MBST
Teacher Training.
MBST
Teacher Training
Programme starting in March 2024 until February 2025.
Embark on the journey to become a certified
teacher in evidence-based MBST Training
Mindfulness-Based Sustainable
Transformation and bring it to your learning
community.
Programme starting in March 2024 until February 2025.
Embark on the journey to become a certified teacher in evidence-based MBST Training Mindfulness-Based Sustainable Transformation and bring it to your learning community.
A Mindful Green Revolution.
A Mindful Green Revolution.
Discover the art of guiding others to cultivate mindsets and transformative skills needed for sustainability transition and impactful pro-environmental action.
In this transformative programme, you’ll acquire a powerful framework for driving inner shifts within your community and learn how to embrace climate anxiety and grief.
Guide by our course, you will inspire your community members to nurture their essential inner skills, fostering a deep sense of connection, compassion, self-awareness, and active engagement.
They will learn how to embrace complex sustainability challenges and climate crisis, with presence and self-awareness, and gain value bringing these into action.
As a result, they will become more resilient, collaborate with like-minded individuals, and craft their own narratives to join others in driving impactful sustainable actions.
Join us in this unique experience and become an influential force for transformation in your community.
Are you
interested in
becoming a
Change Maker
who can
empower others
to create
sustainable
change from
within?
Are you
interested in
becoming a
Change Maker
who can
empower others
to create
sustainable
change from
within?
Become an
MBST Teacher!
Become an
MBST Teacher!
Unleash your inner skills for sustainable action and empower others to make a green shift.
Our programme is crafted to nurture and develop your potential as a mindfulness-based sustainability trainer. Through comprehensive training modules, you will gain the necessary knowledge and expertise to effectively leadand inspire others on their paths towards personal and global transformation.
Lead with heart
.
Lead with heart
.
Empower Your Essence
Gain the confidence and self-assurance to lead with authenticity and influence, making a significant difference in the lives of your clients and the broader community.
Ignite others to drive the green shift
Ignite others to drive the green shift
Facilitation for Collective Action
Discover techniques for facilitating group collaboration and collective action, empowering communities to work together towards sustainable goals.
Experience the energy of connection and collaboration
Experience the energy of connection and collaboration
Uplifting Connections
Become part of a supportive community of like-minded individuals and fellow MBST teachers, providing ongoing support and opportunities for collaboration and growth.
Evidence-based
Framework
Evidence-based
Framework
Our MBST Teacher Training Course is built on a robust and evidence-based framework developed by Prof. Dr. Christine Wamsler from Lund University / Center for Sustainability Studies.
With a strong emphasis on empirical evidence, this course ensures that you receive the most up-to-date effective teaching methodologies.
Collaboration and Community
Amplify Impact Together
Integrating Mind, Heart and Hands
Nurturing Change-Makers
Delve into Stillness
Cultivate awareness and compassion to
recognize your role in sustainable
transformation.
Sense of Disconnection
The mind as a root cause of sustainability
crises.
This programme
will support you
to:
This programme
will support you
to:
- Cultivate a positive and systemic outlook and develop specific transformative skills.
- Lead and empower others to transcend fear, climate anxiety, and the burden of powerlessness into self-compassion, hope, courage, fostering a profound sense of agency.
- Gain expertise in contemplative and holistic practices that foster awareness and long-term transformation for sustainability transition and impactful pro-environmental action.
- Cultivate a positive and systemic outlook and develop specific transformative skills.
- Lead and empower others to transcend fear, climate anxiety, and the burden of powerlessness into self-compassion, hope, courage, fostering a profound sense of agency.
- Gain expertise in contemplative and holistic practices that foster awareness and long-term transformation for sustainability transition and impactful pro-environmental action.
“ We know ourselves to
be made from this
earth. We know this
earth is made from our
bodies. For we see
ourselves and we are
nature. We are nature,
seeing nature. Nature
weeping. Nature
speaking of nature to
nature. ”
“ We know ourselves to
be made from this
earth. We know this
earth is made from our
bodies. For we see
ourselves and we are
nature. We are nature,
seeing nature. Nature
weeping. Nature
speaking of nature to
nature. ”
Susan Griffin
Susan Griffin
Modality of the programme:
Modality of the programme:
Self-paced Online Learning
Self-paced Online Learning
Progress at your own pace by making use of the learning materials and resources available on the platform.
Immerse yourself in the content of each module, taking time for reflection and put into practice through the online interface.
Cultivate a daily journaling habit, establishing it as both a routine and a recommended practice for each module.
Peer Group
Peer Group
Small groups will be established to facilitate the exchange of experiences from each module. For every module, there will be two 2-hour meetings, with each session led by a different group member in order to:
- Engage in practice sessions and leading and following guided activities.
- Offer reciprocal feedback on how the sessions were perceived.
- Share insights and reflections from the nature walk experiences.
Teacher Session
Teacher Session
After each module, there will be a dedicated session with the facilitators to address questions and clarify doubts related to the modules.
This session will also cover:
- A summary of the module’s content.
- Techniques on how to effectively facilitate a module.
- Addressing obstacles in facilitation and strategies to handle challenging participants.
- An interactive Q&A session.
- Enhancing the facilitation skills of each group member.
This programme includes:
This programme includes:
8 modules + 3 special sessions including self-paced learning, peer group sessions, and each month a 3-hour teacher Q&A session
Guided audio, meditations and compassion practices and specific nature walks on the accompanying Inner Green Deal app.
Access to a social learning platform to communicate with other participants across the world, deepen your knowledge on climate change and sustainable transformation including your trainer abilities.
Blended
Learning
Programme
Join our blended programme to access
training on the Mindseed platform.
Post training, every teacher with a license
receives access to the platform.
MBST Teacher
Certification
+
IGD Nature Walk
Guide Certification
MBST Teacher
Certification
+
IGD Nature Walk
Guide Certification
Upon completing this course, you will be awarded a certification that qualifies you to train others in MBST.
Additionally, you will gain exclusive access to the Inner Green Deal learning platform, empowering you to promote and advocate for the transition to a green mindset, fostering a sustainable future for all.
You will also receive a certificate as an Inner Green Deal Nature Walk Guide.
By learning how to guide a one-day nature-walk experience you will explore the power of connection with: self, nature and the community.
MBST Outcomes
Satisfaction of the programme:
Would
recommend this
training
Agreed that the
content
matched their
expectations
Mindset Changes:
Course impact on mindset and attitude
changes as well as pro-environmental actions
From Changes to Actions:
MBST led to noticeable changes and actions.
Here are some indicators:
Decrease in waste production
Decrease in material consumption
Increase in active support of environmental initiatives
Increase in spread awareness
MBST Outcomes
Satisfaction of the programme:
Would recommend this training
Agreed that the content matched their expectations
Mindset Changes:
Course impact on mindset and attitude changes as well as pro-environmental actions
From Changes to Actions:
MBST led to noticeable changes and actions.
Here are some indicators:
Decrease in waste production
Decrease in material consumption
Increase in active support of environmental initiatives
Increase in spread awareness
Meet your Facilitators and Advisors
Meet your Facilitators and Advisors
Liane Stephan
Liane is co-founder and co-managing director of awaris GmbH as well as Inner Green Deal gGmbH.
She wants to make every effort to make this planet livable for future generations. She is an expert in the inner development of people, wants to see them flourish, change their habits and connect with their inner wisdom. 40 years of consulting, leadership development and coaching with the systemic approach and 38 years of contemplative studies make her an expert in how to change individuals and groups towards long-term and systemic thinking.
Katharina Buchgeister
Katharina focuses on the ”inner human dimension” and genuine collaboration as important levers for sustainable transformation. She combines 20 years international business background with expertise in mindfulness, holistic inner development and systemic transformation. Katharina is part of the Inner Green Deal initiative and co-founder of the Facilitators for Future. Katharina’s intention is to build a thriving community of change makers who are committed to our planet and its inhabitants and who are brave enough to lead, regardless of the odds.
Grattan Donnelly
Grattan is an experienced coach, coach trainer, mindfulness teacher and facilitator passionately interested in how we can create a better world for all life. He integrates systems perspectives, neuroscience, mindfulness, somatic and nature practices into all his work, facilitating people to do deep transformational work, and contribute to a healthier planet and more peaceful world. He co-facilitates the “Courageous Coaching – having conversations that matter course” and as part of the Inner Green Deal initiative is excited to bring this work to a wider audience
Tessa Watt
Tessa is an experienced mindfulness teacher, helping to create healthy systems in the workplace, and support humans to flourish. She is the lead trainer for mindfulness in the UK Parliament and runs ‘Mindfulness Champions’ train-the-trainer programmes in large global companies, working with Awaris. She is author of Introducing Mindfulness (2012) and Mindful London (2014) and is recognized by the British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches. Tessa has taught on the MA Traditions of Yoga and Meditation at SOAS, is an Associate of the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation and has practiced mindfulness for 30 years.
Tessa has a strong connection to nature and wants to contribute to a green and fair society. As part of the Inner Green Deal she wants to bring the MBST programme to the worldwide mindfulness community so that they can pass it on to their own local communities.
Prof. Dr. Christine Wamsler
Christine Wamsler is Professor of Sustainability Science at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) and director of the Contemplative Sustainable Futures Program.
She is an internationally-renowned expert in sustainable development and associated transformation processes with 25 years of experience, both in theory and practice. Her work has shaped international debates and increased knowledge on personal, collective, institutional and policy transformations.
She has written more than 200 papers, chapters and reports on these issues. Her publications are regularly cited and used for practice, theory and policy development, including by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Prerequisites
Prerequisites
1. Completion of MBST Course: Successful completion of one MBST course is a mandatory prerequisite to enroll in the MBST Teacher Training programme.
2. Prior experience as an MBSR or MBCT trainer is preferred, demonstrating familiarity with mindfulness-based practices OR candidates with a minimum of 5 years of experience teaching mindfulness to others will be given preference.
Alternatively, individuals with substantial experience as facilitators for groups of any kind are encouraged to apply. In such cases, we offer extra sessions of mindfulness training to ensure readiness for the Teacher Training programme.
Applications are open until February 29th, 2024
Investment and Payment Options
Investment and Payment Options
Your investment in the MBST Teacher Training Course is 2,950 Euros
We understand the importance of flexibility and offer various modalities of payment to suit your individual needs.
Our payment options include:
One-Time
Payment
€ 2,950
excluding VAT
.
Pay the registration fee of €500 and a single installment of €2,450
Installment
Plan
€ 2,960
excluding VAT
.
Pay the registration fee of €500 upfront and then make 4 payments of €615 each
Monthly
Payment
€ 2,960
excluding VAT
Pay the registration fee of €500 and enjoy the flexibility of making 12 monthly payments of €205
*The additional sessions for non-mindfulness teachers have an extra cost of €450 excluding VAT.
Scholarships
Scholarships
We believe that financial constraints should not hinder passionate individuals from pursuing their dreams of becoming MBST teachers and fostering systematic change.
To promote inclusivity, we are delighted to offer 8 scholarship opportunities for our MBST Teacher Training Course.
Applications are open until January 26th, 2024.
*The scholarship covers course fees only. Applicants are responsible to cover the enrollment fee of €500 excluding VAT.
Testimonials
Testimonials
“I would definitely recommend the course to others. As a sustainable and healthy buildings professional for almost 15 years, I wanted insight into how to navigate the overwhelming stress and isolation that comes up working in this field. The most impactful part of this course was the community it created.”
“MBST supported me in finding my mission. How could I be part of a green shift? I had no idea. But this programme taught me that you can always be part of a (system)change in more than one way. Just look at your strengths, your values and what you can bring to table. Share this with people.”
“Before the course, I would often feel overwhelmed and stressed about the enormity of the crisis. Now I feel more connected, more balanced and inspired to be part of a generation who can still make a difference.”
“I would definitely recommend the course to others. As a sustainable and healthy buildings professional for almost 15 years, I wanted insight into how to navigate the overwhelming stress and isolation that comes up working in this field. The most impactful part of this course was the community it created.”
“MBST supported me in finding my mission. How could I be part of a green shift? I had no idea. But this programme taught me that you can always be part of a (system)change in more than one way. Just look at your strengths, your values and what you can bring to table. Share this with people.”
“Before the course, I would often feel overwhelmed and stressed about the enormity of the crisis. Now I feel more connected, more balanced and inspired to be part of a generation who can still make a difference.”
Join our free
Online
Info-Webinars
Join our free
Online
Info-Webinars
Dates and Time:
December 12th, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm CETJanuary 16th, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm CETFebruary 13th, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm CETFebruary 27th, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm CET