TDI - Teacher´s Development Intensive - ledd av Melissa Blacker & Florence Meyer - Center for Mindfulness/CFM i Massachusetts.

15-23 juni 2011 arrangerade vi TDI (teacher’s developement intensive), i samarbete med Center for Mindfulness (CFM) i Massachusetts.
Detta var första gången som detta tredje utbildningssteg genomfördes i Sverige!
Utbildningen leddes av Melissa Blacker & Florence Meyer från CFM.

Vår förhoppning är att kunna återkomma med detta arrangemang inom något år.

Så här beskrivs TDI på CFMs hemsida

Teacher Development Intensive

An Advanced MBSR Teacher Training/ Retreat
If you are already teaching MBSR, you may apply for admission to this eight-day residential training/retreat, which will help you refine your teaching skills through sustained inner work. Applicants who are not yet teaching but who have a strong professional and meditation background and who are committed to becoming teachers of MBSR may also be considered for admission into the program.

The Teacher Development Intensive is a highly interactive, collaborative learning experience which gives you the opportunity to explore your relationship with yourself and others in the context of an intensive teaching environment. Participants are encouraged to develop a working familiarity with, and competency in, multiple aspects of the didactic and experiential elements of the MBSR curriculum, including:

• Presentational and didactic elements
• Guidance in meditation and yoga practice
• Inquiry and group dynamics
• Preparation of supporting materials
The Teacher Development Intensive consists of the following:
• Eight-day residential training program/ retreat
• 92 hours of direct instruction
• Comprehensive investigation of the underpinnings of the MBSR curriculum
• Extensive first-hand experience about how to teach MBSR
• Exploration of your identity and integrity as a teacher of MBSR
• Refinement of your personal meditation and yoga practice as it informs your ongoing development as an MBSR teacher
• Integration of key principles of the MBSR model into other mindfulness-based approaches and interventions
• Participation in an ongoing supportive learning community
Learning Objectives
1. Discuss, in detail, the MBSR curriculum and its theoretical, philosophical, and pedagogical underpinnings;
2. Demonstrate, use, and apply MBSR teaching skills;
3. Analyze and demonstrate the precise use of language to enhance clarity of communication in all phases of instruction;
4. Assess and discuss how the actions emerging out of one’s thoughts and emotions accurately inform or distort one’s capacity to understand oneself and work effectively with others; and
5. Develop and demonstrate a capacity for sustained dynamic stability in the midst of uncertain and highly charged situations.

Prerequisites
• Completion of one or both of the Oasis Foundational Trainings:
o Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Mind-Body Medicine
o Practicum in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
(Preference will be given to applicants who have completed both Foundational trainings and who are currently teaching MBSR.)
• Ongoing daily meditation and body-centered awareness practice and commitment to the integration of mindfulness into everyday life
• Professional experience in the fields of health care, education, and/or social change
• Participation in at least two 5-10 day silent, teacher-led mindfulness meditation retreats.