Inside the Mindful AI Practitioner Certification
Eight modules. Eight weeks. Four professional phases: Embody, Discern, Design, and Integrate. Together they take you from human foundations to a grounded professional identity in an AI-integrated world.
Three Frameworks, One Practice
The Bounded Convergence Framework: the core lens for distinguishing the human qualities of teaching that must stay within your care from the tasks AI can genuinely support.
The Alaya Evaluative Framework for critically assessing AI-powered mindfulness apps, platforms, and resources before adopting or recommending them.
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.
What's Included
40+ hours of recorded teaching across 8 modules
Workbooks, exercises, and a full reading library
Weekly community forum and cohort discussion
Mindful AI Practitioner certificate on completion
Who It's For
New Mindfulness Teachers
Building the embodied foundations of teaching before layering in any AI tool.
Therapists Teaching MBCT
Clinicians delivering Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy who want AI literacy that respects clinical rigor and participant safety.
Experienced Teachers & Facilitators
Integrating AI into an established practice without losing the presence and relational depth that define it.
Teacher Trainers & Program Directors
Setting a shared, ethical standard for how AI is used across a teaching team or training program.
Digital Mindfulness Creators
Designing AI-assisted courses, apps, and resources that stay accountable to sound mindfulness pedagogy.
Module by Module
The full 8-week curriculum, week by week.
Week 1 · Embody
The Human Foundations of Mindfulness Teaching
Before exploring any AI tool, ground your teaching in the embodied presence, authenticity, and relational awareness that no technology can replace.
Week 2 · Embody
The Art of Mindfulness Teaching
Explore the art of facilitation: guided practice, mindful inquiry, and responsive teaching presence that makes mindfulness instruction transformative.
Week 3 · Discern
Mindfulness of Generative AI
Build a mindful, informed relationship with generative AI, and learn the Mindful AI Pause for evaluating when and how to use it.
Week 4 · Discern
Creating with Multimodal AI
Use multimodal AI (text, image, audio, video) to create accessible, engaging mindfulness resources without losing your pedagogical voice.
Week 5 · Discern
Stewardship in the Digital Mindfulness Ecosystem
Develop a systems view of the digital mindfulness ecosystem, and use the Alaya Evaluative Framework to assess AI-powered tools and platforms.
Week 6 · Discern
Ethics of AI in Mindfulness Teaching
Examine research on the ethical opportunities and challenges of AI in mindfulness teaching, and build the judgment to navigate them in practice.
Week 7 · Design
AI as a Teaching Partner
Partner with AI to design cohesive, pedagogically sound mindfulness learning experiences while remaining responsible for the learning journey.
Week 8 · Integrate
Professional Identity in an AI-Integrated World
Integrate everything you've learned into a grounded professional identity and a personal plan for practicing wisely as AI continues to evolve.
Meet Your Teaching Team
Steve Haberlin, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Central Florida
Author and Researcher in Mindfulness and Digital Practice
Steve Haberlin Ph.D. studies the intersection of meditation, mindfulness, and emerging technology in higher education. With nearly three decades of personal practice and extensive published research, his work bridges ancient contemplative traditions with modern technological realities.
Jeremy Yencer
Mindfulness Researcher & App Developer
MA in Mindfulness Studies, Lesley University
Jeremy works at the intersection of mindfulness, technology, and human decision making. He developed Alaya Insight, an AI tool that evaluates meditation apps on their pedagogical grounding using the MBI:TAC framework. His research explored how mindfulness is translated into digital products, and where those products align with or drift from the core principles of practice. He completed his MA at Lesley University focusing on how popular mindfulness apps measure against established pedagogical standards.
Jeffrey Juelsgaard
Mindfulness Teacher and VR Designer
MA in Mindfulness Studies, Lesley University
Jeffrey Juelsgaard works at the intersection of mindfulness and immersive technology. His work focuses on how environments shape attention, and how virtual reality can support or distort contemplative experience.
Amanda Evans
PhD Candidate & Autism Specialist
Specialist in Educational Psychology and Learning Design
Amanda Evans specializes in educational psychology and learning design. Her contribution ensures the program is not only rigorous but structured in a way that supports real learning, integration, and application.
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Eight weeks from now, you'll have a grounded professional identity for teaching mindfulness in an AI-integrated world.
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