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OMF Branch
Training
Our branch trainings enable trained teachers of MBCT and MBSR to train to teach Mindfulness for Life. These trainings have been designed considering the existing skills and competencies of MBCT and MBSR teachers and focuses exclusively on those elements of the Mindfulness for Life curriculum that are new or distinct and that require teachers to gain additional knowledge or skills.
Mindfulness for Life is a development of MBCT for the general population. It includes 8 weekly sessions, home practice, and an all-day session and teaches skills both for working with painful and difficult experience and for increasing wellbeing and flourishing.
These teacher trainings include theoretical and empirical foundations for Mindfulness for Life, the structure and sequence of the curriculum, and learning to teach key practices and exercises, including cognitive-behavioural exercises, appreciation and befriending practices, and a sitting with difficulty practice. We also include discussion of how breathing spaces are used and how inquiry is conducted in Mindfulness for Life.
We assume that all participants are experienced teachers of the practices that are present in both Mindfulness for Life and in the curriculum they have already trained.
Branch Trainings
at a Glance
Branch Training from MBCT to Mindfulness for Life
Duration
2 days
Who is it for?
Fully trained teachers of MBCT who would like to learn to teach the Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) Curriculum
Entry Criteria
Have completed an 8-week MBCT-L course as a participant, led by a teacher in-person or live online.
Have completed an MBSR teacher training pathway of at least 12 months. Have an established regular mindfulness practice.
Certificate of Attendance offered?
Yes – Provided participants attend all aspects of the training and participate fully.
Competency Assessment included?
No
Branch Training from MBSR to Mindfulness for Life
Duration
6 days
Who is it for?
Fully trained teachers of MBCT who would like to learn to teach the Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) Curriculum
Entry Criteria
Have completed an 8-week MBCT-L course as a participant, led by a teacher in-person or live online.
Have completed an MBSR teacher training pathway of at least 12 months. Have an established regular mindfulness practice.
Certificate of Attendance offered?
Yes – Provided participants attend all aspects of the training and participate fully.
Competency Assessment included?
No
Branch Training from Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) to MBCT
Duration
2 days
Who is it for?
Fully trained teachers of Mindfulness for Life who would like to learn to teach Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Curriculum
Entry Criteria
Have completed an 8-week MBCT-L course as a participant, led by a teacher in-person or live online.
Have completed an MBCT teacher training pathway of at least 12 months. Have an established regular mindfulness practice.
Certificate of Attendance offered?
Yes – Provided participants attend all aspects of the training and participate fully.
Competency Assessment included?
No
Branch Training from Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) to Finding Peace in Frantic World
Duration
1 day
Who is it for?
Fully trained teachers of Mindfulness for Life who would like to learn to teach the Introducing Mindfulness (IM) Curriculum
Entry Criteria
Have completed an 8-week MBCT-L course as a participant, led by a teacher in-person or live online. Have completed the OMF 12 month Mindfulness for Life Teacher Training Pathway OR have completed a Branch Training that enables them to Teach Mindfulness for Life. Have an established regular mindfulness practice.
Certificate of Attendance offered?
Yes – Provided participants attend all aspects of the training and participate fully.
Competency Assessment included?
No
Branch Training from Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) to Introducing Mindfulness
Duration
1 day
Who is it for?
Fully trained teachers of Mindfulness for Life who would like to learn to teach the Introducing Mindfulness (IM) Curriculum
Entry Criteria
Have completed an 8-week MBCT-L course as a participant, led by a teacher in-person or live online. Have completed the OMF 12 month Mindfulness for Life Teacher Training Pathway OR have completed a Branch Training that enables them to Teach Mindfulness for Life. Have an established regular mindfulness practice.
Certificate of Attendance offered?
Yes – Provided participants attend all aspects of the training and participate fully.
Competency Assessment included?
No
Branch Training from MBSR or MBCT to Introducing Mindfulness
Duration
10 days
Who is it for?
Fully trained teachers of MBSR or MBCT who would like to offer the OMF Introducing Mindfulness curriculum
Entry Criteria
Have completed a 3-week Introduction to Mindfulness course as a participant, led by a teacher in-person or live online. Have completed an MBSR or MBCT teacher training pathway of at least 12 months. Have an established regular mindfulness practice.
Certificate of Attendance offered?
Yes – Provided participants attend all aspects of the training and participate fully.
Competency Assessment included?
No
Learning outcomes
- Learn about the background and rationale for the Mindfulness for Life curriculum
- Understand the structure and sequence of this curriculum
- Practice teaching key practices and exercises that are part of this curriculum
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