For the past two decades I have made it a priority to insure the tangible benefits of what I offer students and clients.  I am a scientist by training and am inclined toward measurable consequences.  In fact I was drawn to teach MBSR because of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s  research-oriented early work (he is the creator of MBSR, my principle teacher, and was trained as a scientist also).

Below are summaries and links to a number of studies I have coauthored with a number of colleagues about my work here.  The results parallel Jon’s early work and decades of studies published about the consequences of mindfulness training, especially MBSR.  For a full bibliography of my research and publications see my listing:  US National Library of Medicine.

While these are studies about my mindfulness-based trainings, there is ample research documenting the benefits of the other modes of learning offered here.  Note that the content of MBSR overlaps substantially with my mindful yoga courses, workshops, and Resilience & Life Coaching.  Students and clients in these trainings often comment about the benefits cataloged in the research papers below.

Clinical results  of my Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) trainings here are summarized and discussed in the Journal of Participatory Medicine.

Clinical results of my trainings with police officers and firefighters have been catalogued in many journal articles and reports. If you have a deep interest in this work here is a link to one of my recent posts that gives you direct links to the studies and reports summarized below:  Work with First Responders.  The results are parallel to those above and to studies world-wide about the positive consequences of mindfulness practice.

Complementing Your Goals and Intentions

My teaching, coaching, and consulting are skilled, professional complements to your intentions and goals.  I am a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) instructor certified by the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 2007. The faculty there including Jon Kabat-Zinn have been my most influential teachers. My teaching continues to be deeply  influenced by many other teachers, clinicians, and writers including  Charlotte Joko Beck, Wim Hof, Werner Erhard,   Meister Eckhart,  Tony Robbins,  David Whyte, John O’Donohue, William James, Dr. Loren Fishman, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.  My way of teaching adaptive and therapeutic movement and mindful yoga have been most heavily influenced by my many years of teaching and training in MBSR and also through many years of study with Aadil Pahkaliva, and senior teachers in the schools of Anusara, Iyengarand Kripalu yoga.

My Professional and Results-Oriented Approach

I was an early member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and an initial member of the Society for Participatory Medicine as I supported the therapeutic aspects of the practices I share with students.   I am a registered teacher at the highest level of training and experience (ERYT-500) with the Yoga Alliance.  I also  help train and mentor yoga instructors as continuing education provider for Yoga Alliance.   From 2014 through 2017 I taught mindfulness-based courses and helped conduct research as affiliate faculty at Pacific University’s School of Professional Psychology.  I was honored to help train Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) instructors  with my teacher training colleagues at the Center for Mindfulness at UMass Medical School when it was the hub of mindfulness-based trainings in the mid-2000’s.   While I follow national trends and training modes mostly now I spend time here in our local communities in direct contact with those I serve.  I now have over 10,000 hours of in-classroom teaching experience in all these modalities.

My collaborations in clinical research regarding mindfulness practices are often published and presented at scientific conferences.  Beyond this training and professional experience I find my decade of government service, my decade of corporate work from entry level to executive, and two Peace Corps tours in Asia and Latin America have prepared me well for working with folks from many walks of life and cultures who enter my programs.  I welcome you as well.