This 6 day practice-based training is designed to strengthen your competencies in communicating mindfulness practices in both personal and professional settings.

This immersive training, delivered online, will further develop confidence in everyday mindful living and mindfulness-based teaching through a broader and deeper understanding of mindfulness and the ever-changing wider issues that impact the way we meet the world.

*Please note: this is currently referred to as the Going Deeper course in the Teacher Training Pathway documents – the name has been changed to avoid confusion with other similarly named courses but the content is the same.

We will be updating all our documents/website shortly.*

The training has two overarching aims:

1/ broadening skills and understanding beyond any previous Specialist Training by further exploring key themes within mindfulness and ways of effectively relating these to others.

2/ deepening skills and understanding by i/ a principle-led training framed on the 6 MBI-TAC Domains (rather than being limited to any particular 8-week curriculum); and ii/ offering masterclass style mentoring for guiding the main formal mindfulness practices (Body Scan, Movement and Sitting) and the inquiry process linked to these iii) exploring and enhancing understanding of some of the main teaching themes as relevant to the particular teaching specialism you have chosen.

This is an essential step in completing our comprehensive modular training programme, delivered by the Mindfulness Network, in collaboration with Bangor University.

Structure:

pre reading and an orientation session (13th January)
2 x 3 day modules online: 17th – 19th January & 31st January – 2nd February 2025
consolidation week between modules with peer group work and home practice
Who is it for?

Mindfulness teachers with experience of supervised teaching who wish to explore how to teach in a more embodied way
Mindfulness teachers who wish to extend their repertoire of teaching contexts and populations with confidence and integrity and so be more responsive to our changing times
Mindfulness teachers who wish to build on existing skills of guiding practices and inquiry
Those training to convey mindfulness to others and guide mindfulness-based practice in a wide range of settings and contexts
Learning Aims:

Learn skills and experience in embodied teaching
Learn to convey mindfulness from the underpinning principles
Understand in greater depth key themes of mindfulness including perception, the body and movement, working with challenges, cultivating states of wellbeing, communication and living with awareness in everyday life
Collegial learning though a shared exploration of teaching methods and styles
Learn through focused mentoring with highly experienced trainers on core practices and inquiry
Increase competency in the Domains of the MBI-TAC (more information on the MBI-TAC can be found here)
Pre-requisites for attending:

Participation in an eight-week mindfulness-based programme
Essentials training (or equivalent) and one or more Specialist Trainings (e.g. MBCT/MBSR/Mindfulness in a One to One Context/Mindfulness in the Workplace)
Attended at least one 5 day mindfulness-based retreat
Minimum of 9 months teaching experience and/or taught a minimum of 2 MBCT/MBSR courses
Participants may also find it useful to increase their familiarity with the MBI TAC domains via the MBI TAC Level 1 training
Participants must commit to the entire online training. Unless there are exceptional circumstances, we are unable to negotiate late arrivals or early leaving. If this is not possible, please contact us to discuss before submitting an application.