Hi, my name is Brigitte. I have been part of the Unified Mindfulness (UM) community since 2019. My journey into mindfulness and meditation started with little steps, like discovering the present moment writings from E. Tolle, then moving to mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), practicing intensely with The Mind Illuminated (TMI ) techniques, and finally discovering Shinzen and UM.
A big depression fifteen years ago became the best thing that had happened to me in my life: it triggered a conscious choice to lead a happier and more fulfilling life. Motivated to deepen my practice and wanting to show up and contribute in new ways to world happiness, one human being at a time 😊 inspired my dedication to become a UM trainer.
My career as a community and public health physician created a fertile context for the development of mindfulness skills and teaching. The experience with human suffering while striving to empower traditionally marginalized and/or underserved communities is humbling: from refugees or illegal immigrants to families living in domestic violence situations, persons with chronic diseases, women inmates, or LGBTQ groups, thanks to all these people for the lessons learned!
Bringing mindfulness core skills of concentration, sensory clarity, and equanimity into everyday life has become a passion and it is always a gratifying personal journey. Bringing mindfulness core skills to others, to empower them in their own life choices and happiness goals is the ultimate gratification.
Au plaisir de vous croiser dans la vie !
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.