MNDFL Training Reviews & Testimonials

"LOVED Dr. King's segment. I hope we hear more from her -- she just answered my top questions that brought to this course, and has generated several more in my mind that I'm eager to talk about. <3"

"Jylani modeled inclusive language so much that I truly felt free to take any posture."

"Loved Neil's teaching for the reasons listed. I was able to directly apply his suggestions to a meditation I led last week."

"I enjoyed Carlos' presentation as well. Very straight forward and trauma sensitive. He was one of my favorite teachers at MNDFL Williamsburg. Love that he always gives option to lay down or sit and his various breathing techniques"

"Jackie is so soothing and receptive that I feel myself opening just listening to her."

"I really liked Carlos's trauma-informed approach as well."

"Neil's approach is refreshingly light. I think I've enjoyed and absorbed his sessions the most and with the greatest ease so far."

"I really enjoyed Neil's straight forward instruction. Very clear and concise."

"I love Jackie's list of antidotes to the obstacles. I needed those reminders for my own practice! Loved Ameerah's list of consistencies. Agreed re: Neil's presentation. This might have been my favorite video so far. So much fantastic practical content. Was also very helpful when the teachers shared stories."

""Your practice is where you teach from. Teaching is also the practice" - Thank you Joshua for this beautiful wisdom. Very affirming."

"I really appreciate Caverly's presence and perspective. I tend to lean towards appreciating scientific explanations, but found myself melting into Caverly's invitation to apply a process of inquiry and trust my experience, I so value the importance of bringing the understanding down from my head into my body and trusting that."

"Neil's instructions for beginners breaking down posture piece by piece is also super helpful - familiar to me as a yoga teacher, and, especially appreciating the "invitation vs imposition" language and mindset, especially as I work with students who are used to following precise instructions for "the correct posture" - inviting spaciousness with one's gaze,..." Read more

"I love that there's a range of content here to support teaching meditation to beginners and to a potential diversity of students who may have different degrees of body awareness. I especially love Jylani's encouragement to explore how the posture may reflect or align with what is arising in one's body/mind, one's intention in meditating, how one wishes to ex..." Read more

"Neil's friendly personality, warm presence, and clear, professional communication style made for a wonderful presentation."

"I've heard meditation instructions from many different sources and this is one of my favorites. I personally found Jylani's conversational tone to be warm, relatable and unpretentious. I liked focusing on our senses and body at the very start, which made it an embodied experience almost immediately. I also really appreciated talking about everyday relationsh..." Read more

"Really loved Joshua's personal stories. What a wonderful example of resilience!"

"I really resonate with Jylani's approach to facilitating mindfulness. She makes it an organic process that holds the ebbs and flows of whatever is happening within and outside of ourselves. Not perfect, nor trying to be perfect, but always returning to center. My main model of facilitation has been Euro-centric, which makes me feel as if I need to have a tex..." Read more

"Jackie S. Hearing your voice about rigidity helps me understand others, my lack of compassion for others. While I find rigidity differently, I have others in my life that may experience others rigidity, and I want less judgment. Hearing you say this helps me see another way of meeting compassion kindness and deepening my own practice."

"I listened to caverly like her words were dessert."

"Loved it. What a great listen. Clean, Clear. Direct. Enjoyed watching Rev and David while I listen to them. Got a little chuckle as I was in fact washing dishes with presence as Rev mentioned mindful dishwashing :D"

"What a great, full intro to mindfulness! Love the rootedness in the history and bringing it forward to our modern era. The 3.0 integration is a nice frame, very alive for me and good to hear it described this way on a collective level (I thought it was just my own struggle!). "

"This has me even more excited to get deeper into this training. It's a beautiful privilege to be able to spend this time with you all. Thank you for the work that you all have done and are doing."

""the earth is my witness." i love love the idea of being in a practice that allows for a returning to myself over and over again to understand my place in the world with each new meeting. "nothing special and deeply profound work.""

"Love this! Clarified a lot for me. I appreciate the clear explanation of the three traditions and love the mindfulness 3.0 concept as well. Very helpful to have combination of more formal lecture material with informal conversation. This course made me feel welcome and ready to go!"

"Yes to mindfulness 3.0!!! I really appreciate the historical information and the journey to now, it supports my choice to engage in a "mind-body-fulness" attention awareness practice of coming back to myself."