What's called for now?
Join us at our 7th MTAI AGM tomorrow at 10am to explore this together
Dear Member,
The Mindfulness World Community (MWC) held its first global online discussion with Jon Kabat Zinn and Rebecca Crane this week, where the the question that continues to arise across the international network of mindfulness teachers was again explored - “What’s called for now?”
Tomorrow morning, as we reconnect as a community in Ireland for the 7th MTAI AGM, we will reflect on this question, the role of the MTAI and how we support one another.
The new board have had a busy first year working on a variety of developments and building on work of the previous boards, subcommittees and SIGs who have created and built an organisation with a strong constitution, standards and ethics as well as a supportive and collaborative community of practitioners. As a board, our aim is to now take all this work and use it to demonstrate the value of our skills and programmes to the public and to key stakeholders in Ireland across the public, private and non-profit sectors. For this, we will need your valuable input and support.
We will also hear from our amazing subcommittees on their developments from the past year, and we’re excited to welcome two wonderful speakers:
Dr Tony Bates our patron, will join us and talk about his experience retreating for 6 months in Bolton Abbey (Moone, Co Kildare). He will share his insights about wisdom, and what it means to wake up the heart into the mysteries of who we are.
Orlaith O’Sullivan is currently working on a whole-school mindfulness intervention that is being trialed in India, Kenya, South Africa and Sweden, in partnership with UNICEF. She will talk about her experience so far with this project, and how she supports teachers and schools with creative mindfulness approaches
We look forward to seeing you there if you can make it. You can register for it here.
Warmest wishes,
The MTAI Board