Discovering Your Neurotype in Mindfulness: Sensory-Aware Practices that are Neuro-Affirming

LIVE Workshop: Thursday, September 25, 2025

Neurodivergent folks often navigate a world not designed for all sensory and social needs—and this includes traditional mindfulness and therapeutic environments. Practices that emphasize stillness, silence, or unspoken norms can unintentionally exclude or overwhelm those with sensory sensitivities or different ways of relating.

This experiential workshop invites helping professionals to deepen their understanding of the challenges neurodivergent clients may face in navigating a predominantly neurotypical world. Participants will be guided through a Mindful Self-Inventory practice to identify which sensory inputs are most soothing, and how to apply these insights to customize practices. We’ll also explore how to support clients in using their mindfulness skills not just to self-soothe, but to self-advocate—in therapeutic groups, one-on-one sessions, and daily life.

Whether you work with autistic clients, ADHDers, highly sensitive, or those anywhere along the spectrum of neurodivergence, this workshop will deepen your capacity to offer mindfulness as a supportive, inclusive, and agency-enhancing resource. As many of us facilitators are also neurodivergent, these reflections also serve as an opportunity to strengthen our own awareness and professional practice. 

Live Workshop: Thursday, September 25th, 2025 - 4:00 - 5:30 PM ET. Zoom. In your timezone: 1:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM BST / 10:00 PM CEST.

In this workshop, you will:

• Gain insight into some of the sensory and social differences neurodivergent clients may encounter in a neurotypical world

• Learn how to facilitate a “Mindful Self-Inventory” that helps clients identify their most soothing sensory anchors

• Empower clients to understand their neurotype and cultivate the confidence to advocate for their needs in mindfulness practice and beyond

This workshop includes on-demand CE learning and resources:

• A PDF Facilitation Guide: Discovering Your Sensory Neurotype in Mindfulness
• On-Demand learning on:
  
  • Understanding our personal neural profile and Interfacing with a predominantly Neurotypical Society
  • Mindful Self-Inventory Practice
  • Empowering Client Self-Awareness and Self-Advocacy On and Off the Cushion
• Professional transcripts for easy reference.
• A replay of the live workshop.

CE Hours = 1.5

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Sue Hutton, MSW, RSW has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1985 and loves finding creative ways of adapting mindfulness for each person’s uniqueness. Sue infuses a human rights and accessibility lens in her mindfulness work. Working with the CAMH Azrieli Neurodevelopmental Centre mindfulness research team for the last decade, Sue creates neuro-affirming mindfulness practices with and for autistic adults and their caregivers. https://www.suehuttonmindfulness.com