The Centre for Mindfulness Teacher Sandy Sousa
Sandy Sousa Mindfulness Based Programs, Meditation, and Yoga Instructor and facilitator
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“Over time, I have come to realize that my practice has been totally integrated into my life. I have embraced the teachings, theories and philosophies of my personal study. It is a way of being that has always supported me. My interest has become my passion and has led me to pursue a path that will allow me the opportunity to bring my learning to others so that they may benefit from it as I have.” |
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Sandy is a Certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher through Brown University, Rhode Island. Her training began at the Oasis Institute at the University of Massachusetts Medical Department in 2013. Her first training being with the for father of Mindfulness in the west and founder Jon Kabat Zinn. Sandy’s formal meditation practice began while studying design in Kingston, Ontario in her early 20"s. She began her studies for MBSR after completing her first Yoga Teacher Training. This allowed her to integrate the ancient practices and teachings of yoga and meditation and apply them in a variety of settings. As well she has studied and is a Mindful Self Compassion Teacher through the University of Southern California San Diego, School of Medicine, with Kristen Neff and Chris Germer. She has also trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Chronic Pain with Jackie Gardner-Nix, through Telemedicine, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, On.
Her training also includes several MBSR courses and retreats with founders of the Mindfulness Based programs that exist today with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli, Lynne Koerbel, Florence Melo- Meyer, and Carolyn West, and Ann Twohig. She has trained in Kingston, Toronto, New York, California, Fort Lauderdale, Hawaii, Mexico, Ireland, and Switzerland.
Her path has led her to continue to grow and she is currently in a 2 year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Intensive with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brack, meditation masters and leaders in the field of meditation and contemplative practices.
Sandy currently teaches Mindfulness and Meditation practices at this time on Zoom, both privately and in groups, in business and academic settings. She also works with schools, where she trains and counsels students from kindergarten through high school in stress-reduction techniques to help them relieve pain, reduce stress, and live healthy, balanced lives.
Sandy maintains a daily practice of mindfulness, yoga, and meditation, embodying her belief that mindfulness is more than just a practice or a skill set: it is a way of living and being in the world.
Sandy Sousa (forefront) as featured in Time Magazine,
Training with Founder of the Stress Reduction Program Jon Kabat- Zinn,
Omega Institute, Rhinebeck NY 2013
Her training also includes several MBSR courses and retreats with founders of the Mindfulness Based programs that exist today with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli, Lynne Koerbel, Florence Melo- Meyer, and Carolyn West, and Ann Twohig. She has trained in Kingston, Toronto, New York, California, Fort Lauderdale, Hawaii, Mexico, Ireland, and Switzerland.
Her path has led her to continue to grow and she is currently in a 2 year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Intensive with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brack, meditation masters and leaders in the field of meditation and contemplative practices.
Sandy currently teaches Mindfulness and Meditation practices at this time on Zoom, both privately and in groups, in business and academic settings. She also works with schools, where she trains and counsels students from kindergarten through high school in stress-reduction techniques to help them relieve pain, reduce stress, and live healthy, balanced lives.
Sandy maintains a daily practice of mindfulness, yoga, and meditation, embodying her belief that mindfulness is more than just a practice or a skill set: it is a way of living and being in the world.
Sandy Sousa (forefront) as featured in Time Magazine,
Training with Founder of the Stress Reduction Program Jon Kabat- Zinn,
Omega Institute, Rhinebeck NY 2013
EDUCATION in Mindfulness and Meditation
- Off the Mat, Into the World, Yoga, Purpose & Action Leadership,
2009 Intensive with Seane Corn, Hala Khouri & Suzanne Sterling, Rhinebeck, New York - Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training, Sept 2010 – June 2011
200 hour training with Swami Nitya Muktananda, Kingston, Ontario - Jin Shin Do Mind Body Acupressure, Basic and Intermediate training
With Tolling Jenning and Kay Marchibald, Kingston, Ontario - M.B.S.R. Mind Body Medicine, June 2013
With Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli, Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York - M.B.S.R. training, Sept 2013
8 week course with Roy Hinsta, Toronto, Ontario - M.B.S.R. For Chronic Pain for Health Care Professionals, Oct – Dec 2014
With Jackie Gardner-Nix, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto & Kingston - Hatha Yoga Teacher Training, Jan 2015
200 hour training with Deborah Koehn, The Big Island, Hawaii - M.B.S.R. Mind Body Medicine, Jun 2015
With Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli, Nottwil, Switzerland - Mindfulness in Education, July 2015
Teacher Training Intensive with Daniel Rechtchaffen, Rhinebeck, New York - Mindfulness and Education Conference, July 2015
With Daniel Rechtschaffen, Daniel Siegel, Linda Lantieri, Nimrod Sheinman, Daniella Labrador, Jessica Morey, Bidyut Bose, Mina Srinivasan, Elizabeth Lesser, JG Larochette, JusTme - Practicum with Carolyn West, Feb 2016
Ann Twohig, Wicklow, Ireland - Yoga Nidra Training, Mar 2016
Richard Miller - Practice Teaching Intensive, University of Massachusetts Sept.2016
- Qualified MBSR teacher, University of Massachusetts Sept 2016
- Mindfulness Based Self Compassion Teaching Intensive USC, San Diego School of Medicine. Kristen Neff and Chris Germer, Big Sur California, Dec. 2017
- Power Of Awareness 6 week online program Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield Nov. 2018 - Jan. 2019
- Mindfulness Based Self Compassion Teacher Training, University of Southern California, San Diego School Of Medicine Chris Germer, Steve Hickman, Michelle Becker, Beth Mulligan. Joshua Tree California. Jan 13-19, 2019
- Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, Greater Good Science Centre University of California Berkeley Feb. 2019-Feb 2021
- Inquiry Essentials The Centre For Mindfulness Studies Toronto Ontario, Patricia Rockman and Susan Woods, Oct. 2019
- MBSR Certification Brown University Rhode Island April 2020
RETREATS
- Conscious Classrooms Yoga for Schools workshops
With Tamika Shilbe and Carolyn Jyoti Burke, Toronto, Ontario - Yoga and Recovery 12 Step Yoga for Addiction workshop
With Les Leventhal, San Francisco, California - Neuroscience, The Brain, Yoga and Meditation workshops
With Kelly McGonigal & Bo Forbes, Toronto, New York & San Francisco, California - Yoga Retreats, ongoing 2005 to present
- 7 Day Silent Meditation Retreat, Feb 2015
Insight Meditation Society with Sharon Saltzberg, Barre, Massachusetts - 5 Day Silent Retreat, Feb 2016
Beth Mulligan, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - 5 Day Meditation Retreat, May 2017 Jon Kabat-Zinn and Will Kabat-Zinn
- 7 Day Silent Retreat, Oct. 2017 Rhinebeck N.Y. Saki Santorelli, Bob Stahl, and Florence Meleo- Meyer
- Radical Acceptance 3 night Retreat Tara Brach Omega Institute July 2019
- 5 Day Silent Retreat Loving Awareness for experienced meditators Jack Kornfield, Trudy Goodman, Spirit Rock California, Oct. 2019
- Retreat 4 day Sharon Salzberg, Krisha Das Menla Centre New York Nov.2019