but suffering is optional. In Mindfulness we learn how to manage our thoughts and emotions instead of letting emotions and thoughts manage us.
STOP INNER CHATTER
Aimless thinking and inner chatter is draining our energy and clouding over the present moment. One of the most common benefits from regular Mindfulness training is greater mental clarity and a new sense of inner peace.
Have Better Sleep
To be able stop incessant thinking and worrying is one of the great benefits of Mindfulness and it makes it easier to sleep in and have unbroken sleep throughout the night.
STOP LIVING IN THE PAST
Mindfulness practices increasingly bring you more into the present with the growing awareness that going over the past keeps you stuck in the past.
Frequently Asked Questions
Mindfulness is a way of noticing where your attention is in the present moment without judging it good or bad. It’s about not wandering off into an imagined future or going over the past but fully engaging right here right now.
Through guided, simple easy-to-do practisies you are training the mind to be more present in the moment. resulting in it to be less anxious, more alert and alive.
- Who over-thinks
- Thinks anxiously as a regular behavior.
- Stressed people
- People who engage in constant negative self-talk
- People who can’t sleep because of incessant inner chatter
- People who operate on ‘auto-pilot’ and are always ‘on’..
NON RELIGIOUS
There is no religion, dogma or beliefs attached to Mindfulness. Mindfulness has it’s roots in many contemplative practices but doesn’t require or impose on anyones belief systems. It’s a mental activity that has proven to be of great benefit for maintaining physical, mental and emotional balance.
Evidence Based
The many benefits of Mindfulness have been well documented especially in the past 30 years since Jon Kabat-Zinn established the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction programme that has led to the wide-spread, evidence based research and the acceptance of these non-religious, practical exercises anyone can do.
MINDFULNESS FOR EVERYONE
Mindfulness practice doesn’t require any preparation or beforehand knowledge about meditation. Anyone can experience the effect from these simple exercises.