Direct training in Mindfulness Meditation for school communities

Direct training in Mindfulness Meditation for school communities, (teachers, parents and caregivers). Consultation on choosing a curriculum as well as implementing mindfulness interventions at the individual, classroom-wide, and district-wide levels.

Workshops and presentations on a Mindful Approach to Special Education

Workshops and presentations on a Mindful Approach to Special Education. Mindfulness practices are particularly beneficial in IEP Team Meetings, wherein conflict which arises obfuscates progress towards a beneficial outcome

One-to-one and small group instruction

One-to-one and small group instruction in a variety of meditation forms, including Vipassana (insight), Calm (breath), Metta (loving-kindness), Walking, and Body Scan.

All sessions are led by Carla C. Leone, Esq., M.A.. Carla is the Director of Rising Center, LLC in Concord, MA. She has used mindfulness based practices in her decades as a special education attorney, to enlarge her ability to advocate for clients in the midst of stress. Rising Center is dedicated to bringing mindfulness practices to families, students, and teachers, with a special interest in supporting individuals with neurodiversity. After decades of practicing Insight Meditation, Ms. Leone undertook a rigorous course of study at Lesley University in order to obtain her M.A. in Mindfulness in 2018. Prior to that, Ms. Leone had obtained a Master’s Level Professional Certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorders from Lesley. She has directly taught yoga and mindfulness practices to children and adults, as a 200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher (Yoga Alliance0, specializing in family yoga, and having been trained by Dr. Amy Saltzman in delivery of her research-based Still Quiet Place Curriculum (based on MBSR).

*Contemplative neurosciences refer to an emerging field of research that focuses on the changes within the mind, brain, and body as a result of contemplative practices, such as mindfulness-based meditation, tai chi, or yoga. The science is interdisciplinary and attempts to clarify such mind-brain-body changes across emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and perceptual domains with an emphasis for relating such changes to neurobiology and first-person experience. About Mindfulness & Contemplative Neuroscience – David R. Vago, Ph.D. (harvard.edu)