Business Name (DBA):    Valley Mindfulness
Business Address:             32 Middle Street, Florence, MA 01062
Business Phone:               413-219-0654
Email Address:                info@valleymindfulness.com
Website address:            www.valleymindfulness.com
Principal:                       David Spound

Category of Service:
“Health and Wellness”
“Life Coaches”
“Trainers and Facilitators”
“Human Resources”

Description of business and/or services offered: 
I offer individual coaching and group classes based on a program called “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction”, one of the most well-respected health and wellness programs in the world, originally developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at UMass Medical School.

The mindfulness practices I teach can benefit any adult coping with stress, chronic pain, and illness. Also, they can be very useful to anyone who wants to maintain and strengthen a healthy lifestyle.

Participants learn practical skills that can be applied in everyday life, in both personal and professional settings.

Background on you and/or business:
David Spound, M.Ed., has many years of experience leading, producing, and partnering in the development and delivery of educational programs designed to enhance personal, management and technical skills.

He first learned meditation as a teenager, and over the years he has studied with teachers from a variety of meditative and contemplative traditions. David began mindfulness practice while searching for relief from debilitating back pain that had intensified over several years.

Through the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, David experienced a dramatic reduction in pain and a corresponding improvement in overall wellness.

Inspired by his experience and his interactions with other participants, he enrolled in teacher training at UMass Medical School's Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society, a department co-founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., developer of MBSR.

David is currently an instructor of MBSR and a part-time consultant at the UMass Center for Mindfulness.  David's formal education includes a Bachelor's Degree from Dartmouth College and a Master's Degree in Education from Cambridge College

Testimonials and/or references:
"Excellent presentation, professionally done, committed to making the material clear."

"I appreciated the openness and acceptance of the instructor and the group."

"I feel more confident, more relaxed."

"David is very thoughtful and thorough. Handles sensitive topics with grace. Created a safe environment to explore material."

"David Spound has impeccable credentials with current brain science as a fundament of his practice. I would without hesitation refer anyone with an ounce of imagination to him. I felt entirely safe and respected. I was gratified to learn that there is no way practicing "mindfulness" is ever anything but the right way to do it. Imagine—something everybody can do the right way! How often does this happen in life? The workshop provided me personal benefits beyond my expectations."

Service area by country, state or zip code:

State (s): Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, Rhode Island.