Certification course "Mindfulness teacher and coach, ICI

Session 1-2. Trauma-Sensitive Awareness.

After completing these training sessions, you will have an in-depth understanding of the manifestations of traumatic events and their impact on mindfulness practice.
You will be able to discuss with your students the manifestations of trauma (symptoms) and help them form a "model" of trauma to help them separate their identity from the traumatic events and their consequences.
You will be able to adapt mindfulness practices for your students who are going through trauma so that these practices are helpful, safe, and promote post-traumatic growth.

Sessions 3 and 4. Awareness and Positive Emotions.

Evidence in the field of positive psychology shows the scientifically proven benefits of cultivating positive emotions for psychological well-being. Positive emotions give us immunity to everyday stresses and a resource for coping with the really difficult aspects of life. However, not all sources of positive emotion can be helpful, and some people may have difficulty experiencing positive emotions deeply and fully.
After these training sessions you, as a future mindfulness teacher, will be able to guide your students through the processes of cultivating positive emotions and the practice of managing cravings for unfavorable sources of positive emotions.
Session 5. Awareness and conscious coping with difficult emotions.
By this session, you already know that the dark side of mindfulness practices can be accessing displaced memories of traumatic events and the painful feelings and thoughts that go along with them. For the psychotherapeutic process, this is a good outcome, but you need to make sure that it does not cause re-traumatization, but really helps you to overcome the trauma and return to a fulfilling life.
After this training session you, as a future mindfulness teacher, will be able to teach your students coping strategies for dealing with intense emotions and self-regulation that will help them in their practice of mindfulness and in crisis times in their everyday lives.

Sessions 6 and 8. Awareness and Anxiety.

Anxiety is a negatively colored emotion expressing a sense of uncertainty, anticipation of negative events, and hard-to-define premonitions. Normally, this feeling helps us to weigh risks and avoid real threats in our life path. But if anxiety becomes excessive, it can severely limit and cloud our existence.
Anxiety disorders are among the most common among mental disorders. Despite the existence of effective treatment, many anxiety sufferers are not adequately diagnosed or treated. These disorders are often chronic and result in partial or total disability, and sufferers suffer great emotional and financial losses.
Without conscious engagement with anxiety, it can take the form of generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), selective mutism, and avoidance disorder.
In these training sessions, we will discuss the characteristics of anxiety and how mindfulness skills contribute to the acceptance and prevention of high anxiety.

Sessions 9 and 10. Mindfulness for Overcoming Depression.

Depression is an illness characterized by a persistent state of despondency and loss of interest in activities that are normally pleasurable, as well as an inability to do daily activities, for at least two weeks. In addition, people suffering from depression usually have several of the following symptoms: lack of energy, decreased appetite, sleepiness or insomnia, anxiety, decreased concentration, indecisiveness, anxiety, feelings of worthlessness, guilt or despair, and thoughts of self-harm.
In extreme cases, depression can lead to suicide. Today, depression is the second leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds.
According to WHO statistics, clinical depression affects more than 260 million people on Earth. Every year about 800,000 people die because of it.
In these training sessions, we will discuss the specifics of depression and how mindfulness contributes to overcoming and preventing depression.

Session 1. Safe Teaching.

In this first training session we will begin with a discussion of how to teach mindfulness safely so that it improves, rather than degrades, your well-being and the well-being of your group participants. We will look at the four key components of safe mindfulness training practice. After this session, you will be able to explain the principles that you use in forming and preparing your groups to maximize the effectiveness of your training prior to the start of the session.

Sessions 2-4. Instructional Design for Mindfulness Training.

This block of the course deals with how to design mindfulness training sessions in a way that is sensitive to the way adults learn, using principles of andragogy. You will be able to answer the question of what preparation is necessary to make sure that mindfulness training is conducted effectively. After this block you will be able to formulate training objectives, select appropriate training methods, and use standardized processes for creating training sessions and courses. You will learn how to combine various instructional methods such as demonstrations, presentations, interactive lectures, energizers and icebreakers, discussions, case studies, role-play, etc.

Sessions 5-6. Conducting and facilitating mindfulness trainings.

The purpose of these training sessions is to equip you with the communication skills of mindfulness training. You learn effective listening skills, how to give feedback and how to manage open-ended discussion to facilitate learning and engage participants more productively.

Sessions 7-8. Coaching Skills for Mindfulness Teachers.

These training sessions will focus on post-training follow-up. Effective post-training follow-up is what assists in reinforcing and applying the skills learned in the real life of the participants. Coaching is one of the most effective forms of post-training follow-up, helping each participant apply skills in the way they are most likely to achieve their desired outcomes. But coaching is also a form of help in its own right to solve life problems and challenges people face. After these training sessions, you will be able to apply coaching skills to help clients solve their problems.

Session 9. Code of Ethics for Teachers and Coaches of Mindfulness Skills.

The goal of this training session is to create awareness of the ethical standards of the profession of mindfulness coaching and teaching. After this session you will be able to explain the meaning of ethical standards, the importance of adhering to them, and shape the ethical behavior of the mindfulness teacher based on them.

Session 10. Success and Well-Being of the Mindfulness Teacher.

This concluding session is designed to help you begin the exciting journey of a successful career as a mindfulness teacher or coach. After this training session, you will be able to list the necessary actions you can take to successfully advance your teaching practice and take care of your professional well-being.