Astrid de Ruiter
Astrid de Ruiter (MSc, Grad Dip Counselling, QCA and PACFA member) is a professional counsellor and psychotherapist, long-term mindfulness meditator and professional mindfulness trainer. 
She has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 2001, and has been teaching since 2006. She practiced Goenka-style Vipassana for about five years, and started practicing Insight meditation through various teachers of Insight Meditation Australia in 2007.

Astrid participated in professional training in MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) by Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli, and by Opengrounds (Sydney). Astrid also trained in MiCBT (Mindfulness-integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) and ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) through various workshops by Russ Harris and by John Forsyth.

Astrid is dedicated to creating an optimum learning environment for everyone in her groups and passionate about helping people discover how they can use mindfulness to make lasting changes in their life. 

You can contact Astrid on:
Phone: 07-5492 7667 
Mobile: 0424 394 259
email: astrid@freeyourmind.net.au

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ASSOCIATES:

Cameron Aggs
Cameron Aggs (M. Psych) MAPS, is a psychologist in private practice in Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast, and the director of Mindfulness Training Australia. A passionate student of mindfulness-based practices for the last 15-years, he has practiced within retreat settings and professional psychology contexts in Australia and internationally. Cameron leads workshops for parents, professionals, the general public, and therapists. His Mindful Therapy (MT) course is one of only a handful of mindfulness based training programs designed specifically for clinicians to have been evaluated worldwide.  The results of his research have been published by ‘Taylor and Francis’ (U.K).

Cam can be contacted at cam@bemindful.com.au 
or through www.bemindful.com.au