Mindfulness into Action

Mindfulness into action

• is an online class at World Dignity University that is 
• a research based Leadership Development
• methodology that empowers individuals,  
• communities and organizations by bringing about
• greater self-awareness and consciousness.

issue

• Most personal and societal issues occur as a result of:
• A person being in a reacting state
• In response to their environments 
• Based on their taken-for-granted assumptions and
• Programmed behavior at a subconscious level. 

leadership development

• By allowing a person to be aware through:
• Organizational learning and mindfulness techniques
• Learning from ancient Indigenous knowledge
• Taking participants through a process of growing self-awareness.

outcomes

• Participants are able to tap into: 
• Various faculties of their conscious mind 
• (Normally inaccessible when a person is in a purely reactive state)
• Promoting greater clarity, resulting in: 
• Better decisions for themselves, their families and society in general.

pilots

• 2000 - Latino College Students
• 2005 - Latino High School Students
• 2009 - Kichwa Indigenous Community in the Amazon
• 2012 - Washington & Jefferson College Students
• 2013 - Teachers College Students

impact 2009

• July 09 - Mining company destroying their 
• Sept 09 - Removal of mining company without violence
• 2010 - Additional 4  mining companies removed in the same manner
• 2011 - built a road to develop an ecotourism initiative
• 2012 - Washington & Jefferson College students came to do research

sustainability

• All these outcomes were possible because
• Participants were able to shift their paradigms 
• Observe their taken-for-granted assumptions 
• And identify sabotaging behavioral patterns  
• at a subconscious level.

creation of an institute

• At Columbia University participants are developing
• new research projects using this leadership methodology
• Mariana Vergara has been building this model for over 
• the past seventeen years, and continues to research it through
• her doctorate research at Teachers College, Columbia University.

comparative study

• of the implementation of Mindfulness into Action with the Kichwa &
• Shuar Indigenous communities in the Amazon rain forest, and in the US 
• with High Schools in Yonkers, NY  Bronx, NY and Dover, NJ.

Mindfulness into Action