Individual mindfulness teaching, coaching and training is perfect for the person who is interested in learning mindfulness, but is unable to take a formal class. Individual coaching also aligns well with people who have learned some mindfulness in the past, or currently have a regular mindfulness practice, but desire to deepen or refresh their practice. Robin offers customized mindfulness coaching, teaching, and training specifically tailored to the needs of you and/or your group.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction  (MBSR), developed over 30 years ago at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, is an expression of mindfulness tailored to health and well-being in our contemporary society.  It’s an 8-week structured class that has become the ‘gold-standard’ way to learn about mindfulness and develop a consistent practice in a class setting.  Much of the scientific research showing  the many benefits of mindfulness is done using MBSR classes- because they are taught in a consistent way  by teachers who have rigorous training (and the proper certifications to teach the class).  Robin has been teaching Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for over 15 years and has achieved the prestigious Advanced Teacher Training (ATT) Certification from UCSD Center for Mindfulness. She is considered a Master Teacher, and is sought after to train new MBSR teachers.

For those  who have had some training in Mindfulness, the question always arises…”What next”?  Robin has created a unique 6 session  mindfulness class focused on bringing mindfulness, right in the  immediate moment, to our interpersonal reactivity: In other words, Relational Mindfulness.  In this 6 session class students learn to calm their own stress response during reactive interpersonal moments, so that their stress doesn’t escalate the conflict.  We are all exquisitely sensitive to the stress responses of the person we are interacting with, and when we soothe our own stress response, the other person is less likely to escalate.  In Relational Mindfulness,  emphasis is placed on utilizing various  mindfulness skills during the actual interaction.

This training is highly effective for individuals, couples, families and in a corporate setting. Robin recently took a cohort of 24 executives in a large corporate setting through the 6 session Relational Mindfulness class. Before and after surveys were conducted. The participants reported an average improvement of 1 to 2 points (on a 5 point scale) on skills like: being aware of one’s stress response (including physical sensations, thoughts and emotions) in a reactive moment, the ability to pause and soothe their stress response so that helpful words can be found, the ability to feel compassion for themselves as well as the person they are having difficulty with, and the overall ability to remain equanimous (not bothered by the interpersonal difficulty) during difficult interactions. This is indeed a transformative class.

This advanced class is geared toward those who have studied some mindfulness and seek a deepening of their practice. In this course students cultivate some of the more heartful qualities of mindfulness:  Loving Kindness, Compassion, Acceptance, and Basic Goodness.

Successful non-profits, corporations, and educational institutions understand the value of integrating mindfulness into their business culture. Robin has implemented trainings at such places of education and industry, including the San Diego County School District, Intuit, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), and more.  Most recently, she piloted an intensive MBSR training program at GA-ASI, and has taken over 100 Managers and Leaders of that company through the program. MBSR is a much “deeper dive” into mindfulness than is often made available at many workplaces, and the outcomes speak for themselves (see below). This program was so successful that GA-ASI added Robin’s Relational Mindfulness class (described above) to their corporate mindfulness curriculum. Again, the outcomes speak for themselves.

Robin founded and is the guiding teacher of Black Mountain Sangha (a mindfulness practice community) in the North San Diego County area. Mindfulness practitioners who are ready to practice in community with other advanced practitioners are welcome to join this community.

Robin guides local groups, corporations, as well as Black Mountain Sangha on silent “Days of Mindfulness”. These events are held in local retreat centers in the San Diego County area where alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation are held in lovely surroundings.