The success of mindfulness meditation in the marketplace has catapulted mindfulness into a billion dollar industry. The allure of capitalism often distorts the product by using criteria that points toward profit at any cost, content is alerted and outcomes are geared toward appeasing the perceived needs of the market. Many programs are snipped appendices of the original.
When choosing the best vendor for your suite of services, it is important to understand that the best provider is the one that provides a program that is rooted in authentic practices, supported by scientific efficacy and developed and taught by experienced practitioners of meditation.
The market has a profusion of vendors that offer programs built by wall street executives that are business savvy and backed by marketing experts; but does that translate into an authentic program that can provide results proven to be so valuable in the workplace and in overall health and wellbeing of the client?
6 Reasons to choose urbanMind
- Professional Standards
All programs are secular in nature and built from traditional and enduring mindfulness meditation techniques developed over 2000 years ago. urbanMind programs are sequential learning systems that assure maximum benefit is achieved from a personal meditation practice. Each meditator learns the right tools and methods, in the right way at the right time.
Coaching and training services delivered by trained meditation / coaching professionals who have a minimum of 5 years of meditation experience, 2 years of meditation/mindfulness teaching experience, and/or a minimum of 2 years counseling/coaching experience. All coaches trained by and report to Lesley Kovitz, Lead Meditation Coach and Trainer.
Owner/Operator:Lesley Kovitz, BA, Buddhist Scholar, Masters in Yoga
Longtime practitioner and business owner. 25 year meditation practitioner, 15 year meditation teacher.
Hundreds of long, group and short retreats.A total of 6 years immersion practice in India, 2 years formal study at the Buddhist School of Dialectics, 6 months at the Root Institute, 90+ days attending the public teachings of The Dalai Lamaand Karmapa, 18 years studying and practicing in Drikung Kagu tradtion, 10 years study and practise in Dharma Ocean tradition, 3 months formal Phowa course, 2 months immersion Advanced Yoga Teacher Training, 4 years study with the Asian Classics Institute, 3 years as international travel assistant to Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, teaching meditation in her retreats in US, Mexico and South Africa and 15 years working in the field of mental health as a counselor and program manager.
- EAP Specialist
Working within EAP and organizational health since 2011, I understand the need to provide a cost effective program that is accessed online, evidence based, measurable for effectiveness and ROI and is easily operational at the organizational level.
urbanMind has been successfully used as a complimentary tool for a broad spectrum of mental health challenges including depression, stress, anxiety, chronic pain, insomnia, ptsd, migraines, and trauma recovery. Participants include psychologists, lawyers, engineers, EAP directors, counselors, prison wardens, tech specialists, fire fighters and more.
- Meditation Specialist
urbanMind programs are rooted in authentic mindfulness meditation practices and integrated with scientific protocols to ensure practitioners know how to reach the threshold of experience that will allow for the formation of neural structure. urbanMind programs are designed by a 24-year meditator that has taught in meditation retreats on 3 continents for 15 years; has also developed college level curriculum and worked as a counselor.
urbanMind programs use a combination of mindfulness meditation and body awareness practices for stress reduction in the workplace, improved emotional intelligence and increased resiliency.
- We meet the Needs of Todays Busy Professional
Current technological trends are utilized to ensure accessibility for today’s digital user: urbanMind self-paced meditation courses on custom educational software download to any device.
Click here for a 3-minute demo of the urbanMind Online Mindfulness Manual for Employees
- urbanMind Programs Are Popular
Employees are Asking for urbanMind
- In 2016, 76% of the program participants recommend the program to a co-worker.
- Referral rates increase by a factor or 6X between the first and second year of program implementation.
- IN 2016, 30% of referrals ask for the program specifically.
- 80% of program participants that access the coaching complete the program.
Employers are asking for Mindfulness Programs
- It is a cost effective solution for Employer’s indirect and direct health costs and at the same time adapted as a legitimate tool to increased productivity, innovation and creativity.
- An excellent gateway to employee support services with few barriers to access.
Psychiatrists, clinicians and supervisors recommend the urbanMind program
- EAP psychiatrists and clinicians refer to the urbanMind program as an additional therapeutic tool for their counseling cases.
- Supervisors that take the urbanMind program often recommend it to their entire team.
Testimonials from mental health professionals that have completed the urbanMindprogram
- urbanMind is an extremely valuable, high quality program. School Psychologist
- I utilize mindfulness with substance abuse issues alongside CBT techniques…very useful. Probation Officer
- Mindfulness has been of great value to me and I continually sing its praises to co-workers.Social Worker
- This is the best thing that I have done in a very long time. It has changed my life. Social Worker
- urbanMind Results are Excellent
Data collected from hundreds of participants reporting on lasting and meaningful behavioral and emotional changes.
Reported increase in concentration, motivation, attendance, productivity, personal interactions, and overall wellness – amongst other data points.
urbanMindProgram as a complimentary tool
Survey
Respondents are professionals, who work with clients with addictions and mental health challenges and have completed my urbanMind program.
Question
Can the set of skills learned in my mindfulness meditation program be can be used as complimentary therapy and/or on its own for a broad spectrum of substance use disorders and mental health problems in general.
