The First Step in the U.M. Teacher Certification Program
Take your own mindfulness practice to new heights by learning how to introduce mindfulness meditation to the people in your life. Because when you learn how to effectively teach, you become a better student. Foundations is…
• Perfect for people at all levels of experience and all stages of practice
• A natural part of your personal mindfulness journey
• Created for anyone who’d like to share mindfulness meditation with others
• A 100% online, cloud-based, interactive and self-paced learning experience
• A 30-Hour training program that includes a Certificate of Completion
The Second Step in the U.M. Teacher Certification Program
Designed to support your development as a teacher and your mastery of the Unified Mindfulness system in many different ways. As the next step beyond Foundations, Pathways is a 12-week training program in which you work directly with senior UM facilitators to learn to teach mindfulness in ways that meet the individual needs of your clients. Pathways…
• Starts with 12 weeks of live, weekly classes via virtual classroom with video conferencing
• Finishes with an 8 weeks practicum in which you’ll be teaching your own class under direct supervision of your instructors
• A rich learning experience, with an intimate class size where you’ll form life-long bonds with like-minded members of the UM community.
The Compass Training is distinguished by its unusual degree of personal supervision and support, as well as by an emphasis on professional mastery. Over the course of a year, you will take a profound, rewarding, and even fun journey to becoming a Lead Coach and ultimately a Unified Mindfulness Teacher/Trainer.
• In Phase 1, you will deepen your own mindfulness practice and gain greater mastery of Unified Mindfulness terms and concepts, both of which will enhance your coaching ability.
• In Phase 2 of the Compass Teacher Training, you will master ULTRA and the Happiness Grid, while learning the design principles behind any robust mindfulness technique. You’ll also learn to build successful long-term, one-on-one client relationships.
Julianna received her BA in psychology from Duke University. As founder, president, and head trainer of Unified Mindfulness, she is dedicated to disseminating Shinzen Young’s comprehensive mindfulness meditation system through the creation and presentation of educational programs and teacher-training certification programs.
Dr. Hunter serves as associate professor of practice and is the founding director of the Executive Mind Leadership Institute at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University. He also serves as visiting professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, where he developed and co-teaches the Leading Mindfully executive education program..
Dr. Eisendrath serves as chief psychologist and president of the Institute for Dialogue Therapy, P.C., where, as a Jungian analyst, she offers psychotherapy with individuals and couples, psychoanalysis, supervision, and training.
Dr. Vago serves as the research director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and the director of the Contemplative Neuroscience and Integrative Medicine (CNIM) Laboratory at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is an associate professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Department of Psychiatry.
Stella is a psychologist, professor, and Zen practitioner. She became a formal student in 2008 in the Soto Zen tradition. She teaches courses in mindfulness based psychotherapies and the psychology of compassion at the Union Institute & University. She also co-facilitates a family program and young adult program at Shao Shan Temple, in Woodbury Vermont.
Dr. Creswell serves as a tenured associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also the director of the Health & Human Performance Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr. McCormick currently serves as director of education at Unified Mindfulness. In 1975, he received a B.A. in psychology from the University of California Santa Cruz, where he was part of Dr. Elliot Aronson’s research team that examined cooperative approaches to reducing interracial conflict and academic performance problems in newly integrated school, and made Honors in Psychology, College Honors, and Thesis Honors.
UnifiedMindfulness.com is the official teacher training platform for Shinzen and the Unified Mindfulness System.
Created over 50 years of research and testing by Shinzen Young, Unified Mindfulness is a system of meditation that’s easily researchable by science, with clear terminology and rigorous precision around concepts and procedures.
The Unified Mindfulness system is a comprehensive, robust and refined support structure that any individual at any stage of meditation practice can rely on to go deeper in their insight and their ability to share it with others. It is also a secular form of meditation, which means it’s not religious in any way so anyone, of any faith, can do it.