CORE (main) faculty at Lesley University’s Mindfulness Studies Master’s Degree and Graduate Certificate program. Dedicated to educating the next generation of mindfulness professionals.

Yasemin teaches graduate-level academic courses on a variety of topics, including

• Practice, Theory and Science of Mindfulness

• Science off Mindfulness - Contemplative Neuroscience

• Mindful Communication

• Teaching Mindfulness and Mindfulness Based Interventions

• Mindfulness and Resilience

• Mindfulness in Education

• Mindfulness Foundations and Retreat course combining academic studies and a 5-day long silent retreat

With Bachelors in Computer Science and Economics, Yasemin holds an MA in Mindfulness Studies. She is pursuing doctorate in Interdisciplinary Studies focused on human development and learning, mindfulness-Eastern psychology, Western psychology and post-traumatic growth.

Academic advisor to graduate students.

Senior instructor at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion of Boston, which is affiliated with CHA and Harvard Medical School.

Senior trainer & consultant at Potential Project International.

Experienced facilitator, circle keeper and teacher, Yasemin finds joy mentoring new teachers.

Certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher. Trained in UMASS Center for Mindfulness (CFM) and Brown University

Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teacher trained through UCSD Center for Mindfulness. Also authorized to offer Short Course on Mindful Self-Compassion and Self Compassion for Health Care courses online;

Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher (MMTCP) with Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield;

Certified Mindful Schools educator.

Certified Advanced Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness (ATSM) provider.

Certified teacher/facilitator, and mentor, for mindfulness and compassion in corporate/work settings to teams and leaders through Potential Project;

Trained in Path of Freedom - Prison Mindfulness program as facilitator;

Developer of Mindfulness, Compassion and Community for Grief™ (MCCG) Program;

Developer of Living with Illness, Caregiving and Aging programs;

Certified in Integrative Thanatology;

Certified end-of-life doula professional;

Certified hospice volunteer;

Trained in the full Co-Active coaching program;

Trained in Emotional Intelligence, Non Violent Communication, Theory U, Systems Theory;

2nd degree black belt (Nidan), Uechi-Ryū Karate;

Trained practitioner in Dragon & Tiger medical Qigong;

Trained practitioner in Wisdom Healing Qigong;

Reiki practitioner;

40+ year practitioner of Insight Meditation (Vipassana) (commonly known as Mindfulness in everyday references);

2000+ hours teaching certification training;

25+ years in IT industry as engineer, architect and leader;

Mindfulness - Compassion - Resilience

In addition to academic teaching, Yasemin Isler teaches/facilitates programs for resilience, stress management, emotional well being, embodied presence, wise living with balance, working and education, and if you so choose, awakening to your life. She brings theory, science and practice of MINDFULNESS, COMPASSION and related modalities into her work.

Founder of Grief Circles - Center for Mindfulness, Compassion and Grief, Yasemin offers support based on her MCCG curriculum for living with illness, caregiving, bereavement, all grief and loss, and marginalized populations. Yasemin is a certified end-of-life doula professional, certified integrative thanatologist and hospice volunteer.

Programs that Yasemin regularly teaches include Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) and her curated programs and group circles for grief-MCCG, mindful parenting, mindfully aging, being with illness and caregiving with mindfulness and compassion.

In addition to mindfulness, compassion and related modalities, her areas of focus include Insight Dialogue, Mindful communication, Non Violent communication.

In addition to academic education, she has been trained directly by many well-known contemporary teachers of Theravada and Zen traditions. Her training also includes other traditions and disciplines including Hatha yoga, Qigong, shamanism, Western psychology, Buddhist psychology, organizational behavior, and more. Her approach focuses equally on the experiential nature and scientific research of teaching and applying the practices which are generally known as mindfulness and compassion based practices. She combines trauma and context sensitive awareness into education in these subjects. At the same time, her education and research are deeply rooted in empirical basis and neuroscience of these practices. This lifelong learning and integration is a hallmark of her systemic and holistic approach of connecting traditions and knowledge in meaningful and impactful ways in an interdisciplinary approach.