We offer turnkey, evidence-based mindfulness and social-emotional learning trainings delivered by our certified facilitators across workplaces, schools, and community settings.
These programs are designed to strengthen well-being, psychological safety, and human skills—supporting individuals and teams to navigate stress, build trust, and engage more thoughtfully with one another.
Mindfulness Ambassador Program (MAP) |
Mindful@Work |
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| Duration | 12 weeks | 8 weeks |
| Primary purpose | Participants develop self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and the capacity to create psychologically safe, inclusive spaces. At the heart of the program is an experiential, non-hierarchical learning environment where participants learn through practice, reflection, dialogue, and shared inquiry. | Participants develop self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and the capacity to create psychologically safe, inclusive spaces. At the heart of the program is an experiential, non-hierarchical learning environment where participants learn through practice, reflection, dialogue, and shared inquiry. |
| Core learning outcomes | Mindfulness, SEL, psychological safety, relational trust | Same core learning outcomes |
| Key difference | 12 weeks cover more time dedicated to additional developmental themes. | Sessions offer self-reflections and practice integration activities to apply teachings to professional and personal roles |
| Focus of learning | Personal growth + facilitation + self and community impact | Personal growth + leadership + workplace application |
| Reflection & integration | Deep reflection on values, perspectives, and lived experience | Structured reflection tied to real work scenarios and goals |
| Application context | Schools, communities, frontline settings, organizations | Workplaces, teams, leadership and wellness programs |
| Delivery format | In-person or virtual cohorts | In-person or virtual workplace training |
As a core pillar of the Mindfulness Ambassador Program (MAP), we acknowledge and honour the important cultures, religions, and histories that have brought mindfulness to people and communities for centuries. During MAP, the Facilitators set the stage for inclusivity, diversity, and equity for mindfulness - welcoming participants of any faith, culture, and background to learn and examine how mindfulness can deepen their overall well-being. The MAP invites the discovery and reflection of all ways of being and becoming mindful.
The MAP integrates the well-researched, five interrelated CASEL cognitive, affective and behavioral competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. By facilitating the development of such competencies, SEL-based programs can serve as important factors for human development and change the way individuals adapt to their environment and respond to stress. Harnessing these competencies also cultivates strengthened capacities for individuals and teams to catalyze community-and societal changes.
The council practice sets the stage for participation, mutual respect, respect, and ethical concern for each other in the MAP. In this practice, individuals are invited to sit in a circle, witness one another for their authentic selves, and explore interests, values, and learnings by listening and speaking from the heart. Such practice has been widely used globally, particlarly by collective, tribal, and Indigenous communities. The way of council was introducted to us by the Ojai Foundation lineage (now the Topa Institute), which can be traced to the League of the Iroquois and the Peoples of the Plains and Southwestern Pueblos.
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The MAP was originally developed by Mindfulness Without Borders, a leading provider of best practices and evidence-based programs on secular mindfulness and social emotional learning. The Global MINDS Collective team is now working with a team to adapt the curriculum in a manner that reflects equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonial practices, while still honouring the spirit of the program. As such, a revised MAP version will be offered in 2024.
