“I help people welcome in challenging emotions.” Rose is a fun, creative, and knowledgeable meditation teacher and coach who infuses humor, adventure, and compassion into her practice. She believes in inspiring a co-creative relationship with her students, tailoring the experience to keep their meditation journey interesting and effective. With 27 years of experience in Shinzen’s flexible mindfulness system and over 20 years of coaching individuals and groups at retreats as well as privately, Rose is well prepared to guide practitioners of all ages and experience levels, in general.
Having personally navigated her own struggles with depression and anxiety, she found that, over time, these challenges could transform into pleasurable flow sensations. Rose is passionate about sharing mindfulness meditation tools, especially for those facing similar challenges presently, or on-going. She draws on her background as a meditation coach and as a wildlands ecologist, naturalist and sailing instructor to integrate coaching into healing outdoor settings, in addition to the indoors. Rose is certified in several meditation workshops, including ‘First Do No Harm’, which focuses on trauma-sensitive mindfulness interventions. Her certifications also include Wellness Coaching, and Mindfulness in Race Relations. Holding a master’s degree in education, she skillfully crafts individualized meditation programs to meet the unique needs of each student or group. If you’re curious about how mindfulness can enhance your life, don’t hesitate to reach out!
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.