Level1 Training - Online - 2020/21
New Level I Training Structure – 2020/21
In response the the COVID challenge
In the light of the uncertainty of the safety of travel internationally and also interstate within Australia, the MTI Board have taken the decision to offer the Level I training live online over the next 9 months, with hopefully a shorter residential planned for May of 2021. Over this time, we will engage you in a thorough and rich investigation of the all the areas of skilful mindfulness teaching to build your competencies in the following domains of learning:
- Coverage, pacing and organisation of session curriculum
- Relational skills - cultivating potency, confidence, warmth, engagement and containment
- Embodiment of mindfulness - including presence, vitality and calmness, acceptance and present moment responsiveness
- Guiding mindfulness practices - skills in leading the body scan, awareness of breath, sounds, thoughts and feeling, open awareness, kindness and compassion, approaching the difficult, movement practice
- Conveying course themes through interactive inquiry and didactic teaching - inquiry skills including empathy, investigation, reflection, bringing salience and responding to the person's context
- Management of group learning environment
In the live online program we will use a range of didactic, experiential and small group work. It will provide opportunities for practice teaching/leading with supervision from the instructors. A strong emphasis in the training 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. You will explore the rationale for how mindfulness works for a range of mental and physical health conditions including pain, stress, anxiety, depression and trauma.