Dr Maura Kenny - Director
MBChB, MRCPsych, FRANZCP
Maura is a Consultant Psychiatrist and a long-term meditator within the Insight Meditation tradition. She is the Coordinator of the Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Programs at the Centre for the Treatment of Anxiety & Depression in SA Health, and specialises in the areas of Stress, Mood and Anxiety disorders. She has conducted research in these areas, and has used mindfulness approaches in clinical, organisational and workplace settings.
Maura is interested in the well being of the medical profession in particular, and developed the 6 week mindful self care course for healthcare professionals.
Related roles:
Co-Chair, CALHN Staff Wellbeing Committee, SA Health
Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide
Past Associate of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, University of Oxford
Founding Co-Director of the Mindfulness Training Institute Australia-New Zealand
Inaugural Co-chair of the Working Party, International Integrity Network for mindfulness teacher training
MSCP Associate Teaching Staff
Dr Ros Powrie BMBS FRANZCP
Ros is an Accredited Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with over 30 years experience working in the public health sector, as a clinician, supervisor, teacher and advocate, and in the past 20 years as a perinatal and infant psychiatrist. She is the current President of AAIMH (Australian Assoc for Infant Mental Health) SA Branch, and National Board Member of AAIMH. She has been meditating since her early 20's and has also practiced yoga regularly since 2000.
Ros is trained in and has taught MBCT, Mindful Self Care Programs and MBCP (mindfulness-based childbirth and parenting), and has supervised and published research on the impact of teaching mindfulness to vulnerable expectant parents, and has a long term interest in mind-body medicine.
Having long worked in the public health system, she is aware of the need for staff to have ways to look after themselves.
Ros is an Accredited Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with over 30 years experience working in the public health sector, as a clinician, supervisor, teacher and advocate, and in the past 20 years as a perinatal and infant psychiatrist. She is the current President of AAIMH (Australian Assoc for Infant Mental Health) SA Branch, and National Board Member of AAIMH. She has been meditating since her early 20's and has also practiced yoga regularly since 2000.
Ros is trained in and has taught MBCT, Mindful Self Care Programs and MBCP (mindfulness-based childbirth and parenting), and has supervised and published research on the impact of teaching mindfulness to vulnerable expectant parents, and has a long term interest in mind-body medicine.
Having long worked in the public health system, she is aware of the need for staff to have ways to look after themselves.
Dr Shailaja Nair FRACP, M Phil (Med Sc), FGM, MRCP (UK), MBBS
Shailaja is a Consultant Geriatrician at the Aged and Extended Care Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, CAHLN. She been working in the medical field for the last 20 years. A culmination of Influences ranging from her own regular yoga and meditation practise, increasing awareness within the scientific community of the body-mind relationship in health and personal life challenges led to her to explore mindfulness. Although this was initially for her own personal development, recognising the increasing burden experienced by health care staff, who have the responsibility of providing care to others, she was inspired to begin sharing this with health care colleagues.
“Remember to care for yourselves; you can’t pour from an empty cup”
Shailaja is a Consultant Geriatrician at the Aged and Extended Care Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, CAHLN. She been working in the medical field for the last 20 years. A culmination of Influences ranging from her own regular yoga and meditation practise, increasing awareness within the scientific community of the body-mind relationship in health and personal life challenges led to her to explore mindfulness. Although this was initially for her own personal development, recognising the increasing burden experienced by health care staff, who have the responsibility of providing care to others, she was inspired to begin sharing this with health care colleagues.
“Remember to care for yourselves; you can’t pour from an empty cup”
Georgie Davidson B of App Sc Physio, M Physiotherapy, MAPA SA Mental Health Committee Member
Georgie is a musculoskeletal and titled pain physiotherapist, credentialed mindfulness educator and yoga teacher with over thirty years of experience in public and private healthcare settings. She is the Director of Mindful Movement, an organisation dedicated to integrating mindfulness into clinical care, leadership and community. She has provided mindfulness training in many settings and has been teaching the internationally recognised Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction MBSR course since 2010.
Integrating clinical experience and research in the fields of pain, trauma, stress, chronic illness and body-based experience, Georgie created BODYMAP, a course for healthcare staff wanting to incorporate body mindfulness and movement for themselves and to enhance wellbeing and therapeutic outcomes for people with pain.
More about Georgie’s offerings can be found here
Georgie has trained in MSCP and will soon be available as a supervisor for mindfulness teachers who have done the MSCP training and who wish to provide these courses in their healthcare settings
Georgie is a musculoskeletal and titled pain physiotherapist, credentialed mindfulness educator and yoga teacher with over thirty years of experience in public and private healthcare settings. She is the Director of Mindful Movement, an organisation dedicated to integrating mindfulness into clinical care, leadership and community. She has provided mindfulness training in many settings and has been teaching the internationally recognised Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction MBSR course since 2010.
Integrating clinical experience and research in the fields of pain, trauma, stress, chronic illness and body-based experience, Georgie created BODYMAP, a course for healthcare staff wanting to incorporate body mindfulness and movement for themselves and to enhance wellbeing and therapeutic outcomes for people with pain.
More about Georgie’s offerings can be found here
Georgie has trained in MSCP and will soon be available as a supervisor for mindfulness teachers who have done the MSCP training and who wish to provide these courses in their healthcare settings
MSCP Admin support
In choosing an admin team, it was important to have those who resonated with the core values and attitudes of mindful self care programs.
Kara Gillett was our first admin person and was instrumental in setting up the various processes designed to ease participant engagement.
Levina Clark seamlessly took over in August 2018 and continues to kindly and efficiently respond to all admin matters.
Alana Gregory designed the website and Juju Haifawi provided the graphic design for the booklets.
Kara Gillett was our first admin person and was instrumental in setting up the various processes designed to ease participant engagement.
Levina Clark seamlessly took over in August 2018 and continues to kindly and efficiently respond to all admin matters.
Alana Gregory designed the website and Juju Haifawi provided the graphic design for the booklets.
Mindfulness Teachers' Network SA
Maura established an Adelaide-based Mindfulness Interest Group in 2002 that grew into a committed group of trained teachers who adhere to the UK Good Practice Guidelines for Mindfulness Teachers:
http://mindfulnessteachersuk.org.uk/pdf/teacher-guidelines.pdf
This group is now called the Mindfulness Teachers' Network SA.
More information about MTNSA teachers can be found here: www.mindfulnesstnsa.com
For those 6 week course participants who wish to move onto more in-depth courses, or who wish to train as mindfulness teachers themselves, longer courses and retreats in South Australia are provided by these skilled teachers.
Maura established an Adelaide-based Mindfulness Interest Group in 2002 that grew into a committed group of trained teachers who adhere to the UK Good Practice Guidelines for Mindfulness Teachers:
http://mindfulnessteachersuk.org.uk/pdf/teacher-guidelines.pdf
This group is now called the Mindfulness Teachers' Network SA.
More information about MTNSA teachers can be found here: www.mindfulnesstnsa.com
For those 6 week course participants who wish to move onto more in-depth courses, or who wish to train as mindfulness teachers themselves, longer courses and retreats in South Australia are provided by these skilled teachers.