From the Teaching Mindfulness Summit April 24.

• Meditation, mindfulness, and self-compassion.
• Mindfulness and self-compassion teaching methods.
• Trust, intuition, and teaching wisdom.

Christopher Germer, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry (part-time) at Harvard Medical School. He co-developed the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program with Kristin Neff in 2010 and they wrote two books, The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program. MSC has been taught to over 250,000 people worldwide Dr. Germer is also the author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion and he co-edited two influential volumes on therapy, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy. Dr. Germer lectures and leads workshops internationally and he has a small psychotherapy practice in Massachusetts, USA. His website is www.chrisgermer.com

From the Teaching Mindfulness Summit April 24.

• Integrating mindfulness and nature in teaching.
• Meditation practices in nature retreats. Mindfulness teaching qualifications.
• Personal growth and spiritual development as a teacher.
• Embodiment and teaching in various contexts.

Mark Coleman is a Buddhist meditation teacher and has taught insight meditation retreats since 1997 at Spirit Rock and worldwide. Mark is passionate about integrating meditation and nature and is a visionary leader in this emerging field of awareness in nature. Through his organization Awake in the Wild, he leads mindfulness-based wilderness retreats and year-long nature meditation teacher training in the US and Europe. Co-founder of the Mindfulness Training Institute, Mark also teaches year-long professional mindfulness teacher training in Europe and the US. Author of 4 books: Awake in the Wild, Make Peace With Your Mind, From Suffering to Peace and recently A Field Guide to Nature Meditation.
He lives in Northern California and relishes hiking biking, kayaking and being outdoors. https://markcoleman.org/

From the Teaching Mindfulness Summit April 24.

• Adapting mindfulness practices for federal workplaces.
• Mindfulness in the workplace with a focus on bottom-up and top-down approaches.
• Community growth and participation as a key metric for success.

Garth Katto Smelser is a mindfulness program manager and meditation teacher with a passion for cultivating personal and organizational wellness and resilience. He co-founded both Mindful NOAA and Mindful FED: first-of-their-kind federal mindfulness communities of practice. Garth has a rich and diverse background, having served as a US Naval Officer and federal leader in the US Forest Service and US Department of Commerce. Garth trained to be a certified meditation instructor with the Engaged Mindfulness Institute. Currently a faculty chair at OPM’s Federal Executive Institute and Mindful FED program manager. https://cldcentral.usalearning.gov/mod/page/view.php?id=128316