Instructors
Mary O’Callaghan
Mary O'Callaghan
Mary O’Callaghan, MA is the Director of Oscailt Integrative Health Centre and our core Mindfulness Instructor. She is an accredited psychotherapist who has also been exploring meditation practices for over thirty years. During this time, she spent eight years in India undergoing training in Eastern philosophy and meditation. She has also led meditation retreats in Europe and Asia.
Now based in Dublin, Mary is committed to offering Mindfulness Training in a contemporary context. Her approach offers a synthesis of what she has found most valuable in both Eastern and Western traditions. It is designed to be accessible to all who wish to have a greater sense of connection to both themselves and the world around them.
Fidelma Farley
Fidelma worked as a lecturer in Film Studies, Women’s Studies and Irish studies for fifteen years in Ireland and in Scotland. She learnt to meditate in 2004 and has had a consistent practice of mindful meditation since then. Fidelma has undergone training with Breathworks, a not-for-profit organisation based in Manchester, UK that offers mindfulness-based courses for those experiencing pain, illness or stress. Fidelma has led mindfulness-based courses for MS Ireland, for community groups, for carers and for people experiencing pain, illness or stress.
Fidelma’s own mindfulness practice has both enhanced and transformed her life and her mindfulness teaching stems from a desire for others to have the opportunity to experience similar benefits. In the courses she has run, she has seen how mindfulness is particularly effective in the management of chronic pain or a long term health condition, enabling people to experience a rich and full life, while living with pain or illness. Her courses place a particular emphases on kindness to oneself and others and on creating a warm, friendly and supportive atmosphere.
Aisling Curtin
Aisling Curtin is a Counselling Psychologist. She completed the Professional Training in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy in the US with Zindel Segal, Ph.D, the first author of MBCT. Aisling is currently completing the Advanced Diploma in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapies in the UK. She has been practicing Mindfulness since 2005.
Aisling has experience in delivering Mindfulness-based groups in University, Hospital and Cancer Care settings. She is currently co-ordinating and facilitating MBCT groups tailored for those with OCD for OCD Ireland, a not-for-profit organisation. Aisling conducts research on mindfulness-based approaches that is being presented nationally and internationally.