Silent Retreat @Drumalis

Drumalis Retreat & Conference Centre

Glenarm Rd, BT40 1DT, Larne, Antrim, United Kingdom

Bridgeen Rea-Kaya

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Bridgeen first began offering mindfulness classes from wee flat in Jordanstown, Northern Ireland in 2007 and she has evolved a lot since then.After getting married to her Turkish delight Muhutin in 2017, she became a mum to beautiful Beddy, born in June 2021. (She is also mum to Buddy the cockapoo born July 2020).In July 2024 she was ordained as a OneSpirit Interfaith Minister - she has a business calledImmeasurable Heartsproviding ceremonies for weddings, funerals, baby blessings etc and spiritual counselling.Bridgeen also has a Masters in Mindfulness Based Approaches (Msc) from Bangor University, Wales. She is an accredited and trainedMindful Self-Compassion (MSC) Teacher, a qualified yoga teacher (YFNI), a Reiki Master and an admirer of the slow down movement despite always being too busy! You can watch her 2014 TEDx talk which has over 20,000 viewshere.Bridgeen has completed training in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) at the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, Oxford University and completed Positive Neuroplasticity Professional Training with Dr Rick Hanson and Google’s ‘Search Inside Yourself’ Mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Training with SIYLI.Bridgeen follows all the good practice guidelines for mindfulness teachers. She is also a member of theBritish Association for Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA)and theMindfulness Teachers Network Ireland(MTAI). Bridgeen is also a qualified mindfulness supervisor, please email her if you are a mindfulness teacher and would like supervision mindfulmind@outlook.com.A proud member of Thich Nhat Hanh'sOrder of Interbeingwith the dharma name: True Profound Happiness. Bridgeen has studied extensively with the internationalPlum Villagemindfulness community since first visiting in July 2005.Bridgeen wasCentra's Mindfulness Ambassador in 2017-2019 and an associate trainer for the HSC. She led theAction for Happinesscourse 'Exploring What Matters' a first for Northern Ireland, in summer 2018.Bridgeen has been featured in the local media numerous times with TV, Radio and Newspaper articles – these can be found on herwebsite here.Bridgeen also has an MBA and a BSc in Communications, Advertising and Marketing. Bridgeen's foray into the holistic business began in 2005 when she began teaching yoga.  Immeasurable Minds was originally a part-time business but she gave up her Civil Service job and went full-time in January 2014. She got married in 2017 and added Kaya to her surname.During the COVID-19 lockdown Bridgeen rose to the challenge to support people through the challenging circumstances. She offered FREE twice daily meditations via zoom and created Corona Jackanory Stories on theImmeasurable Minds YouTube channelBridgeen has 17 FREE meditations on theInsight Timerapp.Her personal motto is "There's no need to run, strive or struggle: just be.'