Mindfulness is not a destination but a journey.
Love | Practice | Learn | Improve
Throughout the course, you might feel you need or would benefit from some further guidance and support. You may have just commenced the course and would like some advice as you navigate the different modules and assignments, and as you connect with the community here. You may have already completed the course and would like to speak to someone experienced in sharing the work following qualification. Our Creative Mindfulness Advisors can support you in your studies and beyond. They have completed the training with Louise and work closely with her as the community continues to grow.
Meet the Advisors
Olive Houston
Olive is an Accredited Creative Mindfulness Practitioner and Teacher and has worked and trained with Louise Shanagher since 2018, completing her Creative Mindfulness for Children training in July 2019 and more recently completing the full Teacher Training program. During that time, Olive has set up her own business, Mind Yourself, where she regularly offers classes and workshops to children, teens and different groups, in person and online. Olive also currently works as a tutor in Community Education, delivering Mindfulness courses to a wide variety of individuals/learners. Her background includes Nursing in the UK and Ireland and experience as SNA in Primary and Preschools. Olive is also very happily married to Paul and Mam of two teenage children. Its busy but Mindfulness has played a huge part in learning how to relate to everything with gentle awareness and kindness.
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Jackie Farrell
Jackie Farrell is an Accredited Creative Mindfulness Practitioner who has worked and trained with Louise Shanagher since 2018. Jackie began her Mindfulness journey in 2018 where she completed ‘The Fundamentals of Mindfulness’ in Athlone IT, delivered by Louise. It was during this year where her love of mindfulness and self-compassion blossomed having noticed and experienced the personal benefits of beginning and documenting daily formal and informal mindfulness practices. Upon completion, Jackie began her Creative Mindfulness Kids Practitioner training and continued to develop her personal mindfulness and self-compassion practices. Jackie then completed Louise’s beautiful ‘Advanced Mindfulness’ course & set up ‘Mindful Scholars’ in Celbridge, Co. Kildare in order to share her new-found passion for Louise’s Creative Mindfulness Method with everyone. Jackie loves teaching the Creative Mindfulness Kids Method using lots of creativity, art and colour infused with her kind, compassionate presence! Jackie is currently completing Louise’s full Mindfulness Teacher training course.
Dee Ryan
Dee has been practicing
mindfulness meditation for over 10 years. She is married to Declan and has two
lovely children Morris 14 and Hannah 13. She lives in the countryside in County
Clare. She has completed the Full Teacher Training course. She has a BA in
Social Care and worked as a Social Care worker for many years, gaining
invaluable experience in supporting people in various areas of their
life.
Her work brought her around
the country and further a field to Australia. She worked supporting young men in
the probation service in Waterford, Limerick Youth Service, Respite service for
children with intellectual and physical disabilities, supporting women and
children of the travelling community in Ennis, early school leavers in county
Clare, teenage girls in supported accommodation in Limerick City. She helped
recruit for, set up, and manage a community creche in north inner city Dublin.
She also worked as a childcare leader and kindergarten manager in Australia.
Her main interest has always been in offering quality care to people she worked
with and providing authentic support to the most vulnerable.
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