Anna is the founder and director of the Mindfulness Association Poland.

A practitioner of both Buddhist and Mindfulness meditation since 1993. She completed her MSc in Mindfulness at Aberdeen University, Scotland; supervision training at Bangor University and at the Mindfulness Association U.K.

She is a certified teacher of MBLC, CBLC, and facilitates and teaches all of the UK Mindfulness Association courses and teacher training pathway in Poland.

She is an actress, and teaches the ‘Coordination Technique’ , a Mindfulness-based actor training program, as well as vocal techniques in Poland and internationally. She leads retreats and workshops in Mindfulness and Compassion meditation and supervises Mindfulness and Compassion teachers. She is bilingual: English-Polish.

Having practiced mindfulness in the 1990s and teaching since 2013, Gareth has primarily taught groups of people experiencing anxiety, low mood, and/or chronic illness.

With 20 years of experience in the field of mental health and wellbeing, he has a keen interest in the contributions mindfulness and compassion can make to the process of psychotherapy and healing. Since Masters studies focused on shamanism, music and altered states of consciousness in 1995, Gareth has explored a variety of therapies and transpersonal psychologies. He is deeply interested in spirituality, both in sacred and secular forms.

Over the past few years he has been facilitating ecotherapy and mindfulness in nature events. He loves his work and has a deep commitment to living creatively and with gratitude. Gareth’s work is based in North Staffordshire/South Cheshire.

Gillian is a Mindfulness Association trained teacher based in Edinburgh. She has practised mindfulness for over 15 years and has been teaching mindfulness since 2011.

In 2015, Gillian set up her own mindfulness training company after a long career as a marketing professional in the corporate sector. She currently teaches mindfulness full-time. Gillian regularly teaches both the MA’s Mindfulness Based Living Course and the Compassion Based Living Course to the general public. She also delivers mindfulness training in organisations and schools.

Gillian is a Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) accredited teacher, for both the .b and Paws b courses, and runs regular mindfulness retreats and workshops.

What Gillian says about her motivation: “I experience such joy teaching mindfulness and I never cease to be amazed by the transformation it brings into people’s lives. As a supervisor, I love to support other teachers as they develop their skills in sharing this wonderful practice with others.”