welcome to
MBSR & ECOAWARENESS
MBSR and Our One Earth
welcome to
MBSR & ECOAWARENESS
MBSR and Our One Earth
Grounded Presence:
From Stress Reduction to Ecological Belonging
- Reflections on an Earth-Aware MBSR Course
Kate Ensor
Thursday, 17 September 2026
12noon–1pm US EDT; 6–7pm CEST; 9-10am PDT
Please join us as we welcome Kate Ensor, a BAMBA-registered mindfulness and compassion teacher, nature-based coach, and trained mindfulness-based supervisor based in Luxembourg, who teaches internationally. Kate holds a Masters in Mindfulness-Based Approaches from Bangor University, where her final teaching project and thesis - MBSR: Grounded Presence - explored what becomes possible when Earth-awareness is woven incrementally through the established MBSR curriculum.
This session is an invitation into that inquiry from the inside. Drawing on the Connection Continuum, the framework at the heart of her thesis, tracing the arc from self-regulation through relational connection to ecological belonging, Kate shares what this looked and felt like across an eight-week course: in the teaching room, in participants' own words, and in her own embodied experience as teacher. She reflects honestly on what worked, what stretched her, and what participants' responses revealed, all set within the context of the current research underpinning the approach and the moment we are all teaching into.
There will be time for shared mindfulness practice, and an invitation to reflect on how this lands in your own teaching context as we explore the following themes together:
Registration for our speakers is by donation, to support the important work of EcoAwareness. Suggested donation levels are: Sustaining $25, Supporter $50, Benefactor $100, Developing Economy/Nation $1. Please contact us if payment is a barrier to participation; we are happy to register you at any donation level, including $0.
About Kate Ensor
About Kate Ensor Kate is a mindfulness and compassion teacher, and trained in mindfulness-based supervision with the Mindfulness Network. She also works as a nature-based coach and facilitator, offering over 25 years of experience supporting people to live and work with greater presence, kindness and connection. Wellbeing, sustainability and nature connection are at the heart of all she offers. As a BAMBA-registered, MBI:TAC competency assessed mindfulness teacher and experienced professional coach, Kate threads earth-inspired wisdom through all her work, including animal-assisted practice and forest-based coaching. Kate is also a trained Community Climate Coach and a founding member of an Inner Development Goals Hub, Learning in the Flow of Life, Luxembourg. She recently completed a Masters in Mindfulness-Based Approaches at Bangor University, where her final inquiry centred on MBSR: Grounded Presence, an Earth-aware adaptation of the MBSR curriculum. Her thesis explores how weaving nature-awareness through an established mindfulness programme can support participants to move from personal stress reduction toward a deeper sense of relational and ecological belonging. Kate is based in Luxembourg and teaches internationally.
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