Jane Spencer first learned how to meditate over 30 years ago with instruction in Transcendental Meditation, using a mantra. She has since participated in numerous meditation groups, learning other methods of meditation, including breath, body scan and Kundalini chanting. Jane has participated extensively in book discussions centered on writing by meditation leaders such as Jon Kabat-Zinn, Rodney Smith, Adyashanti, and Bernie Glassman. Based on her personal experience she believes that meditation can deeply alter the way we know ourselves and others and encourage a new appreciation of the world in which we live. In 2019 she became acquainted with Unified Mindfulness meditation techniques and in 2020 completed the Unified Mindfulness Pathways Program, becoming a Level 2 Coach. She recently earned the designation of UM Lead Coach and is currently finishing the Compass Program to become a Teacher/Trainer.
Jane’s professional background includes teaching high school English, leading the advertising department at an award-winning Vermont newspaper, and working as executive director of a public library, with emphasis on changing services to meet present day needs. She has served on numerous nonprofit boards in her community and is a successful grant writer.
Jane sums up her belief in the benefits of meditation with this quote from Shinzen Young: “You can dramatically extend life—not by multiplying the number of your years but by expanding the fullness of your moments.”
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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.