We’re Accredited

This course is accredited with the International Mindfulness Teachers Association.

​The International Mindfulness Teachers Association (IMTA) is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) dedicated to the professionalization and standardization of the mindfulness field.

As mindfulness rapidly enters many sectors of society - medicine, healthcare, psychology, education, business academia, social justice, judicial reform, and more - there has been a call for rigorous oversight and standardization.

2 Dimensional Training

LOVE AND JUSTICE ARE NOT TWO. WITHOUT INNER CHANGE, THERE CANNOT BE OUTER CHANGE, WITHOUT COLLECTIVE CHANGE, NO CHANGE MATTERS. (REV. angel Kyodo Williams)

In this Lab, we explore meditation as a form to transform oneself and as a way to access a new felt sense of being together. We interlace traditional understanding of spiritual practices, dive into their scientific underpinning, and commit to making these tools available to social change and justice.

In other words we zoom in, inside the brain and the body, and out, looking at collective systems and liberation at large. 

Together we build a Map of Meaning, a bigger framework to integrate all the new things we will learn together.

 The Lab of Meditation Teachers Training has 2 dimensions:

ZOOMING OUT- A focus on social and racial justice. The goal of meditation is to be with each other fully. And yet, how can we do that, when . 

Together, in the words of rev. angel Kyodo Willimas,  we seek the possibility for different ways to be with each other. and in order to do this we understand topics around identity politics and talk about systems of oppression, exclusion, racism, whiteness,  and investigate how, through meditation and a new way to understand it, we can dismantle these systems.

ZOOMING IN - A foundation in clinical psychology and science. We will expand upon principles borrowed from psychological schools of thought such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and more precisely Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). 

Also; The integrated use of biofeedback devices to demonstrate the positive impact of the practice. This is a quite unique feature of this program. Together we will concretely learn what it means to self-regulate, to activate the para-sympathetic vs. sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system and the space in-between.

 How? we will use clinical-grade sensors to measure heart rate, heart rate variability, brain activity, hand sweat and temperature, muscle tension, breathing and we will learn together how to make sense of this information so that it will make sense in our Map of meaning.

The Lab of Meditation Teachers Training is centered on community building practices. Together, we will share mindful group dinners, along with other diverse activities, including group meditations, forest baths, and connection via active Facebook and SLACK groups.

Supervision and mentorship are provided by our main faculty member and the Lab of Meditation founder, Hiroko Demichelis. Hiro will provide unwavering support and feedback for students, providing each student with verbal and written feedback. 

Peer support will also be fostered through sharing practices during weekly classes, team building activities, and participation in classes taught by fellow students.

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