To enable working people utilize their mindfulness skills so as to be happier, more resilient, compassionate and creative.
ABOUT US
OUR MISSION
OUR VISION
An expanded community in Greece and Cyprus of professionals, companies and organizations that actively adopt mindfulness principles for a better living and working life
OUR VALUES
In the way we go about our work, we aim to:
- Understand – the background, theory and research in mindfulness, our clients, ourselves
- Grow – as professionals, as people, as members of our community
- Enjoy – creative work, the present moment, heatlhy relationships
OUR FOUNDATION
The basis of our training programmes is WorkplaceMT: a mindfulness training programme addressed to the workplace specifically. The programme was developed by two associates of The Oxford Mindfulness Center (OMC), who founded The Mindfulness Exchange (TME), an OMC spin-off company.
Workplace MT is based on the book «Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World», namely a synthesis of years of research on mindfulness, lead by Mark Williams και Danny Penman of Oxford University.
In our quest for associates with international presence and recognition, TME’s Workplace MT earned our professional as well as our personal trust. As such, we completed the training and got the certification that allows us to realize our aspiration: bring mindfulness into the workplace reality of Greece and Cyprus.
OUR TEAM
Our team of trainers is made up of qualified professionals, each within the area of mindfulness training we run. Our associates are active professionals in the fields of work psychology, medical science, physical education and human resources.
We are experienced trainers
With a long list of training activities as well as a scientific background in the human brain function, physiology, psychology and human resource management.
We meditate regularly
The formal and informal meditations our trainees learn with us, are practices we apply to our everyday living.
We are capable of accommplishing our mission
By introducing a different dimension and quality in the lives of our trainees, the one of mindful and reflective action.
Our basic trainer is Mariangela Zanaki. She studied Psychology (BSc Hons, Middlesex University), Cognitive Neuropsychology (MSc, Birkbeck College & UCL, University of London), is a certified psychotherapist in the Systemic model (Member of the European Family Therapy Association) and a certified trainer in Workplace Mindfulness training (The Mindfulness Exchange).
Having spent time studying, working and learning in London, Athens and Cyprus, she has been based in Athens since 2010, where she works as an HR consultant, helping organizations in the maritime industry transform personnel assessment and management systems in ways that promote safety, resilience and well-being.
She actively keeps up with scientific developments in mindfulness research, is an experienced meditator and was one of the people to take the very first TME train-the-trainer course, held in early 2015. As a professional, she aspires to offer solutions and tools that enable organizations and individuals to thrive.
