MTAI News & Events

A free mini workshop on ‘Awakening Joy’ is being held for MTAI members on Monday 10th May from 7- 8:30pm led by James Baraz. James is one of the founders of the Spirit Rock Meditation Centre and leads retreats, workshops and classes in the U.S and abroad. He is creator…

On Saturday April 17th 2021 the MTAI are running a global café event for members.The focus of this gathering is to brainstorm ideas about how we might let more people know about the MTAI and how we might promote mindfulness in different areas.

On March 20th last the MTAI ran a free workshop for members led by the wonderful Pam Erdman. Now in her 80’s, she is a retired  Senior Teacher Trainer for CFM at the University of Massachusetts. During the workshop Pam shared her wisdom learnt over the years on how to bring your self…

Welcome to The Mindful Moment Newsletter. The Mindfulness Teachers Association of Ireland  is delighted to be offering this newsletter which is for anyone interested in  mindfulness.We hope this  newsletter will be a resource for you as well as an inspiration to pause and practice mindfulness. Who knew that 10 years ago…

Friday 12th February 6pm - Sunday 14th February 1.30pm Online via Zoom ‘The rainbow of compassion arises when the sun rays of kindness touch upon the tears of suffering.’ – Tibetan saying.This Teacher’s Retreat will explore the embodiment of the qualities of kindness and compassion. The theme of this year’s…

Take a breath on Christmas day. Free live guided meditation all Christmas day from 9 am – 9 pm. See the session list hereThese practices will be led by trained Mindfulness teachers and are suitable for people who are new to Mindfulness and people who have been practicing for a while.…

Dr Brendan Kelly gave a very interesting presentation at our recent AGM. His talk was entitled “The borders between mental illness and unhappiness, as might become apparent in mindfulness practice and, indeed, be alleviated by mindfulness, sometimes but not always?”. In closing the session Dr. Kelly commented on how the…

Our new website and logo was launched in early September 2020 and allows the public easier access to finding course and teachers. It is also a more user friendly platform allowing MTAI members to promote their mindfulness work in an intuitive way.

On September 10th Dr. Ebun Joseph led the first of a two part series for MTAI members where we learnt about “Storytelling as a Means of Challenging Myths and Race Neural Discourse”. It has never been more important for us to turn towards the discomfort of our unconscious biases and…

A number of teachers have been holding 8 week courses online in recent months. On July 16th 2020 Anne Margaret Clancy and Barry Lee led a webinar sharing what they have learnt to date. Other members with experience of teaching online also contributed to this very insightful session.This recorded webinar…

On April 16th and April 30th 2020 Anne Kirwin led webinars covering the key area of trauma informed mindfulness for MTAI members. A recorded session along with relevant work sheets are available in our members area.

Where is my Mind? by Barry Lee PDF Version Originally published in the Law Society gazette, May 2020 Barry Lee is founder of Mindfulness for Law and worked as a corporate and commercial lawyer for over ten years At this moment in time, there is probably more interest in mindfulness…

“Mindful of the Dark” by Tony Bates May 14th 2020 While leading a mindfulness practice recently, someone invaded the session with disturbing images. It was as dark as it gets. We all felt gutted.  Sleep didn’t come easy that night, and even when it did, it didn’t last. Within a…

Parent Support Circle A free weekly 45 minute session to offer support to parents during the Covid 19 situation. The session will be facilitated by Dominic Cogan, a qualified mindfulness teacher, parenting facilitator and educator. More details on eventbrite. Just click the button. Details on Eventbrite

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