Weaving Wisdom: Festival for Mindfulness Teachers

Saturday 20 September 2025, 14h00-18h30 CET

Online

Hosted by the Institute for Mindfulness South Africa (IMISA) and the European Associations for Mindfulness (eamba).

Join us where we will be weaving together trauma-informed practice, African indigenous wisdom, and embodied mindfulness to meet the needs of a diverse and evolving global mindfulness field.

The programme will include:

• Simon Whitesman Explores the outcomes, learnings, and key recommendations from the “Sharing Mindfulness ” program, developed to meet the evolving needs of diverse communities in South Africa.
• David Treleaven  Draws from his newly released Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Workbook offering insights into navigating trauma in mindfulness teaching.
• Chris Germer and Susan Gitau An open-hearted dialogue on cultivating compassion and self-compassion in a complex world —in the face of trauma, injustice, and disconnection.
• Gugulethu Mkandla An introduction into the wisdom of Ubuntu — “I am because we are”
• Trish Bartley and Linda Kantor  An experiential guided journey through trauma-sensitive practices that support regulation, connection,including song, rhythm, breathwork and movement.
• Breakout rooms to share stories of relationality, interconnectedness, interbeing and shared humanity, and how this mitigates the impact of trauma.

To register, please go to the eamba website https://www.eamba.net/community/eamba-festival/

We welcome donations which will cover the event costs and activities of eamba & IMISA.