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Leslie Smith Frank, PA-C
Leslie began practicing mindfulness in 1993, and discovered that her stresses
did not change, but that she was better able to deal with them. And she felt better!
She participated in the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course at the UMass Medical School in 1998, then undertook training as a teaching intern. She received additional training at the Center for Mindfulness in order to teach mindfulness to adolescents.
Training continued with the 92-hour teacher development intensive taught by senior staff from the Center for Mindfulness.
She a board certified physician assistant and has worked in rehabilitation medicine, as well as orthopedics, neurosurgery, and occupational medicine. Leslie is also a Massachusetts certified secondary teacher.Her long-time aspiration to teach mindfulness was realized when the Mindful Awareness Practice Center (MAP Center) opened in April 2009.
Leslie accepted an appointment as an adjunct professor at Bay Path College to teach a course in Stress Management. She also serves on the advisory board for the Bay Path Physician Assistant program and is developing mindfulness education curricula for undergraduates at Bay Path.
In addition to the adults she teaches in the 8-week MBSR program, Leslie has taught mindful awareness units to students at Longmeadow High School, Wolf Swamp, Center and Blueberry Hill Elementary Schools, and Glenbrook Middle School - all in Longmeadow, MA. At Heartsong Yoga in East Longmeadow, MA, she teaches the teen stress reduction program as well as adult meditation classes.
Every Monday morning at 8 am, Leslie leads free guided mindfulness practice on eMindful.com. You can log on to practice with a world-wide community.
Contact Leslie at mapcenter.org@gmail.com or call 413-237-6526
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