About David Spound and Valley Mindfulness

About

David Spound, M.Ed., founded Valley Mindfulness in 2006.

His practice of meditation, spanning a variety of traditions for which he holds deep respect, dates back to the mid-1970's. For the past 10 years, the primary focus of his practice has been mindfulness.

David has been Certified as a Teacher of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) by the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at UMass Medical School in Worcester, the organization founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., who originally created the MBSR course.

David has worked at the UMass Center for Mindfulness since 2006 and is currently a member of the MBSR teaching staff. Formerly he coordinated professional training courses for MBSR teachers.

Adi Bemak, M.Ed., C.A.G.S., has been teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) since 1993. She is an MBSR teacher at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at UMass Medical School in Worcester, in addition to teaching with Valley Mindfulness.

Since 2001, Adi has served on the Teachers’ Council of the Insight Meditation Center of the Pioneer Valley, and is currently a Buddhist Advisor at Mount Holyoke College. Adi also maintains a mindfulness-based psychotherapy practice in Amherst.

Her love of teaching and private practice are informed by more than 35 years of being a practitioner of mindfulness meditation.