Mindful AI Practitioner Certification
An 8-week practitioner certification for holding AI, mindfulness, and the human periphery in right relationship — so your practice benefits from AI without ever being quietly replaced by it.
300+
Practitioners
8
Weeks
Yes
Certificate Included
Who It's For
Built for practitioners who already hold space for others — and want to do it well as AI enters the room.
Therapists & Counselors
Clinicians integrating AI-literacy into practice while protecting the relational core of client care.
Coaches & Facilitators
Practitioners who want a principled way to bring AI tools into their work without eroding trust or presence.
Mindfulness Teachers
Contemplative teachers navigating students who increasingly bring AI conversations into the room.
Wellness Program Leaders
Leaders setting AI policy for teams, platforms, or organizations serving vulnerable populations.
The Problem
AI is already reshaping how people seek support — mostly without anyone deciding it should.
AI is already in the room
Clients and students are bringing AI conversations into sessions whether practitioners are prepared for it or not.
Sycophancy masquerades as support
Default AI behavior tends toward agreement and validation, quietly reinforcing distorted self-narratives.
Boundaries are being improvised
Most practitioners are making up AI-use boundaries ad hoc, without a shared framework or governance model.
The stakes rise with vulnerability
The populations most likely to lean on AI for support are often the least equipped to spot its limits.
The Solution
A certification built on frameworks you can actually apply, not just recite.
A shared vocabulary for the inner and outer periphery
Know exactly what to protect and what can safely be delegated.
Frameworks tested in the body, not just on paper
VR practicum and live sessions turn concepts into felt recognition.
Governance you can actually apply
15 concrete principles for consent, disclosure, and accountability.
A credential that signals real fluency
Certification built on 8 weeks of applied, supervised practice.
The question was never whether AI belongs in the room.It was always what we protect once it's there.
The Framework
The Mindful AI Practitioner Framework
Embody
Ground teaching in presence and practice.
Discern
Evaluate AI with professional judgment.
Design
Create learning experiences with AI.
Integrate
Sustain identity as technology changes.
Core Frameworks
Four interlocking frameworks that carry you from concept to embodied practice.
The core framework for mapping where AI genuinely helps a practice versus where it risks quietly displacing human judgment and care.
A relational framework for protecting the felt, embodied core of care — the inner periphery no AI tool should ever be asked to hold.
An embodied, VR-based practice environment for feeling the difference between simulated attunement and the real thing.
Teaching competency assessed using the Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI:TAC), developed by Dr. Rebecca Crane at Bangor University's Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice.
The Program
Eight modules across eight weeks, from landscape to capstone.
Week 1
The Landscape: AI, Mindfulness, and the Stakes
Week 2
The Inner Periphery: What AI Must Never Replace
Week 3
The Flattery Delusion Loop (Live Session)
Week 4
The Outer Periphery: Where AI Has Genuine Value
Week 5
Ethics, Governance, and the 15 Principles
Week 6
Trauma, Clinical Populations, and Safety Design
Week 7
VR Practicum: Experiencing the Frameworks in the Body
Week 8
Curriculum Design and Capstone Integration
Why Join the Founding Cohort
Ten seats. One founding cohort. Your perspective becomes part of the foundation.
Locked-In Founding Rate
80% below the future public price — locked in for good.
Direct Input on Content
Your feedback directly shapes every future cohort.
Founding Member Recognition
Featured as a founding member on our website.
Ongoing Course Discounts
Discounts on all future courses and workshops.
Your Teaching Team
Clinicians, ethicists, and embodiment practitioners, together.
Steve Haberlin, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Central Florida
Author and Researcher in Mindfulness and Digital Practice
Studies the intersection of meditation, mindfulness, and emerging technology in higher education.
Jeremy Yencer
Mindfulness Researcher & App Developer
MA in Mindfulness Studies, Lesley University
Developed Alaya Insight, an AI tool that evaluates meditation apps on their pedagogy using the MBI:TAC framework.
Jeffrey Juelsgaard
Mindfulness Teacher and VR Designer
MA in Mindfulness Studies, Lesley University
Works at the intersection of mindfulness and immersive technology.
Amanda Evans
PhD Candidate & Autism Specialist
Specialist in Educational Psychology and Learning Design
Specializes in educational psychology and learning design.
Join Cohort 2026
One certification, priced for where you are.
Mindful AI Practitioner Certification
Now Enrolling — Cohort 2026
- 8 live-taught weekly modules across 8 weeks
- Full access to the BCF, Alaya, and MAMA VR frameworks
- VR practicum and live supervision sessions
- Downloadable workbooks, exercises, and reading library
- Capstone review and Mindful AI Practitioner certificate
- Private cohort community for Cohort 2026
Choose your pricing.
We built this with accessibility in mind. Every tier gives you the exact same certification: the full 8 weeks, all 8 modules, complete access to the BCF, Alaya, and MAMA VR frameworks, and the same credential at the end. The only difference is what you're able to pay right now. This reflects something we hold seriously: everyone deserves access, and we trust you to choose honestly based on what actually fits your circumstances.
$197
Scholarship
For practitioners who couldn't otherwise afford enrollment — by application only.
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