{"id":267,"date":"2017-07-02T20:24:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T20:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/r2secure.com\/practicingmindfulness\/?page_id=267"},"modified":"2025-03-02T15:57:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T15:57:22","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/r2secure.com\/practicingmindfulness\/?page_id=267","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tara Alain<\/h2>\n<p>Tara is a trauma-informed Mindfulness Meditation Teacher,\u00a0 Mindfulness Coach, and Co-Founder of ReConnect Groups.\u00a0 She is also a facilitator of the Mindfulness-based Stress Management Program, with additional certification in Eco-psychology- a nature-based approach to wellness.<\/p>\n<p>After experiencing a peak spiritual experience in Peru in 2005, Tara began a dedicated\u00a0 meditation practice that continues today.\u00a0 Her love of the wisdom teachings inspires her to study, practice and teach the gems that she has had the privilege of learning along the way. Along with a deep connection with the natural world, Tara also guides her clients through mindfulness in nature practices.<\/p>\n<p>Tara has\u00a0 brought mindfulness to hundreds of people through individual and group facilitation in her community work and 14 years in residential treatment for addictions , trauma, and mental health issues.<\/p>\n<p>Her inspiration comes from guiding others and seeing the profound effects of slowing down and becoming present to self, others and the natural world.<\/p>\n<h3>Interests and Experiences<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Mindfulness Meditation teacher- 2 year teacher training with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield &#8211; Greater Good Science Center, University of California, Berkley<\/li>\n<li>Mindfulness Meditation Mentor &#8211; certified &#8211; Cloud Sangha<\/li>\n<li>Facilitator \u2013 Mindfulness-based Stress Management &#8211;\u00a0 UBC Okanagan Campus<\/li>\n<li>Completion of 8 week Mindfulness of Self-Compassion course &#8211; Vancouver, BC<\/li>\n<li>Meditation Practitioner \u2013 Dedicated practice for over\u00a0 20 years including supporting others through guided meditation groups<\/li>\n<li>Eco-psychology Certification,\u00a0 Holos Institute, California.\u00a0 \u00a0Eco-psychology understands that we are embedded in nature and not separate from it.\u00a0 We have to include nature as part of our health and wellness, for ourselves and for the world.<\/li>\n<li>Wellness Support Worker, Chopra Addiction and Wellness Center \u2013 Offering individual and group support work, education, and guided meditation.<\/li>\n<li>Awake in the Wild:\u00a0 Vipassana Retreat, Spirit Rock, California<\/li>\n<li>Falling Awake: Ecology of Wonder with David Abrams (5 day residential)<\/li>\n<li>BA in Anthropology and Philosophy \u2013 University of Western Ontario<\/li>\n<li>Permaculture Certification \u2013 Our Ecovillage, Shawnigan Lake, BC<\/li>\n<li>Avid explorer and traveler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tara Alain Tara is a trauma-informed Mindfulness Meditation Teacher,\u00a0 Mindfulness Coach, and Co-Founder of ReConnect Groups.\u00a0 She is also a facilitator of the Mindfulness-based Stress Management Program, with additional certification in Eco-psychology- a nature-based approach to wellness. After experiencing a peak spiritual experience in Peru in 2005, Tara began a dedicated\u00a0 meditation practice that continues &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/r2secure.com\/practicingmindfulness\/?page_id=267\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bio&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/r2secure.com\/practicingmindfulness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/r2secure.com\/practicingmindfulness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/r2secure.com\/practicingmindfulness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r2secure.com\/practicingmindfulness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r2secure.com\/practicingmindfulness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/r2secure.com\/practicingmindfulness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755,"href":"https:\/\/r2secure.com\/practicingmindfulness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/267\/revisions\/755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/r2secure.com\/practicingmindfulness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}