With Dr Maura Kenny, Dianne May, other teacher to be advised

With Dianne May, Dr Maura Kenny

Dates: 17 - 24 October 2020

Times: Starts 2pm, Saturday 17th October and concludes 12 midday, Saturday 24th October
*please ensure you have had your lunch before you arrive on Saturday 17th October

Venue: Bella Rakha Retreat Centre, Auckland
581 West Coast Rd, Oratia 0604

Overview

The seven day Intensive provides an in-depth residential context to explore a range of didactic, experiential and small group work. It will provide opportunities for practice teaching/leading with supervision from the instructors (usual teacher/student ratio 1:12). A strong emphasis in the Intensive is on the development and integration of personal and professional qualities which support authentic mindfulness teaching and learning. It offers a challenging and deepening process of exploration and engagement with self and others, using the ground of practice as our base. Specific areas of focus will include:

The rationale for how mindfulness works for a range of mental and physical health conditions including pain, stress, anxiety, depression and trauma
Practical exploration of how to work skilfully with the sensations, emotions and thoughts that arise in practice.
Skills in leading mindfulness practices (body scan, awareness of breath, sounds, thoughts and feeling, open awareness, kindness and compassion, approaching the difficult, movement practice)
Inquiry skills (including empathy, reflection, salience and context)
Relational skills including empathy, warmth, authenticity and potency, curiosity and respect and mutuality
Embodiment as a teacher including presence, vitality and calmness, acceptance and present moment responsiveness
Understanding of group process
Refining and deepening one’s own meditation practice

Please note: As part of the Intensive process, you will be expected to be very familiar with each of the mindfulness practices offered in MBSR and MBCT and will be asked to lead them in dyads without scripts.

To register your interest or inquire about any aspect of the pathway contact Dianne May: dianne@mtia.org.au

Teachers

Dianne May

Member NZAC

Dianne is recognized as a Senior Mindfulness Based Teacher in New Zealand, being one of the earliest teachers to offer the 8 week MBSR programme in Auckland, and has been providing Mindfulness Based programmes for the past 16 years. She is the NZ Co-director of Mindfulness Training Institute (MTI) - Australia &New Zealand and is involved in supervising mindfulness teachers on their mindfulness teacher training pathway.

Over the past 17 years Dianne has undertaken a number of intensive MBSR trainings with Jim Carmody, and in 2009 attended the Sydney health professionals training with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli.

Dr Maura Kenny

FRANZCP

Maura is a Consultant Psychiatrist and the Coordinator of the Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Programs at the Centre for the Treatment of Anxiety & Depression in Adelaide.
She specialises in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy in the areas of Stress, Mood and Anxiety disorders, has conducted research in these areas, and has used these approaches in clinical, organisational and workplace settings. Maura has a special interest in the wellbeing of medical staff, has developed an Introduction to Mindfulness course for healthcare Professionals and is the Director of Mindful Self Care Programs.

Since 2008, she has been involved in training and supervising others in mindfulness-based approaches. She co-founded MTI and is an Associate Teacher-Trainer at the University of Oxford's Mindfulness Centre.

How to get to the venue

By Air and then Bus:

MTIA organises a bus to pick up domestic/international students from Auckland airport on the morning of the Intensive and return them to Auckland airport on the last day that the training finishes. This cost is additional and will be invoiced when we have final numbers.

Please book flights to be available to catch the bus at 12:00 noon on the 17th October 2020.

On the 24th October, 2020, the bus will leave Oratia at 1:00 pm, so please book fights from 3:00 pm for domestic flights (5:00 pm for international flights).

By Car:

If you are coming from Auckland or another location by car, please arrive at Bella Rakha Retreat Centre by 1:00 pm on 17th October 2020.

Cost: $0.00 (inc GST)

Registrations are not open yet. Please come back and check later.

Refund Policy:

A 10% non-refundable deposit will be payable on enrolment.

A 90% refund will be issued if cancellation is received up to two months before the event.

A 50% refund will be issued up to one month before the event.

However, in either of those two circumstances, if a substitute person can be found so that MTIA is not impacted financially there will be a full refund less the initial deposit of 10%.

No refunds will be issued after 12th September, 2020 except in extenuating circumstances.

Notice of cancellation must be provided to MTIA via email and will be confirmed via reply email. MTIA cannot accept responsibility for correspondence that is delayed or for failure of delivery.

In the unlikely event the workshop is cancelled by the organisers, registration fees will be fully refunded. No liability will be accepted for travel, accommodation or other costs / expenses incurred by participants.