About – Anna Taneburgo B.S.W.,M.Ed.,R.S.W.

Anna Taneburgo’s training embraces both Western and Eastern modalities. She has a Bachelor of Social Work (McMaster University) and Master of Adult Education (University of Toronto). She is also a trained Reiki Master, Kripalu Yoga Teacher and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher.

Anna has over 30 years in health care, which includes counselling and staff training in area hospitals, and establishing a nationally acclaimed holistic staff wellness program.

As the Mindfulness Educator for Hamilton Health Sciences from 2013-16, Anna provided mindfulness-based programming to hundreds of staff, physicians and leaders.

From 2011 to 2020, Anna taught numerous mindfulness-based courses to healthcare professionals through the Program for Faculty Development, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University.

Her explorations of complementary healing practices, and her quest to bridge conventional and complementary medicine, has led to the unique way she works with individuals in her private practice.

Anna is a member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. She is also verified by Psychology Today.

More about Anna’s training and experience…

Energy Healing
Anna has trained with some of the top names in energy work today – Mietek Wirkus, the most scientifically studied bio-energy healer in North America; Libby Barnett, Master Teacher of over 7,000 Reiki practitioners in the U.S. and Canada; and Ric Weinman, founder of Vortex Healing. She has also studied Brennan Healing Science.

Mindfulness Teacher Training
At the Omega Institute in New York, Anna studied Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, who is internationally recognized for bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of medicine and society. She then went on to complete the Professional Practicum at the Centre for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre. She has also trained in Mindful Communication through the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Mindfulness Teacher Training

At the Omega Institute in New York, Anna studied Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, who is internationally recognized for bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of medicine and society. She then went on to complete the Professional Practicum at the Centre for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre. She has also trained in Mindful Communication through the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Meditation
Anna has attended numerous week-long meditation retreats with the American Buddhist teacher Shinzen Young. She has also attended retreats with the American Advaita Vedanta teacher, Adyashanti, and Canadian Vipassana teachers Norman Feldman and Molly Swan, Philip Starkman and Ajahn Viradhammo. More recently, she has attended retreats with Unified Mindfulness teacher, Har-Prakash Khalsa and Insight Meditation Society teacher Winnie Nazarko. Anna is a founding member of Mindfulness Hamilton.

Meditation

Anna has attended numerous week-long meditation retreats with the American Buddhist teacher Shinzen Young. She has also attended retreats with the American Advaita Vedanta teacher, Adyashanti, and Canadian Vipassana teachers Norman Feldman and Molly Swan, Philip Starkman and Ajahn Viradhammo. More recently, she has attended retreats with Unified Mindfulness teacher, Har-Prakash Khalsa and Insight Meditation Society teacher Winnie Nazarko. Anna is a founding member of Mindfulness Hamilton.

Yoga Teacher Training
Anna received her certification as a yoga teacher at the Kripalu Centre for Yoga and Health, in Lenox, Massachusetts. She has taught yoga as a mindfulness practice at the Mindfulness Centre in Oakville, Beams of Light Yoga Studio in Winona and in a private studio in Dundas.

Personality Types
Anna is a certified trainer in both True Colours and Personality Dimensions, which are tools for understanding personality types and differences.

Education
Anna taught Human Relations courses at Mohawk College for 3 years, and was an instructor in the Social Service Worker program at Sheridan College for four.