Ep. 9 Advancing Mindfulness Education & Inclusive Facilitation with Lynn Korbel

From the Teaching Mindfulness Summit April 24. 

• The evolution of MBSR & mindfulness facilitation.
• Improving access & promoting inclusiveness.
• Criteria for assessing and developing mindfulness teaching skills

Lynn Koerbel serves as the Assistant Director of MBSR Teacher Training and Curricula Development at the School of Professional Studies at Brown University. In this capacity, Lynn continues the work she began at the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Center for Mindfulness, nurturing MBSR teachers and teachers in training and supporting the integrity of the MBSR curriculum and best practices in teaching. Lynn spent 25 years as an integrative bodywork therapist with a focus on supporting individuals who had experienced early trauma. This work influenced Lynn’s deep trust in the body’s wisdom, the power of presence, and the human capacity to meet injury, trauma and stress with resources reflecting the inherent wholeness in each person. Lynn has practiced and taught Siddha Yoga Meditation since 1986, a non-dual tradition that draws from Advaita Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism, and has been practicing Western Insight Meditation since 2003. Currently, she also serves on the international committee supporting the development of trainings for The Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI:TAC), the only evaluation and training tool for Mindfulness-Based Teachers; she has co-authored several articles on this topic. https://www.brown.edu/public-health/mindfulness/people/lynn-koerbel-mph