About

At the Institute for Mindfulness-Based Wellness and Pedagogy (MBWP), we are committed to transforming the culture of performing arts and education through mindfulness. MBWP teachers use mindful awareness and related practices to help improve your teaching, personal wellness, and creative expression. MBWP teachers are experienced music educators, performers, scholars, and mindfulness practitioners. All have completed MBWP teacher certification through our program. 

Teacher Certification

This certification program is designed for educators interested in deepening their knowledge and commitment to mindfulness-based education in their personal and professional lives. What will I be able to do with MBWP Certification? Refer to yourself as a certified MBWP teacher and add this…

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Workshops

Our face-to-face workshops for 2020 have been cancelled. Stay tuned for virtual offerings of these workshops coming soon. The practice of mindfulness, with its emphasis on cultivating a non-judgmental and present moment orientation towards experience, has been scientifically linked to improved life-satisfaction, enhanced cognitive…

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Research

As educators, the skills learned through MBWP have a direct impact on the states of mind and behavior that we bring to our professional work. Research suggests that practicing mindfulness may result in many beneficial outcomes for teachers, including:  Improved self-control, feelings of compassion,…

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Institute for Mindfulness-Based Wellness and Pedagogy

The initial stages of MBWP are focused on developing physiological regulation and embodied grounding as a means of aiding meditative practice and artistic expression. Working with our breath and bodies helps to calm our nervous system, facilitating our ability to anchor our awareness in the present moment.

During the middle stages of the curriculum, concentration and awareness are cultivated through mindful and deliberate exploration of our senses, emotions, and patterns of thought, leading to greater clarity, stability, and equanimity.

As we non-judgmentally examine our habitual ways of feeling, thinking, and acting, we gain insight into how our perceptions color reality, giving us the opportunity to let go of unfruitful ways of experiencing and responding to ourselves and others. We then work on reframing our experiences such that they are aligned with our personal values.

During the final stages of MBWP training, after reducing our reactivity through mindful awareness, we develop the capacity to act intentionally in the world, using our experiences, aspirations, values, and ethics as a compass for wise and compassionate action.