Mindful Self-Compassion Training

 

  • Mindful Self-Compassion Intensive, March 26-31st, 2023, Bethlehem Centre, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada FULL

  • Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion – 6 Week Live Online Training September 2023

  • MSC Core Skills Weekend Retreat, Bethlehem Centre, Nanaimo, B.C. November 18/19th, 2023

  • Find Space, Breathe & Reconnect: a 1/2 day silent retreat on December 3, 2023

  • Mindful Self-Compassion Intensive, March 31st – April 5, 2024, Bethlehem Centre, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada

 

MINDFUL SELF-COMPASSION TEACHERS

Victoria Pawlowski, M.Ed., R.C.C.

In 2014 I took a week-long training in Mindful Self-Compassion on Whidbey Island, Washington with The Centre for Mindful Self-Compassion and was inspired by the integrity of the teachers, the rigor of the program and the practices and tools offered. I continued on to Batavia, New York to take MSC teacher training and then trained as a Certified MSC Teacher.  I have been practicing, co-teaching and participating in the world-wide MSC community ever since.

 

“I offer a deep bow of gratitude to my teachers/mentors Chris Germer, Kristin Neff, Steve Hickman, Michelle Becker, Dawn MacDonald, Kristy Arbon; my co-teachers along the way including Carol Ranger, Zoey Ryan and Kristy Williams, and to each and every one of the thousands of courageous program participants, I have had the privilege to teach”.    

 

Kristy Williams, M.D.

I have had a long time interest in health and whole-person wellness which led to my career as a family physIcian in Nanaimo.  Along this journey, I had the pleasure of taking a MSC training with Victoria and was immediately impressed how compassion was so integral to the health and healing I was seeking personally, and for my patients.  A meditator since the mid-2000’s, I went on to complete my MSC teacher designation in 2018, and have been teaching and deepening my practice since then. I am also trained in trauma-sensitive mindfulness, embodied practice, grief work and socially engaged buddhism and love to integrate and embody these concepts into my teaching.

 
 

  

 

 

We believe that mindfulness and compassion are skills that can help us personally and collectively
move towards a more compassionate world.
It is important that our programs are accessible to everyone.
If you would like a partial or full scholarship to attend one of our programs, please send us a note.