Meet our Directors:
Josephine, Helen and Clíona have completed / are completing substantial formal training in mindfulness through the Masters Programmes in Mindfulness Based Approaches / Teaching MBAs at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, University of Bangor, Wales.
We adhere to the Good Practice Guidance for Teaching Mindfulness-Based Courses developed by the U.K. Network of Mindfulness Teachers and to the Ethical Guidelines developed at the University of Massachusetts CFM. The guidance includes formal mindfulness training, personal regular mindfulness meditation practice, engagement in regular supervision, commitment to on-going personal practice, training, supervision, attendance on retreats and a high standard of ethics in relation to our teaching and practice of mindfulness.
Helen Byrne has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Mindfulness-Based Approaches from Bangor University. Her background is in education, family therapy, psychology and the community sector. Helen teaches 8 week courses in Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction / Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy. She teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of contexts, including whole school communities and to people in recovery from addiction and their families.
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Josephine Lynch has a Master’s degree in Mindfulness-Based Approaches from Bangor University, Wales.
Josephine has also gained the Certificate of Competence to Teach Mindfulness-Based Courses from the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (Bangor University), at the end of 4 years of part-time Master’s level training.
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Clíona McHale works as a Psychotherapist with individual adults, adolescents and families. She has completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in Mindfulness-Based Approaches from Bangor University and has experience of teaching mindfulness to individuals and groups, through 8-week courses, introductory groups and workshops. Cliona is currently focusing on her work as a Psychotherapist, often incorporating mindfulness where appropriate.
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Professor Terry Hyland – qualified as a teacher in the 1970s and has taught in schools, further and adult education and universities throughout the UK. Since becoming a mindfulness practitioner he has researched and written widely on the links between mindfulness and education.
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Niamh Barrett currently lectures on the Diploma in Mindfulness Studies in City Colleges, Dublin. Prior to her training, her professional background was in documentary film and television production. Her ongoing and developing areas of interest are mindfulness and recovery from addiction, mindful parenting and mindfulness in the mainstream of culture and society.
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