Ep. 11 The Value of Accreditation in Mindfulness Training Programs with Diana Winston

From the Teaching Mindfulness Summit April 24. 

• The need for standardization and professionalization in the field.
• The realities of livelihood for mindfulness teachers.
• Mindfulness teacher training and continuing education.
• The evolution of mindfulness teaching and the need for reassessment.

Diana Winston is the Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC). She is the author of The Little Book of Being and co-author of Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness. She has taught mindfulness for health and well-being since 1999 in a variety of settings including in healthcare, universities, businesses, non-profits, and schools in the US and internationally. Her work has been mentioned in the New York Times, O Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Allure, and Women’s Health, among others. She created the evidence-based Mindful Awareness Practices Program (MAPs), UCLA’s Training in Mindfulness Facilitation, which she has taught since 2011. She is a founding board member of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. The LA Times calls her one of the nation’s best-known teachers of mindfulness.” A former Buddhist nun, you can find her on the UCLA Mindful, Waking Up and Ten Percent Happier apps. https://dianawinston.com/