FOUNDER, IN THE PRESENT
ICF ACC Coach | Qualified MBSR Trainer | HOGAN Certified
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In The Present was founded in 2017 by Lynette Wong, a qualified instructor of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) from the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Lynette started practicing meditation in 2012, and was introduced to the concept of mindfulness through the book "Full Catastrophe Living" by Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn. Fuelled by a deep desire at the time to learn how to slow down thought-to-speech and action patterns, she started exploring MBSR. Through the intense process of applying its foundations, she began seeing herself more clearly and began to experience the power of staying in the moment.
Lynette started practicing meditation in 2012, and was introduced to the concept of mindfulness through the book "Full Catastrophe Living" by Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn. Fuelled by a deep desire at the time to learn how to slow down thought-to-speech and action patterns, she started exploring MBSR. Through the intense process of applying its foundations, she began seeing herself more clearly and began to experience the power of staying in the moment.
In her training, she counts Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn, Saki Santorelli, Florence Meleo-Myers, Dr Judson Brewer, Carolyn West, and Bob Stahl as some who have inspired her, and her training has included:Mindfulness Tools (2015)MBSR Fundamentals (2015)Mind-Body Medicine (2016)Practice Teaching Intensive (2016)MBSR Group Supervision (2017)Lynette has a Masters in Organizational Psychology from Insead. She currently holds a corporate job by day and shares her passion for mindfulness and meditation with her community in her spare capacity. Through walking this balance, she enjoys the full daily practice of mindfulness that life presents her on and off the zafu.
EXPERIENTIAL | PRACTICAL | IN ONE'S OWN TIME
Approach
A one-size-fits-all approach will not help individuals whose experiences and challenges vary from one to the next. Thus, while a structure is followed, each MBSR session is unique and never exactly the same. The essence of mindfulness and MBSR is distilled and delivered in a simple and practical way, through various meditative practices and the inquiry of participants' own experiences, so that what can be learnt is first experienced. Through the collective wisdom of participants' in an MBSR session or a community sit, there is shared discovery of what mindfulness is, along with its applications in a non-religious manner. In addition, due to the sometimes sensitive nature of what is shared, care is also taken to maintain confidentiality, safety and respect for all participants
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- New York, NY
- Jersey City, NJ
- Hoboken, NJ
- Newark, NJ