Mentoring Training (see also Mentoring, Leadership and Personal Deepening) Mentoring is available to anyone who wishes to deepen their personal practice. For those who are interested in helping create community (wherever you live) the training is offered on a dana basis. Mentoring for community requires a one year committment and two retreats during the year. Mentoring includes the option for bi-monthly sessions with Mary. The sessions can be via telephone interview or in person. Personal development courses and other fee services are offered at a discount for those in the mentoring training. Application for Sangha Mentoring Mentoring is also available without community committments - as support in integrating teachings in your personal and professional work, as spiritual direction, or as support for your MBSR teaching. See www.maryrees.com/individualwork.html for more information including various ways of starting and working. If interested in both community development and spiritual direction or professional development you are welcome to work on a dana basis. It is appropriate to apply for Mentoring training. Application for Mentoring The Integrated Study and Practice courses are good preparation for mentoring. With an ongoing meditation practice the study element can greatly enrich your experiential understanding of the depth of this teaching.