Mindful LeaderReviews of mindfulleader.org

Punita did a great job leading us during this course. I would recommend it to anyone interested.

Thorough and thoughtful program. My instructor was Peter Calin and he was really great. Overall, a very nice introductory course.

8 weeks could be like this: A blast with American Friends and a visionary Teacher like Peter C. Felt like a family trip on my yogi path. It was always a pleasure filled with exchange, elegance, eloquence and e-learning at highest level. Namasté, Dankeschön, Thankyou, merci beaucoup, Gratiam ago. 5 languages 5 star rating. Deserved

This program was well worth the 8 weeks of my time. It supported me with tools to create a consistent daily practice of mindfulness. The weekly 2.5 hour class was instrumental in deepening my understanding with a live instructor who lead us in mindful practices and offered opportunities for Q&A and any feedback. I felt thoroughly encouraged to continue my practice with a beginner's mind, without judgment and the spirit of kindness and love was always present from my teacher, Alisha. I think the addition of an accountability partner would have increased the level of commitment to this practice especially at the half way mark when the practices were longer and at times, challenging. Perhaps creating an additional opportunity for connecting with my cohort might have further deepened the level of connection and community. I'm very happy to have participated in this program.

I loved the class. Our guide Peter was awesome in providing instruction to the class, during our time together I learned to reflect in a more positive and helpful manner. I am now more mindful of my every day choices and how each decision can be made without judgment and striving. I am looking forward to more intentional mindful practice in my everyday life and interactions with others.

My Mindful Leader online MBSR instructor, Terre P., couldn't have been better. She explained things very clearly and was excellent in leading the meditation exercises. Her calming personality and voice also added to the experience, as did her kindness, graciousness, and continual encouragement. She also did her best to draw everyone out and give all students every chance to participate and ask questions. Terre also went out of her way to provide us with very helpful readings and exercises, plus sometimes briefly shared poetry and quotations that enhanced the beauty and understanding of the subjects at hand. As for the course itself, I think it is well designed. The only thing I didn't like was the required 45-minutes-per-day meditation practice (on days other than class). I myself had difficulty making it past 30 minutes, even at the end of our 8-week course-- and it took me weeks to reach even that level. But upon further reflection, I've realized that the 45-minute requirement gave us something to strive, stretch, and reach for-- and I plan to continue striving toward doing more with this practice, at least once a week--as a personal challenge and for any added benefits that may bring. Otherwise, going forward, I hope and plan to do at least 15-20 minutes of practice per day, to continue experiencing the benefits MBSR has already definitely added to my daily life. I feel very grateful to have learned the basic practices of MBSR in this course. I feel that MBSR has given me the ability to step back from stress and move away into a space of calming peace. In addition, I found it helpful when making it a routine practice to briefly pause, reflect, and even experience a calming peace while meeting life's difficulties at the momentary level, enabling me to better and more wisely respond to stressful situations, rather than merely reacting-- which (reacting) is far too easy to do at times of greatest stress. Last, I must say that MBSR has helped me find a kinder and more forgiving attitude not only toward myself, but toward others as well. Previously, I sought to understand and forgive others mainly via my mind/intellect, but now I feel it more in my heart as well. As an added reason to continue practicing MBSR , a plethora of documented research has shown that its benefits actually improve physical health, in addition to improving mental health and resilience. For all of these experiential and evidence-based reasons, I highly recommend this course. Last, as a "surprise ending" to my review: Before taking this course, I honestly was doubtful that MBSR could really help me, as I'm a very practical person and a bit of a skeptic--but I was willing to give it a shot only because the scientific data says it works. Now I'm very glad I did. I'm also very grateful that Mindful Leaser accepted me as a student joining at the last minute, and at the scholarship level as well. So I want to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Mindful Leader. My sincere and heartfelt thanks are also due to my teacher, Terre. I don't think I could ever forget her, and I wish her peace and happiness always.

I really like the service provided by Mindful Leader, it has great resources to cope with stress and other daily things

It was an awesome day. Gus Castellanos is the best guide. I felt as if the day was one hour long and couldn't believe we started at nine and ended at four. The calmness of this day has lasted until now. I am taking life's adventures in a more calming and uneventful way.