Compassionate Mindful Resilience Teacher Training
What is the CMR Teacher Training?
If you are a trained mindfulness teacher, through any BAMBA organisation, have joined our Alumni Community and are looking to develop your skills further, then this course is ideal for you.
The CMR programme, taught in a virtual classroom via zoom, will teach you how to build resilience through the blend of mindfulness and compassion in a creative way. You will learn how to use shorter, more bespoke practices and coping strategies, all aiming to promote higher levels of self-kindness, resilience and feelings of robustness and empowerment.
You need to be an Alumni Community member to apply for this course.
Reasons to Enrol
What we offer
We will give you the tools and information to be able to then bring your learning back to your organisation and teach your participants how mindfulness and compassion can support emotional well-being. Each session will help them to understand more about stress and how it affects the body and mind, and develop the resources to embrace mindfulness and compassion within their lives.
Session One
Exploring Mindfulness and Compassion
Session Two
Cultivating Emotional Intelligence
Session Three
Developing Resilience
Session Four
Feeling Resourced and Connected
Meet your tutors
Karen Atkinson
Karen is the Co-founder and Senior Partner of MindfulnessUK, an author, a trustee of the British Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches (BAMBA), a teacher and trainer of mindfulness and compassion skills and practices, and a Bangor trained supervisor of mindfulness teachers. Karen has been teaching mindful movement and meditation for over 30 years, and recently published ‘Compassionate Mindful Inquiry in Therapeutic Practice’. It is fair to say that she takes the greatest pride in having used her unique position to develop the Integrated Mindfulness and Compassion Qualification, a ground-breaking qualification and the first of its kind in the market. As a highly respected, extremely experienced, and well-trained mindfulness teacher with a warm, intuitive, friendly, and professional manner, Karen’s mission is to bring this enhanced enjoyment of life to as many people as possible.
Kate Elliott
Kate has a background in the corporate world, where she has worked in Campaign Marketing and more recently in Change and Talent Management. Through her experience and working with a diverse client background (teaching mindfulness and yoga), she became more aware of the pressures we face in today’s world and the impact it has on people’s mental health and wellbeing and it was this insight that led her complete the MBSR, IMC and CMR teacher training courses with MindfulnessUK. As an adoptive Mum to a little girl, Kate knows firsthand the pressures that come with caring for a child with a background in trauma and has experienced compassion fatigue several times. She is passionate about supporting people who work in the health and social care sectors, to equip them with the tools and resilience they need to keep doing the fantastic job they do for society.
Angie Ward
Angie is Head of Teacher Training and delivers the IMC Qualification as well as supporting all new students as they start their training at Mindfulness UK. Angie leads our partnership projects with the Mental Health Foundation and develops and delivers Mindfulness and Compassion Programmes in Education, Health and Social Care for Teaching & Support Staff, Children and Young People. Angie’s career in Health and Social care spans over 20 years, working with people in social care, and children’s and mental health charities as well as specialising in developing and delivering training and CPD for equality, diversity and Special Educational Needs (SEN.) Benefitting from regular meditation for many years, Angie is an experienced and supportive tutor with a sensitive approach to teaching and leading students through the transformation of learning.
Don't just take our word for it...
It was great to see you on the training sessions Karen and be taught by yourself. Your passion and knowledge are so inspiring.
Hollie Warren
To help you decide whether this is the right course for you take a look at our frequently asked questions for more information.
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:
- 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
- Is a MindfulnessUK Alumni member
- 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
- Compassionate body scan
- Compassionate mindful movement
- Affectionate Breathing
- 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.
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