Dr. Amy Saltzman is a holistic physician, mindfulness coach and lead coach for the mPEAK (Mindfulness Performance Enhancement Awareness and Knowledge) program, at the Center for Mindfulness at UCSD.  She is recognized as a visionary and pioneer in the fields of holistic medicine and mindfulness for youth. 

 

Dr. Saltzman is founder and director of the Association for Mindfulness in Education, an inaugural and longstanding member of the steering committee for the Mindfulness in Education Network, and a founding member of the Northern California Advisory Committee on Mindfulness.

 

Dr.Saltzman has written two books, ‘A Still Quiet Place:

A Mindfulness Program for Teaching Children and Adolescents to Ease Stress and Difficult Emotions’, and

‘A Still Quiet Place for Teens: A Mindfulness Workbook to Ease Stress and Difficult Emotions’.  Her third publication is the, soon to be released, ‘Still Quiet Place for Athletes: Transformational and Mindfulness Skills for Finding Flow in Sports and in Life’.

 

Based in San Francisco, Dr. Saltzman provides holistic medical care and individual mindfulness instruction to children, teens, and adults.  She also offers ‘in-person’ and online, presentations and courses for children, teens, athletes, coaches, parents, educators, and health care professionals.  As a mindfulness coach, her passion is supporting people of all ages in finding flow.