The Compassionate Mindful Resilience teacher training (CMRTT) course is for trained mindfulness teachers, who want to develop their skills further.  The 14-hour training equips participants with all the tools they need, including all teaching resources, to teach the 4-week course to their organisation or participants.

This course is for anyone who wants to teach an introductory course that teaches simple, effective, evidence-based practices, skills, and techniques to help manage stress, develop resilience and enhance well-being using mindfulness & compassion.  It is suitable to be taught in any organisation, group of individuals or an individual, that teaches, supports and/or cares for others. You can teach this course to anyone and no previous experience is necessary by the participants. 

All applicants must have all the prerequisites below:

1. Completed a mindfulness teacher training with a teacher training organisation (for example BAMBA member organisations) or have a 200hour training or equivalent, with evidence of the qualification
2. Is a MindfulnessUK Alumni member
3. Has a sustained regular ongoing  mindful and/or mindful and compassion meditation practice

If you are unsure if you meet these or would like an informal chat please contact us at info@mindfulnessuk.com or call the office on 01823 697527.

This is a 14 hour course (13 hours classroom time delivered online via Zoom and the final hour is optional and will be in the format of a CMR reconnect session where MindfulnessUK can update learners on any information, and teachers can come and ask questions and share stories)

MindfulnessUK provides a participant pack, PowerPoint and meditation recordings for delivery and a Trainers pack electronically.

All materials will be sent to you after completing the course and signing the course agreement with MindfulnessUK.

Each cohort is encouraged to have a WhatsApp group so learners often ask each other and if in doubt contact  the admin team or phone the office and a CMR tutor will respond asap, we are a friendly bunch at MindfulnessUK ?

No, you don’t need to have any particular background.  You may or may not have a specific group that you have expertise already in with and wish to teach them the CMR or you may have never taught anything before and are looking for a new career path. There are no placements or clinical hours for this course.

No, this course is unique to MindfulnessUK. 

Cost on application includes  14 hours of teaching sessions via Zoom.

CMR participants resources pack is full of information for your participants to follow. Downloadable mindfulness and compassion meditation practices

1. Compassionate body scan
2. Compassionate mindful movement
3. Affectionate Breathing
4. Access to Vimeo – recorded practices

CMR Trainer Resources

• CMR PowerPoint – For delivery of Training and not to be disseminated to participants
• Separate PowerPoint Page One to add your own branding alongside MindfulnessUK’s.
• CMR Trainers Pack
• Certificate of attendance for participants

The Cost as a one-off payment is £415 and payment in full is due on application. 

Do contact us via info@mindfulnessuk.com if you have financial circumstances that prevent you applying and require instalments – all requests are considered.

All Cancellation, Terms and Conditions on the website apply.

Additional elements costs:

Anyone applying must be a MindfulnessUK Alumni member and you need to be an active member any time you deliver the CMR training.  All CMR trainers must adhere to the BAMBA GPGs.

The duration of the teaching session is 14 hours and you will receive a certificate on completion of the training.

Missing a teaching session:

Learners must attend 100% of the teaching sessions.  

If the learner misses  one teaching session, they will be sent a recording of the session  and they will be expected to watch it before the next teaching session.  If they miss more than 1 session then they will be required to attend a Tutorial session with their tutor at the additional  cost of £70 per hour. (noting this is also an option if the learner misses one session)

Deferrals:

If, due to unforeseen circumstances, learners need to pause their study, once the course has commenced,  they have an option to request a deferral.  This needs to be requested within one week of missing a teaching session by emailing the admin team with a clear reason for your request. Learners can then agree with the tutor the next course that works for them and they will be automatically enrolled for all 4 sessions.

Deferrals to other courses are dependent on availability, a deferral fee and any additional registration fee applies as per the terms and conditions on the website.

Leaving the course:

If, due to unforeseen circumstances, learners decide to leave their studies, they must inform the admin team by email who will amend all records accordingly. All Cancellation Terms and Conditions on the website will apply.

Our Alumni Community and continue to connect with like-minded people and gain in-sight and knowledge from the MindfulnessUK team.  The community is owned by us all and is an opportunity to attend mindfulness-based business development training, take part in sitting groups, get access to updated course information, insightful research and collaborate with other trained teachers, as well as 10% off masterclasses and retreats.  To book please visit our Alumni page on the website.

These are covered in the teaching sessions with detail and links given in our comprehensive trainers pack, this will refresh your memory from your teacher training courses.  The BAMBA Good Practice Guidelines for Mindfulness teachers, GPGs include things like having appropriate insurance to teach, supervision, regular retreats, and commitment to professional development. These GPGs can be found at www.bamba.org

On completion of the course you will be asked to sign a teacher’s agreement and when we receive this you will have access to the course materials.

The reason for this is that the Materials and Handouts are the property of MindfulnessUK who hold copyright over them and are the culmination of over 20 years of expertise and training.

The Intellectual Property belongs to MindfulnessUK and the Course must be delivered in the way that it has been taught to the Teacher, using the materials given in the form of: 1) PowerPoint presentation (optional) 2) Teacher Trainer Pack 3) Participant’s Resource Pack.

Other Continuous Professional Development opportunities are all listed on the website and include Masterclasses, E-learning, 8 week MBSR and Retreats.

The GPGs include attending 5 days of Retreat per annum, these can be completed as single days, 2 & 3 days or 5 days.  MindfunessUK offer a range, both online or in person. Full details on the website.

MindfulnessUK is working in partnership with Newcastle University to research the efficacy of the course for those who work in the social and health care sectors.   

All CMR teachers will be invited to support the research by encouraging their participants to complete the questionnaires.  And all teachers will have access to the final research report when it is completed (date tbc)

The research is discussed in detail in the final session of the training.