JANET SLOM, M.A.
SUMMARY:
More than 30 years of teaching and counseling:
- Mindfulness-Based Self Expression (MBSE)
- Mind Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
- Expressive Arts
- Ministry/ Spiritual Counseling
- Yoga
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2016 – Present: Teacher, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), South Florida Center
for Mindfulness, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2005 – Present: Adjunct faculty member, the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care
and Society (CFM) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and at
Lehigh University.
2004 – Present: Teacher, Lehigh University Iacocca Institute Global Village Program for
Future Leaders of Business and Industry. Creative Leadership: Creativity: The
Business Edge (MBSE) for students from 40 countries.
2003 – Present: Teacher, Mindfulness-Based Self Expression (MBSE) one-on-one individual and
Group sessions.
EDUCATION:
2005 Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA), SUNY Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, NY.
2005 Ordained Interfaith Minister, The New Seminary, New York NY.
Teacher Certification, Royal Academy of Dance, London,
Certification as Registered Teacher (500 hours) through Yoga Alliance.
2012 Masters of Fine Arts (MFA), Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA.
MINDFULNESS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1980-2009Yearly personal 10-day silent retreats
20038-week class in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), led by Melissa Blacker and Florence Meleo-Meyer from the Oasis Institute at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worchester, MA
20039-Day Silent Retreat, Insight Meditation Society, led by Sharon Salzberg
20039-day Intensive Practicum in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction:
Living Inside Participant-Practitioner Perspectives, led by Florence Meleo-Meyer
and Melissa Blacker from the Oasis Institute at the Center for Mindfulness in
Medicine, Healthcare, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical
School in Worchester, MA.
20045-day Silent Retreat, Spirit Rock, California
2004 Teacher Development Intensive: An Advanced MBSR Teacher Training/Retreat
led by Florence Meleo-Meyerand Melissa Blacker from the Oasis Institute at the Center forMindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare, and Society at the University of
Massachusetts Medical School at Worchester, MA.
2007 Practicing Peace in Times of War with Pema Chödrön, a three-day workshop at Omega Institute
2010 Embodied Presence: Cultivating Wakefulness, Generosity, and Flexibility™ Training Retreat for Teachers of Mindfulness-Based Interventions, Menla Mountain Retreat, Phoenicia NY. Saki Santorelli and Florence Meleo-Meyer.
2011Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Mind-Body Medicine, led by Jon Kabat-Zinnand Saki Santorelli from the Oasis Institute at the Center for Mindfulness inMedicine, Healthcare, and Society at the University of Massachusetts MedicalSchool in Worchester, MA.
2013 Kundalini Yoga May 12 – 17 at Omega Institute.
2014 Presentation: The Heart of the Matter CFM. Saki Santorelli and Florence Meleo-Meyer
MINDFULNESS EDUCATION AND TRAINING, cont.
9-day Silent Retreat, Insight Meditation Society, Barre, Massachusetts, led by Camilla Masters
2015Group supervision in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with Lynn Koerbel, from the Oasis Institute at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare,
and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School at Jupiter Medical Center, Jupiter, FL
2015Teacher Development Intensive: An Advanced MBSR Teacher Training/Retreat
led by Lynn Koerbel from the Oasis Institute at the Center forMindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare, and Society at the University of
Massachusetts Medical School at Worchester, MA.
2015 Mindfulness Based Self Compassion [MBSC] eight-week program, Heartwell Institute Worcester MA.
2016Class audit, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) led by Zayda Vallejo at Mindful Kids Miami, Miami, FL
2016Individual supervision in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with Pam Erdman from the Oasis Institute at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare,and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
ADDITIONAL TEACHINGS:
2001–2003 Arogya Holistic Health Center, Westport: Yoga, meditation and MBSE
instruction.
2003 Marlene’s Yoga Center, Westport: Yoga, meditation and MBSE.
2003 – 2005 Sunrise Assisted Living, Wilton, Connecticut: four eight week MBSR programs; working with Alzheimer patients and hospice care to increase quality of life through creativity, yoga, spiritual counseling.
2004 Facilitator: Ten day MBSE Art and Mindfulness Retreat in Tuscany, Italy.
ADDITIONAL TEACHINGS, cont.:
2003–2005 Bridgeport, Connecticut Public School System: Teaching MBSE and yoga to
children ages 8 to 14 who have experienced violence, trauma and loss.
2005 Facilitated consulting project with multi-cultural team to produce business plan
for International Mindfulness and Arts Program. (MBSE).
2011 – 2012 The Saul and Carole ZabarNursery Schoolat the 92nd Street Y, New York. Early
childhood MBSE program.
2012 MBSE community engagement component “Simunye” a multi-media experiential installation, Flagler Art and Technology Village, Ft. Lauderdale FL.
2014 Five MBSE Workshops, Performa-Experimenta Studio, Ft Lauderdale FL.
2015 Broward College Architecture Students MBSE Workshop.
2015 AMFAB Studio workshops MBSE, Bridgeport CT.
2015 Mindful Life Project [MLP] Workshop/Teachers training Oakland CA.
2015 Assistant Teacher, University of New Mexico with Sandra Ladley Mindfulness
and art.
2015 MBSE Workshop Heartwell Institute October.
LECTURE AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1992-Present: Moving Artz/MBSE corporate workshops and university seminars.
2002 Bridgeport, Connecticut H.S. / M.S. special program for at-risk youth.
2004 Sacred Heart University Women’s Conference, Conference Lecture.
2005 University of Massachusetts, Conference Lecture.
2006 “Women’s Perspective,” Workshop Presenter.
OTHER COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
1978 – Present: Individual and group Ishta and Hatha yoga instruction, mindfulness meditation, coaching, counseling, consulting and mentoring.
1979 -1982 – “Janet Sloane Dance,” A syndicated daily TV program that included meditation and Yoga, distributed in 39 states.
1988–1992 - Westport YMCA and Westport Dance Center: Moving Artz.
1991–1998 – Westport Connecticut Coleytown Elementary & Middle School: meditation and creativity for Grades 3 - 6.
1992 Moving Artz: art, yoga and mindfulness taught at the Learning Annex in New York City. This program has evolved over the years and is incorporated in MBSE.
2000 - Conservative Synagogue High School, Westport, Connecticut: Instructor: “Life Lessons” incorporating yoga, meditation and art.
2000 - Rippawam Magnate School, Stamford, Connecticut: Facilitated large-scale sculpture project that incorporated mindfulness practices with 8th graders in Stamford, Connecticut and Rockefeller Plaza, New York City.
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
Founder and director, Mindfulness-Based Self Expression (MBSE), a curriculum to enhance creativity, strengthen attention and emotional stability.Developed from Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, MBSE is distinguished from other mindfulness based programs in that it incorporates experiential art-based exercises with traditional mindfulness practices in a format designed for use in the classroom. Originally developed specifically for children MBSE is now taught to people of all ages.
Co-founder of the Shamballa Project,a holiday hospice where mindfulness and creativity were offered to terminally ill cancer and AIDS patients.
Mentoring through ArtTable, a group of professional women in the visual arts to foster greater support, recognition and opportunities among students.
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE, cont.:
Thirty solo art exhibitions and eighty group shows; her paintings are in collections internationally, including the South Africa Parliament in Capetown, Ritz Carlton Hotels and Trump World Towers, Peoples Bank Corporate Office, Bridgeport CT.
Ongoing, Inaugural solo exhibition Center for Mindfulness, UMass Medical School, Worchester MA.
References upon request
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