It depends on the retreat you have already attended. BAMBA stipulates that it must be mainly silent, teacher-led, and mindfulness, compassion, and/or insight practices. All MindfulnessUK retreats that meet the GPGs are advertised as such, we cannot advise on retreats that we are not organising. We also recommend that the retreat is delivered by an …
If they are a trained mindfulness supervisor who delivers the MBSR course at least once per year, then yes you can work with them as your supervisor. Supervisors refer to the MBI-TAC (Mindfulness-based Intervention – Teaching Assessment Criteria).
Yes, you may charge participants for a mindfulness session as you will have completed the training via teaching sessions with MindfulnessUK. It is your decision on how much you want to charge. We would recommend that you research mindfulness sessions in your area and decide on a good price to charge.
Yes, you can apply to become a regulated teacher with BAMBA once all the teacher training elements have been completed.
You can become a Compassionate Mindful Resilience (CMR) 4 session course Trainer by attending the CMR Train the Trainer Programme. 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 …
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These are covered in the teaching sessions with detail and links given in our comprehensive course notes. The BAMBA Good Practice Guidelines for Mindfulness teachers, GPGs include things like, these include having appropriate insurance to teach, supervision, regular retreats, commitment to professional development. These GPGs can be found at www.bamba.org
We encourage all our mindfulness students and graduates to join our Community Membership 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 …
You graduate once you have completed all elements of this pathway and can then teach the 8-week MBSR to participants of your choice, whilst adhering to the BAMBA Good Practice Guidelines if you are a listed teacher.
Missing a teaching session: Learners must attend 100% of the teaching sessions and if any are missed they are required to attend a Tutorial session with their tutor at the additional cost of £70 per hour. Most tutorial sessions last 2 hours. There is guidance for Absenteeism in the Student Handbook for learners to refer. …
This is a minimum of a one year pathway commencing on the date of your first teaching session with MindfulnessUK. There is no set timescale for completing all the elements of the pathway, it is flexible and designed to fit with other commitments. Once learners complete all elements, they provide evidence as specified on the …
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