Bonnie Weiss is the owner of The School of Mindful Arts, teaching meditation, contemplative art and sustainability to children since 2017. In 2025 she added the adult education division MaitriMind-Meditation for Health, to serve adults with mindfulness meditation, especially those with chronic illnesses.
Bonnie’s training in teaching meditation includes being led by Tempa Dukte Lama to found the Olmo Ling Family Sangha, the first Tibetan Bon Buddhist children’s program in the West in 2011, and coordinating children’s programming for the Buddhist Society of Pittsburgh since 2014.
EDUCATION
Current student at Brown University School of Professional Studies MBSR Teacher Training Pathway 2024-Present
QUALIFIED MBSR TEACHER
MBSR-T (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Teens) Certification 2019
Awaken Pittsburgh’s Mindful Connections for Classrooms Training 2018
Path of Freedom Certificate from The Prison Mindfulness Institute 2018
Nonviolent Communication Certification 2018
Graduate of Mindful Schools Training
2016-2017
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
University of Pittsburgh Mindfulness Fair 2016-2019
Robert Morris University Educational Conference
2019
Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young Children UN-Conference 2018
Building Compassionate Learning Communities Day of Practice
2018
MindBe Preschool Mindfulness Summit 2018
The STAR Summit for Magellan Health Network- Keynote Speaker
2017
OTHER TEACHING COLLABORATIONS ON MINDFULNESS
- Angels’ Place Childcare Center- Professional Development
-The Partnership in Education-Duquesne University
-Brashear H.S.- Pittsburgh Public -ESL
Students
-Shady Side Academy Senior School-LEAD at SSA
-Carriage House Children’s Center
- Shady Side Academy Junior School
-Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh- Public Programming
-Spectrum Autism Support School-PD
-East End Homeschoolers Cooperative
-The Ellis School
-St. Edmund’s Academy
-Winchester Thurston School
-Sweetwater Center for the Arts
-Waverly Presbyterian Church Summer Camp
-Fairview Elementary, Fox Chapel School District
-Fox Chapel Country Day School
-Laurie Ann West Community Center
-OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit
-Oxford Athletic Club
-The Falk School- Family Mindfulness
-Woodland Hills Intermediate- Professional Development
Bonnie’s training in teaching meditation includes being led by Tempa Dukte Lama to found the Olmo Ling Family Sangha, the first Tibetan Bon Buddhist children’s program in the West in 2011, and coordinating children’s programming for the Buddhist Society of Pittsburgh since 2014.
EDUCATION
Current student at Brown University School of Professional Studies MBSR Teacher Training Pathway 2024-Present
QUALIFIED MBSR TEACHER
MBSR-T (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Teens) Certification 2019
Awaken Pittsburgh’s Mindful Connections for Classrooms Training 2018
Path of Freedom Certificate from The Prison Mindfulness Institute 2018
Nonviolent Communication Certification 2018
Graduate of Mindful Schools Training
2016-2017
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
University of Pittsburgh Mindfulness Fair 2016-2019
Robert Morris University Educational Conference
2019
Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young Children UN-Conference 2018
Building Compassionate Learning Communities Day of Practice
2018
MindBe Preschool Mindfulness Summit 2018
The STAR Summit for Magellan Health Network- Keynote Speaker
2017
OTHER TEACHING COLLABORATIONS ON MINDFULNESS
- Angels’ Place Childcare Center- Professional Development
-The Partnership in Education-Duquesne University
-Brashear H.S.- Pittsburgh Public -ESL
Students
-Shady Side Academy Senior School-LEAD at SSA
-Carriage House Children’s Center
- Shady Side Academy Junior School
-Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh- Public Programming
-Spectrum Autism Support School-PD
-East End Homeschoolers Cooperative
-The Ellis School
-St. Edmund’s Academy
-Winchester Thurston School
-Sweetwater Center for the Arts
-Waverly Presbyterian Church Summer Camp
-Fairview Elementary, Fox Chapel School District
-Fox Chapel Country Day School
-Laurie Ann West Community Center
-OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit
-Oxford Athletic Club
-The Falk School- Family Mindfulness
-Woodland Hills Intermediate- Professional Development