Sheena Burke

My core training is in MBSR/MBCT with additional training in .bFoundations (Mindfulness in Schools), Finding Peace in a Frantic World and Deeper Mindfulness (Oxford Mindfulness Centre),  Mindfulness Outdoor Experiences (Kripalu), and One-to-One programmes for adults and adolescents including Trauma-Sensitive Practice and Embodied Listening (David Treleaven, Stephen Porges, Deb Dana).

I have completed additional specialist training in mindfulness-based supervision with Alison Evans, Mindfulness Network UK, group skills with Trish Bartley, Kripalu Mindful Outdoor Guiding with Micah Mortali, Inquiry & Dialogue with Saki Santorelli and MBI-TAC Assessment of Mindfulness Teaching Competency Levels 1 & 2, with Rebecca Crane and colleagues at Bangor and Brown Universities.

I specialise in connecting others with everyday mindfulness practices and teachings,.. I enjoy encouraging the integration of mindfulness and psychology in personally meaningful ways that lead to enriched, confident and fulfilled living.

My professional background is in Clinical and Educational Psychology. I am a Chartered Clnical Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland. My PhD is in Educatonal Psychology. For 30 years I have worked across across health, education and private sectors.

In addition to teaching mindfulness in these areas, I currently operate a private psychology practice for adults, both on-line and in person in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. In all my work i seek to co-create safe and nonjudgemental listening spaces with others.

I am committed to the integration of evidence-based mindfulness and psychology that supports stability, creativity and connection.

My first doorway into mindfulness was through the practice of mindful movement yoga. There I was invited to connect with the breath and body and as I experienced a breather from the constant chattering, driven-doing mind, I found myself landing in the present moment.

In 2008 I was re-introduced to Jon Kabat Zinn’s MBSR programme through his book, Full Catastrophe Living and my mind was opened to the truly practical and simple yet deeply transformational, revealing and empowering path of mindfulness. The unexpected reveal was a reconnection with joy and a simple pathway that helps to heal old wounds, let go of future fears and remember stability and steadiness in this ever-unfolding and changing world.

The science and evidence-base for mindfulness continues to deepen and together with my personal practice experience, this encourages me to share with others. I have been teaching mindfulness since 2014 as a way of sharing and exploring with others the gift of mindfulness that I continue to discover everyday.

I have the joy of deepening my experience of mindfulness by taking regular extended silent retreats across Ireland, UK and Europe with incredible teachers and fellow wonderers. Staying in contact with this breadth and depth of wisdom is vital for me as a teacher or facilitator of this work with others.

I teach a range of different mindfulness curriculum, designed to for particular contexts. From 8 week MBSR/MBCT and Deeper Mindfulness to 6 week Finding Peace/.bFoundations curricula.

I host a weekly Mindfulness Meditation group online and in-person day and weekend retreats.

I also offer regular Mindfulness Outdoor Experiences that integrate mindfulness practices, forest bathing and council circles.

I provide corporate workshops in support of staff health and well-being on request.

I also provide mindfulness-based supervision for MBSR teachers and psychologists implementing mindfulness-based and-informed interventions. I have experience working as a trainer and evaluator of mindfulness teacher training.

You can learn more about me and details of all courses, classes, workshops and events offered at https://www.discoveringmindfulness.ie