Hello and welcome, I am Chantek (silent k), living in Saffron Walden, near Cambridge, East of England, UK. I trained as a supervisor from 2011 via CMRP (Bangor) and am a registered supervisor for the Mindfulness Network and BAMBA, offering individual and group supervision. I began my MBSR teaching in 2007 and know how much I have and do continue to experience enormous benefit from the depth of listening, compassionate support, broadening learning and the holding care that supervision offers for my teaching, my practice and my life. I am passionate about supervision and love offering this engagement with supervisees, supporting inquiry and development as the rich relationships are formed.
My background has been studying and practicing meditation, mindfulness, movement, and related contemplative disciplines since the late 1960s. I have a professional background as a Complimentary Health Practitioner, currently as a Craniosacral Therapist. I came across MBCT by chance in 2006 with John Teasdale at a challenging time in my life. I found it immensely helpful and healing. My training route has been via Bangor (CMRP) MBSR, Oxford Mindfulness Centre (OMC) MBCT-L, PFW and MBCL Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living, plus Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness and Breathworks. I have recently completed a training in MBSR & Eco-Awareness. I have been and do offer Mindfulness & Compassion-Based courses for groups and One2One. For some years now I have been running retreats both in-person and online in the UK and abroad. I continue my love affair with this work and broadening my fields of learning and teaching M-BA’s through CPD, alongside deepening into the heart of my practice.
With Warm Wishes ~ Chantek Mary McNeilage www.becomingmindful.co.uk
Qualifications
- MBSR teacher training via CMRP (Bangor) including many related courses required for the development of a mindfulness teacher and supervisor including the MBITAC.
- OMC – MBCT-L
- OMV – Finding Peace in a Frantic World
- MBCL – Eric van den Brink & Fritz Koster
- Karuna Institute Diploma Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
- L.S.A. – honours teaching Holistic Aromatherapy
- Castellino Prenatal and Birth Therapy – practitioner and teaching diploma/supervisor (UK and America)
- Transpersonal Psychotherapy – Foundation Training New Rock
- Member UK Network for Mindfulness-Based Teachers
- Supervisor with The Mindfulness Network and BAMBA
Teaching-Training Specialisms
- MBSR/MBCT for general populations
- Mindfulness-Based Approaches for One2One in person/online
- MBSR Eco-Awareness
- Mindfulness in Schools
- Mindfulness-based Compassionate Living (MBCL)
- Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Life (MBCT-L)
- Finding Peace in a Frantic World
- Supervision
Supervision Rate
1-hour individual session – £55
½ hour individual session – £35
Couple/2 people supervision + video viewing available
Concessions can be discussed
Please see our Supervision FAQs for more details on the cost of supervision.
Supervision Experience
I have a background in supervision, which I am passionate about since 2011. My supervision for MBSR/MBCT covers those on the MA & B.Sc.. programmes, those new to teaching and those with experience. I have experience for OMF supervising and video observing MBCT-L programmes. I have also been supervising in complementary health fields for many years.
Supervision Specialisms
I have supervised in different settings with supervisees with a range of experience, including those in training, new to teaching and those experienced in teaching. I have been offering 1:1 & 2:1 work supervision for many years following training with Cindy Cooper. I also offer supra-vision for supervisors.
Personal Practice
My early inner search began in the late 1960s in London, which drew me towards Buddhism, Zen, and Sufism. I then spent some time in Thailand, which gave me an introduction, grounding, and practice in Vipassana. Over the years, my exploration of Buddhism and esoteric mindfulness-based Christianity has deepened.
I have drawn great strength from being a part of a mindfulness-influenced group for the last thirty-five years. My love of movement and sacred dance includes an ongoing yoga practice, which has been strongly influenced by Vanda Scaravelli. I attend retreats every year. My life is my practice, with a daily practice embedded into my day-to-day living and am a Quaker.
Research Activities and Interests
I am very grateful for the body of research available and being undertaken. What is offered supports our teaching and deepens our understanding, thus expanding the personal and global awareness from the continual updating of data available.
