Sylvia Blanchet

Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

Certified UM Trainer/Teacher

Drawing on an eclectic life-long spiritual journey, including formal studies in diverse modalities, and career in international sustainable business development, I support clients seeking healing and resilience through mindfulness.

 

My mindfulness journey began as a girl in a Quaker family. I was introduced to TM in college, then practiced in the traditions of Zen, Vipassana, Vajra, and Bon for different periods of my life.

 

 

Important teachers in my life include Isabella Bates, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Merta Ada, Goenka, Shinzen Young, and Julianna Ray. Integrating the Unified Mindfulness system has strengthened my practice and teaching. I appreciate its emphasis on both giving and receiving support.

 

Following are specific ways I can provide support:

 

Bereavement and Loss
Meditation helped me through the loss of a business I co-founded, and through the death of my son.

 

 

Navigating the Passage to Death
I draw from the training in Tibetan energy healing learned at the Brennan School for Healing as well as from training in the Tibetan wisdom tradition on death and dying from the Bön Lishu Institute and Shenten Dargye Ling Center in France. The teachings help me approach death with increasing equanimity.

 

 

Mindfulness in Business
I co-founded multinational companies where mindfulness played a central role. I’ve also led corporate learning journeys and have been involved in initiatives like The Food Lab, which focuses on sustainable global food practices.

 

Mindfulness and Energy Healing
Energy healing is intimately connected to concentration, sensory clarity and equanimity, the three skills we focus on building in UM. I have trained in several modalities and had a private practice and taught energy healing early in my career.

 

Conscious Eating

Mindfulness has helped me shift self-destructive eating habits. It’s taught me to slow down and cultivate self-compassion.
If you feel I might be an ally to you, please contact me for a half-hour conversation. I’d be happy to talk with you to explore the possibility.

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