Judith Lies
A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for 27 years, Judith is a founder of HEARTWOOD Mindfulness Practice Center, (now in its 9th year) and has been an instructor of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in medical, mental health, professional, educational, religious, and corporate settings for 19 years.
She completed the professional training with Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1993 and currently studies with Thich Nhat Hanh and his monks and nuns in France and the U.S. to continue to deepen her mindfulness practice. She is also Lay Ordained in Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of Interbeing, and has been the primary facilitator of the Blooming Heart Sangha in the tradition of Thinch Nhat Hanh for 10 years. In 2003, Judith completed the Being with Dying course developed by Joan Halifax.
Judith offered a four year training with a group of United Methodist Ministers from across the state in Mindfulness, Buddhism, and Christianity. She has been honored at both RESTORE Conferences as a Healer Mentor in the Twin Cities; mentored her 5th MBSR Instructor, all of which are now teaching MBSR in areas across the state. Last fall, Judith was an MBSR Instructor in a fourth research project sponsored by the University of Minnesota and the Women's Heart Health Program of the Minneapolis Heart Health Institute/Foundation and was hired to teach Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction to the Professional Staff at Hazelden.
She periodically facilitates the University of Minnesota Student Mindfulness Group, and helped to create Abbott Northwestern Hospitals Center for Health and Healing Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program.
This fall she will again be teaching MBSR in St. Paul at the River Garden Yoga Studio, and at a new location, Well Within in Woodbury. Plans are also being made in the next 6 months for a course at Augsburg College.
Please read further to learn just a few of Judith's offerings in the Twin Cities over the past few years in medical, mental health professional, corporate, educational and volunteer settings.
MEDICAL SETTING INTEGRATIVE CARE PROVIDER
- Hazelden, MBSR Instructor for professional staff, Fall 2010
- University of Minnesota Nursing PhD study with nurses at Abbott Northwestern Hospital (4 MBSR groups)
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Women's Heart Health Program and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing research study: Midlife Women's Health; MBSR Instructor
- Health East, St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Paul: Mind, Body, Baby, Learning MBSR Skills in the 2nd Trimester, MBSR Instructor
- Twin City Chapter of Patient Representatives, MBSR Instruction
- Abbott Northwestern Hospital Center for Health and Healing: MBSR Instructor
- Health Partners Women's Health Clinic: Integrative Care Specialist and Clinic Design Team Member
- RESOLVE (Infertility): Annual Conference Keynote and panel presenter
- Health Partners: MBSR Instructor in Mental Health Department, Health Promotion Department and Cardiac High Risk Reduction Program
- Seeds of Mindfulness: MBSR Instructor to the general public, medical, mental health and education professionals
- Psychotherapist: private practice
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL OFFERINGS
- Founding Team Member: East/West Mental Health Professionals Networking Organization
- Co-organizer: Minnesota Psychological Association Fall 2005 2-day conference: Bringing the East into the Western Psychotherapy Office
- Co-founder: HEARTWOOD Mindfulness Practice Center
- Conference Presenter: Minnesota Women in Psychology Fireside Chat
- Minnesota Women in Psychology 2 day retreat
- Minnesota Association of Clinical Social Workers one day conference
- Graduate School presentations: University of Minnesota School of Psychology, Saint Catherine’s School of Social Work, Saint Mary’s Human Resources and Social Work Programs, and Augsburg College School of Social Work
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Participant in 16 PhD research dissertations in Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, Spirituality and Psychotherapy, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
CORPORATE/BUSINESS OFFERINGS
Presentations in over 30 major Twin Cities corporations in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, including:
- American Express
- Accenture
- Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Minnesota
- Carlson Companies
- IBM
- Minnesota Public Radio
- Minnesota State Judicial System
- Minnesota Life
- Pillsbury
- Prudential
- Quality Bicycle
- Saint Paul Companies
- Seagate
- Tires Plus
- West Group
MBSR INSTRUCTOR IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS
- Washburn High School
- Minneapolis Public Schools Wellness Program for Teachers
- Dunwoody Institute
- William Mitchell School of Law
- Normandale Community College Dental Assistant Program
- See graduate school listings, above, under "mental health"
VOLUNTEER
- Several local Minnesota chapters of national organizations, presenter: Resolve, Naropathy, Ataxia, and the National Alliance for Mental Illness
- Minnesota National Guard: MBSR course for family members serving in Iraq
- Women’s Cancer Resource Center: MBSR Course and Recurrent Cancer Group Facilitator
- Early Childhood Family Education: MBSR presentations, Minneapolis and Saint Paul
- Minnesota Psychological Association: 2005 Fall 2-day conference planning team
- Minnesota Women in Psychology: Steering Committee and Social Action Committee
- Numerous colleges and universities in the Twin Cities: Presentations in graduate programs
- University of Minnesota Student Mindfulness Group: facilitator, 1-2 times per year
- Blooming Heart Sangha in the Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh: Primary facilitator and contact
