Tina Doley Carlson, CMT-P is a certified mindfulness facilitator who is adept at noting what’s arising and passing, even as she writes her bio. (Some tensing in her body around attempting to present herself in an interesting manner, some easing as she recognizes the folly of her ego, feeling some nerves in her stomach as she debates whether sharing her bodily sensations is annoying, and even without actually doing it, there is a sensation of her own eye rolling as she notices writing this all in the third person).

She has taught locally and internationally to school faculty, parents, and students of all ages and works regularly with UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center, teaching their signature MAPs introductory classes, mentoring teacher trainees, facilitating counseling center drop-ins, leading workshops on retreat and assisting with UCLA’s only for-credit mindfulness course, Psychiatry 175.  She has enjoyed guest lecturing at several universities, offering family programs in mindfulness, creativity and compassion at the Hammer Museum, and working on studies with UCLA’s Schools of Medicine, Public Health and Education. Recently, she completed a video series for six southern California school districts with UCLA Health, developed and presented an 8-week curriculum for Educators and helped produce guided meditations in 17 different languages.

She’s also a creative powerhouse winning awards in photography, painting, stage and screen directing and writing. She was the mindfulness consultant for Random House’s Book “The Cat on the Mat,” where she got to sum up mindfulness in rhyme: “So often we think of what’s past or ahead, with mindfulness we notice what’s now instead!” She loves helping people gain skills to recognize awareness, especially with a curious, playful approach.