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Ted Meissner

I started contemplative practice in the early 1990's in Zen, giving my first talk in 1998, shifted to Theravada training and retreats, and eventually becoming a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Senior Teacher (Level 3).  I adhere to the Ethics and Standards of the International Mindfulness Integrity Network (IMI Network), and the Good Practice Guidelines of the British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA).

You can see a sampling of my background in the sections below, and you're welcome to ask any questions using the Contact page.

 

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Credentials

Organizational Affiliations

  • Board of Trustees, The Mindfulness Network, 2024 to present
  • EDI Committee, The Mindfulness Network, 2024 to present
  • Moderator, Mindfulness World Community, 2024 to present
  • Host, International Supervisors' SiTT Group, 2023 to present
  • Founder and Executive Director, Mindfulness Practice Center, 2020 to 2022
  • Senior Teacher, Institute for Mindfulness-Based Approaches, 2019 to present
  • Founder and Executive Director, Secular Buddhist Association, 2012 to 2025

Continuing Education

  • Safeguarding Training Live, The Mindfulness Network, January 2025
  • Safeguarding Training, The Mindfulness Network, November 2024
  • Leveraging Mindfulness to Foster Inclusivity in the Workplace, BAMBA, July 16, 2024
  • Supervisor Training Level 2 – The Mindfulness Network, June 2024
  • Supervisor Training Level 1 – The Mindfulness Network, December 2023
  • Disrupting White Mindfulness: Race and Racism in the Wellbeing Industry – September 2023, The Mindfulness Network
  • Strategies and Ethics in Trauma Treatment, August 2023, Refresh Mental Health
  • Trauma-Informed Communications & Conduits for Safety, June / July 2023, Refresh Mental Health
  • Polyvagal Theory: Neural Exercises for Safety and Connection with Dr. Porges, June 2023, Wisdom School
  • Mindful Communications in the Classroom workshop, November 2022
  • Equanimity Based Compassionate Action course, October 2022
  • The Neuroscience of Mindfulness-Based Meditation: The Science of Compassion and Well-Being, UCSD, December 2021
  • Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching and Learning Companion (MBI:TLC), October 2021
  • MBSR Advanced Teacher Training Intensive (ATTI), April 2021, UCSD
  • CITI Program: Human Research, Social and Behavioral, January 2021
  • Advanced Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, March 2020
  • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, October through November 2019
  • Remembrance – November 2017, Center for Mindfulness
  • Deepening – October 2017, Center for Mindfulness
  • Vedanā Symposium – July 2017, BCBS
  • The Solar Buddha: Early Dharma for Secular Times -- November 2015, Stephen Batchelor, BCBS
  • Dependent Origination – BCBS – November 2015, John Peacock
  • Early Dharma for Secular Times – BCBS – November 2015, Stephen Batchelor
  • Meeting the World: Exploring Ethics, Values and Responsibility of Bringing Mindfulness into Society – April 2015
  • Practice as Science and Science as Practice – April 2015, Judson Brewer, Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • A Labor of Love: 2-Day Best Practices Intensive for MBSR Teachers – Center for Mindfulness -- October, 2014
  • Finding the Space to Lead – Institute for Mindful Leadership – February / March 2014

8-Week Courses

  • Teacher: MBSR Online Live, October – November 2024, Mindfulness Voyage
  • Teacher: Burnout Prevention & Remediation, Apr – May, 2024
  • Teacher: Burnout Prevention & Remediation, Jan – Mar, 2024
  • Teacher: Mindfulness Foundations, Apr – May, 2024
  • Teacher: Mindfulness Foundations, Jan – Mar, 2024
  • Teacher: Burnout Prevention & Remediation, Sep -- Nov 2023
  • Teacher: Burnout Prevention & Remediation, Jul – Aug, 2023
  • Teacher: Burnout Prevention & Remediation, Apr – Jun, 2023
  • Teacher: Burnout Prevention & Remediation, Jan – Mar, 2023
  • Teacher: Mindfulness Foundations, Sep -- Nov 2023
  • Teacher: Mindfulness Foundations, Jul – Aug, 2023
  • Teacher: Mindfulness Foundations, Apr – Jun, 2023
  • Teacher: Mindfulness Foundations, Jan – Mar, 2023
  • Teacher: MBSR Online Live, September through November 2021, Mindful Leader
  • Teacher: MBSR Online Live, May through June 2021, Mindful Leader
  • Teacher: MBSR Online Live, February through March 2021, Harvard research study
  • Teacher: MBSR Online Live, October through November 2020, Mindful Leader
  • Teacher: MBSR Online Live, June through July 2020, Mindful Leader
  • Teacher: MBSR Online Live, February through April 2020, Mindful Leader
  • Teacher: MBSR Online Live, April through June 2018, Center for Mindfulness
  • Teacher: MBSR Online Live, Second Quarter 2018, Present Moment
  • Teacher: MBSR Online Live, First Quarter 2018, Present Moment
  • Teacher: MBSR Online Live, January through February 2018, Center for Mindfulness
  • Teacher: MBSR Online Live, May – June 2017, Center for Mindfulness
  • Teacher: MBSR Online Live, January – March 2017, Center for Mindfulness

Other Courses

  • Presenter: Mindful Mentoring: Skills for Insightful Guidance. International Mentoring Center, January 2025.
  • Panelist: At the Crossroads of Secular and Socially Engaged Buddhism – Four Week Course, NY Insight Meditation Center, Module 1, October 2023.
  • Panelist: Corporate Mindfulness – September 2023, American Mindfulness Association.
  • Teacher: Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Overview, May 2023, Optum.
  • Teacher: Responding Together: Choosing Our Direction, 2023, Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School.
  • Teacher, Introduction to Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, Institute for Mindfulness-Based Approaches, March 2022 & November 2022.
  • Teacher, Becoming Mindful, October through December 2021, Optum
  • Teacher: Becoming Mindful, August through September 2021, Optum
  • Teacher: Expert Workshop: Teaching Mindfulness Live Online: Challenges and Opportunities, April 2021, Mindful Leader
  • Teacher: Sanvello Mindfulness Journey for Coaches and Clinicians, January through February 2021
  • Teacher: Working With Resiliency, August through September 2020, MomentHealth (3 series)
  • Teacher: Teaching Mindfulness Online Live Masterclass for Mindfulness Teachers, May 2020, Oxford Mindfulness Centre
  • Teacher: Teaching Mindfulness Online Live Masterclass for Mindfulness Teachers, April 2020, Oxford Mindfulness Centre
  • Teacher: Teaching Mindfulness Online Live Masterclass for Mindfulness Teachers, March 2020, Oxford Mindfulness Centre
  • Teacher: Mindfulness Meditation program for youth, Skepticamp – July 2015
  • Teacher: Mindfulness Drop-In – First Unitarian Society, Minneapolis – weekly in-person learning / practice group, March 2015 to May 2015
  • Presenter: Mindfulness: Being Present in Your Work and Life – National Marrow Donor Program / Be The Match -- November 2014
  • Teacher: Weekend Retreat – MomentHealth, October 2014
  • Teacher: Mindfulness Meditation program for youth, Skepticamp – July 2014
  • Teacher: Mindfulness Be Here NowTM Deepening Session, October – November 2013
  • Teacher: Mindfulness activities, SAGES of Clinical Service event, Mindfulness Be Here NowTM: Living and Working Mindfully -- October 2013
  • Teacher: Mindfulness Meditation program for youth, Skepticamp – July 2013
  • My first talk in a traditional setting was at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center (MZMC) in 1998, though I’ve not kept track of either Zen or Theravada talks I’ve given over the years.

My Podcasts

Articles, Presentations, Guest Spots

Retreats

  • Deepening Inquiry Practice and Community in the Greater Mindfulness Universe. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Omega Institute, May 26 – June 2, 2024
  • Drinking Deeply from the Well of Mindfulness Together: an online retreat for mindfulness-based supervisors, October 2021
  • Insight Dialogue – April 2018, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Mind-Body Medicine: A 7-Day Professional Training Retreat – Center for Mindfulness (Omega) -- May / June 2013, Saki Santorelli, Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • Year-End Retreat, Bhavana Society -- 2008 (five day)
  • Sublime Attitudes retreat, Bhavana Society -- 2007 (nine day)
  • Mindfulness retreat, Bhavana Society -- 2006 (nine day)
  • Thanksgiving retreat, Bhavana Society -- 2005 (five day)