Accredited & Highly Evaluated Course for Practicing & Facilitating Mindfulness

Become a Certified Mindfulness Facilitator in Just 2 Days

GET THE SKILLS & CONFIDENCE TO FACILITATE MINDFULNESS

Accredited 2-Day Training + 8 Week Online Course + Ready-To-Use Resources

MBSR BASED TRAINING COVERING POLYVAGAL THEORY, PRACTISES & ACTIVITIES

LEARN HOW TO TEACH MINDFULNESS USING PROVEN & SUCCESSFUL METHODS?

DESCRIPTION: As the benefits of mindfulness practices are becoming more widely recognised, there is now a growing demand in all sectors of life for mindfulness training and trained mindfulness facilitators.

This Training Is Ideal For:
Counsellors
Therapists
Yoga Teachers
Coaches
Social Workers
Educators
Wellness Practitioners
People wanting to integrate mindfulness into their professional work

In this 2 day accredited certificate course you will not only be introduced to and learn the the powerful Mindfulness techniques that are helping individuals from all walks of life to have more balance and focus in their lives. You will also receive the tools and training to teach these techniques to anyone around you, including adults, students and children.

RITA RICCOLA – THE TRAINER

Rita Riccola has over 30 years experience in mindfulness and meditation practice and has trained hundreds of professionals across Australia and New Zealand.

Her approach combines evidence-based mindfulness, nervous system regulation and deep compassion in a grounded, practical teaching style

Why Mindfulness?

Mindfulness is a simple yet powerful practice that has been used for thousands of years to help people develop greater calm, clarity and emotional balance.

Today, modern neuroscience and extensive research confirm what practitioners have long understood — regular mindfulness practice can help reduce stress and anxiety, improve focus, emotional regulation, resilience and overall wellbeing.

In This Training You Will Learn

This course provides a practical and evidence-based understanding of:

How the nervous system responds to stress

Why overthinking and anxious thought patterns develop

How stress becomes stored in the body as tension

Simple mindfulness techniques to calm the mind and body

How to guide others safely and confidently

You will learn practical breathing and body awareness exercises that help people:

reduce anxious thinking

become more present

recognise stress earlier

respond rather than react

develop greater inner calm and resilience

A Practical, Experiential Training

Mindfulness is not something learned only through reading or theory — it is experiential.

This interactive training combines:

neuroscience and mindfulness theory

guided practices

group activities

facilitation skills

real-life application

You will deepen your own mindfulness practice while learning how to confidently guide individuals and groups.

Participants also have the opportunity to practise facilitating mindfulness exercises during the training.

Learn to Facilitate with Confidence

You will gain practical tools and resources to help you begin facilitating mindfulness immediately, including:

guided mindfulness exercises

facilitation frameworks

course structures and ideas

teaching resources and worksheets

strategies for creating emotionally safe spaces

communication and group facilitation skills

We also explore how authenticity, language, presence and nervous system awareness help create trust and safety within groups.

Evidence-Based and Professionally Grounded

This training is based on:

current neuroscience research

evidence-based mindfulness practices

principles developed through Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

over 10 years of successful mindfulness facilitation training with wellness professionals across Australia and New Zealand

Take the Guesswork Out of Teaching Mindfulness

Starting mindfulness facilitation can feel overwhelming when you don’t know where to begin.

This course provides a clear, structured framework so you don’t have to “reinvent the wheel.”

You’ll leave with:

practical experience

proven teaching tools

increased confidence

a deeper understanding of mindfulness

resources you can immediately apply in your work and daily life

Whether you are a therapist, counsellor, coach, educator, yoga teacher or wellness practitioner, this training is designed to help you integrate mindfulness naturally and professionally into the work you already do.

This course gives you the science, practices and tools to guide and help others and the inspiration & guidance to establish a regular practice for yourself.

WHAT DO YOU GET FROM THIS COURSE?

Guidance given by an experienced mindfulness trainer

The opportunity to learn in a safe, relaxed environment with a beginner group.

Learning simple practices to help anyone to relax the body, eliminate stress, calm the mind.

Be empowered by the discovery that you can self-manage your thoughts and emotions.

Deepen your contact with your natural intelligence and intuition.

Example of how to build mindfulness lessons that is engaging for people of any age.

complete documentation incl. a 8 weeks self-paced mindfulness online course.

“This Course Exceeded My Expectations”.Angela B, psychologist, Auckland

“The 8 week course has allowed me to re connect with the person I used to be and ignite my passion to forge forward, to help others find their passion, peace, connection and love within themselves. So they too, can help others to find their way in life. Thank you for this experience and training”
Sia, Sydney, AUS

“I’ve really loved this course – both the online component and the two day course, I’m so grateful I’ve learnt these empowering new tools. THANK YOU :-)”
Natalie E. Auckland, NZ

“This has been a wonderful course and I look forward to sharing what I have learned with others!”
Nancy C.. Auckland, NZ

“I have really enjoyed this course and now practise mindfulness during my day. I have found that it has made me ‘see’ things in a different way and that I am more focussed on the world around me.”.
Michelle S.

“Thank you Rita for providing such a thorough course in Mindfulness. This has come at exactly the right time for me as I look towards a less cluttered lifestyle, on the physical plane as well as the emotional and spiritual. Thank you once again, 
Anne C.

“I had the pleasure of studying with Mindfulness in Australia and completed their 8 weeks Mindfulness Facilitator Training certification including the 2 day live workshop.
Having studied several mindfulness courses I was looking for something more comprehensive, I must say this was the best training I have done this far. The course content was clear, concise and leading edge. Rita as a facilitator is approachable and knowledgeable. The sheer amount of resources provided with the course sets you up for success and has been a huge asset to my business”.

Sarah A.

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IN SHORT-What will you learn?

In our fast-paced world, where the increasing demands of living puts enormous stress on all people, children, teenagers and adults, the purposeful, daily cultivation of minimising stress, self-regulation, connection to self, others and the world around us has been proven to assist mental, emotional and physical balance.

This training will give you a resource to improve everyone’s, including adults, students and children’s ability to deal with stress and anxiety as well as improve attention and focus and cultivate kindness and empathy.
Benefits such as:

Decreased stress and anxiety
Better sleep
Better self-management
Less reactivity
Improved mental resilience
Increased self-awareness
Better memory
Increased attention and focus
Better conflict resolution skills

are common and expectable result from regular Mindfulness practice.

It doesn’t matter if you never meditated or done one Mindfulness exercise in your life, this course is for anyone who are moved to establish their own Mindfulness practice and get the tools and resources to help others to improve focus, mental resilience and impulse control.

After This Training You’ll Be Able To:

confidently guide mindfulness exercises
run one-to-one or group mindfulness sessions
integrate mindfulness into therapy or coaching
help clients regulate stress and anxiety
create structured mindfulness lessons
use ready-made teaching resources immediately

Included in Your Registration

Included in Your Registration:
✅ 2-Day Live Interactive Training
✅ 8 Week Online Mindfulness Course
✅ Facilitator Manual
✅ Lesson Plans & Worksheets
✅ PowerPoint Presentation
✅ Guided Audio Practices
✅ Accreditation Certificate
✅ Ongoing Support

Tools & Resources

Over these 2 days we will cover so much ground and learn so many things that it would be almost impossible to remember it all afterwards but the best thing is that you don’t need to. You will get printed and digital documentation on all aspects of what we learnt in the course.

“This course has taught me so much about Mindfulness and the positive benefits that I have experienced from practicing mindfulness daily has forever changed my life. I am able to self-regulate myself and when faced with challenging situations I can take a moment and explore my thoughts and feeling and act more approapotatly. The two-day workshop was exceptional, and Rita is an absolute wealth of knowledge and I thank her for teaching me”.
Sarah P.

WHAT YOU GET

2 DAYS MINDFULNESS FACILITATION TRAINING

A two day immersion into Mindfulness guided by a an experienced mindfulness trainer and educator in a safe, relaxed environment with like-minded people.

We will learn practices to relax the body, eliminate stress, calm the mind and experience the mindful state.

We start out by cover the background, basic neuroscience, physiology of breathing and how mindfulness works from a more scientific point of view.

Over these two days You will be empowered by the discovery that you can self-manage your thoughts and emotions and deepen the contact with your natural intelligence and intuition. There will also be opportunities to guide sessions for first-hand experience for those who want.

You will learn practices to eliminate stress and experience the mindful state.

A Mindfulness Facilitator Manual on how to use language, your own authenticity and natural authority, to create a space where Mindfulness can ‘happen’.

A MINDFULNESS FACILITATOR’S PACK

Templates on how to build dynamic and engaging lessons for children and adults.

A Mindfulness Facilitator Manual with key points for guiding and leading mindfulness sessions with inspiring and pedagogical tips on how to use language, your own authenticity and natural authority, to create a space where Mindfulness can ‘happen’.

8 Weeks Ready To-Use- Lesson Plans that complies with the objectives of the curriculum for personal development, that you can use as they are or as a starting point when you build your own lessons.

8 week workbook that cover all main mindfulness exercises; breathing. listening, eating etc.

A powerpoint presentation with over 60 slides that you can use freely as a resource.

A Certificate of completion of the training- accredited with IMMA (international Mindfulness & Meditation Alliance).

Ongoing support.

When you register you also get access to a complete self-paced online course to establish your own mindfulness practice.

8 Week Online Course

Part of the training is a 8 week online course that you can do in your own time. This component is part of the accreditation and will help you to establish (or deepen) your personal practice by weekly engaging lessons and keeping a daily journal.
INCLUDING:

A 60 page Mindfulness Training Manual covering eight week lessons in downloadable PDF format
Guided Mindfulness audios for each weeks exercises that you can listen to on any device.
Videos Recommended videos and talks to watch as a complement to the course

“Many thanks for your wonderful online course, which was very thought provoking”Patricia C., Ireland

Who is the course for?

Teachers
Yoga Trainers
Counsellors
Social Workers
Consultants
Psychologists
Team Leaders

Personal Assistants
Life Coaches
Physiotherapists
Doctors
Nurses
Parents
Pastors
& anyone who want to add Mindfulness Facilitation to their skill set

About the Trainer

Rita Riccola

“Rita is a fabulous facilitator – she made us feel extremely comfortable, was open minded and encouraged us all to share from our diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise. I came away with many very practical, easy to use exercises that I have since been using with with my classes of various ages. Thank you Rita for gifting me such a wonderful and enjoyable afternoon of learning”.
-Louise Dore, Auckland

The Trainer

Rita Riccola is one of New Zealand’s leading mindfulness trainers and the author of the book “The Practice of Mindfulness and Balance”.

She is a former teacher and a trained mindfulness teacher who has completed courses with Mindful Schools USA.

Rita has been a Vipassana and yoga practitioner for 30 years. In 2000-2002 she attended a number of Barry Long’s ‘Course in Being’ seminars, (Barry Long was one of Eckhart Tolle’s teachers).

Her 2 day Mindfulness Facilitation Course has been taken by more than thousand individuals, including school teachers, life coaches, psychologists and counsellors in both New Zealand and Australia.

She have provided staff training for numerous schools across New Zealand to help integrate mindfulness practice to the curriculum. These courses are designed to meet the growing need in all sectors to offer Mindfulness training.

Course Content – Day 1 & 2

What is Mindfulness?
How does it work?
Evidence-based research results
and the neuroscience.
Why Teach Mindfulness to Students and Children.
Breathing Exercise 1 and 2
Guided Body Scan
The STOP Method
How to build a MIndfulness Lesson
Tools & Resources

How to identifying patterns of thinking and reacting that keep us trapped.
Practical ways to work with Difficult Thoughts and Emotions.
Turning boredom and restlessness into curiosity
Mindful Listening-expanded awareness.
The ‘Mountain meditation’
Training Session – Teaching Mindfulness
Questions and Answers, feedback/personal Enquiry into your own experience

Why Choose This Course?

Internationally Recognised Accreditation
Our courses are accredited with IMMA (International Mindfulness & Meditation Alliance). After completion you will be eligible to apply for IMMA membership.

These courses are designed to meet the growing need in all sectors (education, medicine, psychology, social work, physiotherapy, business etc) for evidence-based strategies that lead to self-regulation, emotional awareness and lowered stress and anxiety.

Leading Trainer
Learn Mindfulness from a professional educator with more than 30 years experience of mindfulness and meditation.

Highly evaluated courses
Hundreds of professionals and individuals have taken the 2 day Mindfulness Facilitation Course. The trainings receive consistently high evaluation and reviews.
See testimonials here

All Age Groups
The program is designed and has been successfully implemented for all age groups from 4 year old pre-schoolers to 80 year old seniors.

Life-Time Access
When you register for an online course or a face-to-face training you receive lifelong access to the course material and all the resources provided. Ongoing support is available.

Be part of a Community
Connect with like-minded people that support each other.

WHAT PARTICIPANTS SAY

“I am extremely grateful for your teachings…you are truly inspirational”.Wendy R.

“Thank you, this wonderful experience, which is now forever a regular practice in my life”.Susan H.

“Thank you again Rita, for facilitating a safe space to explore mindfulness.
The weekend was so inspiring and also gave me such clarity and guidance around the next steps I will be taking in my career”.David S

“This course was fantastic!”.Sam K, Australia

SOME OF THE ORGANISATIONS THAT HAVE PROVIDED THIS COURSE TO MEMBERS OF THEIR TEAMS

Make A Booking

Become A Mindfulness Coach

Book now and receive the online component that you can do in your own time, today!
After the 2 day training you will receive more than 30 resources to expand on all aspects of Mindfulness; manuals, articles, white papers, videos and posters to assist you in your efforts to guide mindfulness effectively. A certificate will also be issued after completion.

Pay securely via credit card or invoice. Payment plans are available.

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VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE ZOOM TRAININGS

These trainings are held using the zoom video platform. To see available face to face trainings, scroll down and look under the location you are interested in.

2026

JULY

2 Day Virtual Interactive Zoom Course 8-9 July 2026

Wednesday: 9.30am-2.30pm (NSW Time)
Thursday: 9.30am-2.30pm
(There will be breaks for lunch and afternoon tea).