Janet Alston Jackson

During her training, Janet left her 20 year career promoting iconic celebrities and classic television shows for ABC and CBS Television Networks, and started a non-profit to help high-risk families learn about mindfulness practice. Her memoir "A Cry for Light: A Journey Into Love," about how mindfulness helped her find inner peace and healing for her special needs son, won the USA Book News award for Christian Inspiration. Janet is co-owner of Sporting the Right Attitude, a motivational company, and facilitates Mindfulness presentations to companies and college students with her husband, Walter Jackson, Msc.D. Janet is a certified coach for Heartmath, and a Reiki Master. Janet spent four years in the ministry. She received the Three Jewels and Five Mindfulness Trainings Certification from world-renowned Mindfulness teacher and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Mr. Nhat Hanh, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King. Thich Nhat Hanh also wrote an intro to Janet's memoir, "A Cry for Light: A Journey Into Love." The memoir, which won the USA Book News award, chronicles Janet's journey into the Mindfulness practice, as it helped her raise her emotionally disturbed adopted son. Her is Dharma name "Compassionate Healer of the Heart." Janet’s training also includes Foundations of Unified Mindfulness for Teachers. She is also a licensed Heartmath coach, Reiki Master and certified in the Law of Attraction and Mindfulness. Janet is certified by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association as a Certified Mindfulness Teacher, Professional Level.