and edits for ease of flow were developed by a handful of dedicated certified 2010 CEB teachers,
Thupken Leshke, Peta McAuley and Elizabeth Campbell. In 2011 Malcolm Huxter, a clinical
psychologist and Dharma teacher from Australia, led meditation in the first two weeks; in 2012
Andrea Capellari, an experienced meditation teacher and former monk, led the meditation session
during the first two weeks. These graduating classes have taken the CEB training back home
across the world and have been teaching it to schoolteachers, lawyers, clinicians and various other
populations in Brazil, Australia, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Barcelona and the United States.
This five-week training provides participants with certification as a CEB trainer. Because CEBTT
has been developed from the CEB clinical research trial, the certificate for training requires all
participants to use the prescribed CEB format to achieve the study’s positive outcomes. Studies to
replicate the CEB program in shorter format and with different populations have been strongly
encouraged and will hopefully be developed over the coming years.
, SBI, directed by Alan Wallace since 2001, holds the copyright to CEB and
houses the planning and administration for CEBTT. SBI is dedicated to interdisciplinary research
and education to advance understanding of the nature and potentials of consciousness through
research, practice and education. A California CEBTT training is in preliminary planning stages in
order to reach local audiences and advance affiliations with research and training institutions of
California.
Though SBI is the fiscal and literal home of CEB, Thailand has been the metaphysical and physical
home for the last three CEBTT training sessions. Thanyapura Mind Centre is a unique retreat
setting deserving of description. The Mind Centre is located outside Phuket town, an elegant
retreat tucked among pineapple groves looking up to rainforest-covered mountains. The setting is
also home to the Phuket International Academy Day School, which has a K-8 international
baccalaureate program site and an international sports training facility. The physical and
educational facilities are incorporating mindfulness practices in tointo their programs, including
compassion education for students.
Future Directions
The future directions of CEBTT and CEB are in a rich period of being explored.exploration. As
mentioned earlier in this section, there exists a great deal of interest in creating research
opportunities to pilot the effectiveness of CEB with different populations, especially children, as
well as a pilot CEB program in shorter formats. CEB is eager to broaden the populations who are
learning and teaching CEB, in the United States and Internationally.
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