Siri Chandler was born and raised in Bangkok, to Californian parents. She is a Thai & USA citizen and has been practicing mindfulness for over 30 years and started teaching mindfulness in 2011.
​​
She trains educators, parents, corporations, athletes, and students of all ages. Her genuineness, kindness and personal experience of the benefits of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction(MBSR) and Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) infuse her courses with a special personal touch.
Siri currently lives in Thailand where she facilitates retreats, courses, and workshops in-person and online. As an enthusiastic life-long learner, Siri devotes her time to continuously deepening her own practice. She is especially drawn to bringing mindfulness into daily life in a practical way and is enthusiastic to share this way of being with others. She enjoys wing foiling, kiteboarding, trekking, yoga and walking on the beach with her dogs.
​
​
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
-
Certified Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher, UCSD Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Institute, 2021
-
Trained Teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion, Center for Mindful Self-Compassion 2019
-
Mindful Self Compassion Teacher Training, Bowral, NSW, Australia, 2018
-
Trained to Teach the Mindfulness in Schools Project .begin Curriculum, online 2018
-
Mindfulness for Athletes course created with guidance from Pete Kirchmer, UCSD, CA, USA 2017
-
MBSR Advanced Teacher Training, Petaluma, CA, USA, 2015
-
MBSR teacher training from UCSD’s Center for Mindfulness, CA, USA, 2014
-
Mindful Schools Certified Instructor, CA, USA, 2014
-
Trained to Teach the Mindfulness in Schools Project ‘Foundations’ Curriculum, Bangkok, Thailand, 2014
-
Trained to Teach the Mindfulness in Schools Project ‘paws.b’ Curriculum, London, UK, 2014
-
Trained to Teach the Mindfulness in Schools Project ‘.b’ Mindfulness Curriculum, Phuket, Thailand, 2013
-
Mindful Schools Curriculum Training, CA, USA, 2013
-
Mindfulness Education Institute Year-Long training, CA, USA, 2012-2013
-
‘Stressed Teens’ Mindfulness Professional Training, CA, USA, 2012
-
‘Still Quiet Place’ Mindfulness Teacher Training, CA, USA, 2011
-
Cultivating Emotional Balance, Teaching Certificate, Phuket, Thailand, 2010
-
International School of Bangkok Teacher, Thailand 1999-2010
-
Cochabamba Coopertive School Teacher, Bolivia, 1998-1999
-
International School Eastern Seaboard, Chonburi, Thailand, 1994-1997
-
Early Learning Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 1993-1994
-
Multiple Subjects, Credential, Dominican University, CA, USA, 1992-1993
-
B.A., Psychology, University California at Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 1987-1991
I have practiced Mindful Self-Compassion with Siri extensively over the past year and have no hesitation in speaking to how much I respect her commitment and appreciate her steady and warm presence. In the area of teaching both Mindfulness and Self-Compassion I regard Siri as highly skilled. Siri brings warmth, authenticity and a loving connected sense of humanness to her teaching, Married in with this is the wisdom that shines through in her teaching of her long term personal practice. it is a rare gift to have a teacher like Siri, on who brings such embodiment to what they are teaching.
Tina Gibson
Certified MSC Teacher and Teacher trainer
