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SUMMARY:Mindfulness Meditation Facilitator Training & Certification program (see current Registration bonus)
DESCRIPTION:Become a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Facilitator with this highly practical course\, toolkit & vibrant worldwide community. \n** CURRENT BONUS: If application is approved\, register within 3 days to receive 3 extra months to finish the program\, providing a total of 9 months – you may finish earlier if you wish as this program is very flexible for busy people. Apply now without obligation. ** \nExperienced meditators can gain competency to:\n1) Skillfully facilitate mindfulness meditation sessions\, and\n2) Implement workplace or community mindfulness. \nThe Calm Monkey is the pioneer in teaching both skillful mindfulness facilitation and implementation (since 2014). Learn best practices and get lots of ideas\, scripts and small group practice opportunities so you can feel equipped and confident when leading others. An excellent choice for employees working within an organization and for service providers to offer mindfulness services (whether on a paid or volunteer basis). \nThis program is highly flexible for busy people. You will learn via a self-placed\, online course along with ongoing community practice\, connection and learning opportunities\, and personalized care from Wendy Quan\, Founder of The Calm Monkey. Workplace-friendly\, secular\, evidence-based and trauma and neurodiversity-informed. \nApplications are being accepted and must meet minimum eligibility requirements. This program does not teach basic mindfulness or meditation as such knowledge and experience are prerequisites. If you are not quite eligible\, we are happy to suggest ways to increase your skills then re-apply. \nA ‘Free Preview’ is available to provide you with a clear sense of what this program will do for you and the feel of our worldwide community. \nThis program’s philosophy is to support you in your journey as a facilitator to help others learn and apply mindfulness to their lives.\nLet’s help others create a better experience of life\, and help create a mindful world\, together!
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/mindfulness-meditation-facilitator-training-certification-program/2026-04-19/
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SUMMARY:Mindful Self-Compassion teacher training information session
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in teaching the eight-week Mindful Self-Compassion course? Or would you like to integrate mindfulness and self-compassion into your professional activity (i.e.\, psychotherapy\, coaching\, nursing\, teaching\, etc.)? Join this session to find out what’s involved. \nWhat’s included \nThis session will provide all you need to know about the different steps leading to you being able to teach Mindful Self-Compassion.\nZoe Shobbrook-Fisher\, who is one of the trainers on the teacher training course\, will be leading the session. The session will include a short overview\, after which there will be an opportunity to ask questions. \nBook your place by emailing spft.smc@nhs.net and you will be sent a joining link
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/mindful-self-compassion-teacher-training-information-session/
LOCATION:Online: Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Teacher Training
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SUMMARY:2026 Compassionate Leadership Teacher Training
DESCRIPTION:Opening In-person Retreat April 28 – May 1\, 2026 in London\nIntensive 8-Month Program Includes Online Sessions + Practicum \nAre you feeling the call to lead with heart and humanity during these unprecedented times? What will it take to reimagine outdated\, unsustainable systems that are breaking apart right in front of us? \nIf you are passionate and ready to lead this movement\, join us to become an Accredited Compassionate Leadership Teacher for our renowned Compassionate Leadership Certification Training program. Learn the evidence-based tools\, practices\, and principles that will equip you to train and inspire leaders and changemakers to create lasting shifts. It’s time to bring our innate wisdom and the power of compassion to the forefront of leadership so that individuals\, organizations\, and systems can thrive. \nWhat You’ll Experience\n– A powerful co-learning journey to deepen your understanding of the science of compassion\, proven leadership development practices\, and the integration of the two to create more effective teams and work environments.\n– A supportive and engaged community of committed compassionate leaders bringing change to organizations\, promoting employee flourishing and creating a better world.\n– A concrete\, evidence-based framework for architecting organizational compassion competence to shape the roles\, routines\, culture and networks that create a more successful organization.\n– Practices to deepen personal compassion and leadership capacities – both for yourself and those you teach and lead.\n– A foundation of self-compassion to lead yourself and others with greater ease and authenticity. \nWhat You’ll Learn\n– How to facilitate the Compassionate Leadership Certification Training program\, a modular 12-hour\, research-based training proven to grow self-compassion\, compassion for others\, compassion at work\, and compassion for the greater good.\n– A deep dive into a compassionate and human-centered approach to creating positive change in organizational contexts. You will learn to embody and teach deeper awareness and compassion and apply it at an individual and organizational level. This includes skills for creating psychological safety\, fostering compassionate communication\, building environments of deep belonging\, and strategies for changing systems for the benefit of all.\n– How to respond to real world obstacles and challenges that keep individuals and organizations stuck in outmoded forms of leadership. Learn how to build a compelling case to inspire leaders and organizations to adopt compassionate principles and practices in alignment with the organization’s mission.\n– Grounding in the fundamentals of scientific research relevant to compassionate leadership\, including important findings from psychology\, neuroscience\, and organizational behavior.\n– Research-based structures & approaches to creating cultures that are both compassionate and effective.\n– How to create environments of safety\, connection\, and belonging in your courses and in leadership.\n– Tools and practices for leading compassionately that you can teach others and use in your own life. \nTotal tuition for the program is regularly $4\,750 USD. Through November 30\, tuition is $3\,950 USD\, a savings of $800 during the Super Early Bird period. \nTuition covers the entire 8-month Professional Compassionate Leadership Teacher Training program\, beginning with the 3-day in-person Opening Retreat\, 5-month Learning & Practice Phase with your practice teaching pod\, and the 3-month Practicum Phase with guidance\, supervision and coaching. Tuition also includes access to all curriculum materials\, presentations\, practices\, marketing materials and email templates\, research\, and bibliographies.\nA limited number of partial scholarships are available for qualified applicants to bring compassionate leadership where it is so needed in the world. \nRetreat Fees\nProgram participants will be responsible for the room and board charges of $1\,375 USD for the 3-day Opening Retreat at Four Acres Centre of Leadership in London. This includes all meals from dinner April 28 through lunch May 1\, snacks\, coffee and tea throughout each day\, and use of the grounds and facilities at Four Acres. \nParticipants are also responsible for their personal travel arrangements to and from London.
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SUMMARY:Teacher Training – 12 Month Programme – May 2026
DESCRIPTION:Our 12-Month Teacher Training Programme offers you the opportunity to develop your skills\, competencies and confidence to teach mindfulness in a variety of different settings. \nThe training is suitable for you if you’re a professional working in a clinical setting with patients or if you’d like to teach adults in other settings; for example\, in education\, the workplace or in your community. \nBy the end of the programme\, you’ll have trained in at least 3 different mindfulness courses\, each with their foundations in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). \nIf you’re a professional working in a clinical setting\, you’ll be trained to teach Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L)\, Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Depression (MBCT) or Finding Peace in a Frantic World\, and the Introducing Mindfulness (IM) 3-session course. \nIf you plan to offer mindfulness in other settings\, you’ll train to teach Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L)\, Finding Peace in a Frantic World and the Introducing Mindfulness (IM) 3-session course. \nOn this training you’ll learn: \n– The MBCT-L curriculum\, including its intentions and the rationales for its elements.\n– To lead all elements of the curriculum in an embodied way\n– How to conduct inquiry and manage group processes\n– The theoretical\, empirical\, and ethical foundations of MBCT\n– The intentions\, structure\, and practices in each curriculum\n– At the end of the training\, and if you’ve participated fully and been assessed as having reached the ‘advanced beginner’ level of teaching\, you’ll receive a letter from Oxford Mindfulness confirming your readiness to teach under supervision. \nAfter successfully teaching 2 courses under supervision\, you can then apply for your Trained Teacher Certificate. \nThere are 28 training days over the course of the 12-month programme.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/teacher-training-12-month-programme-may-2026/
LOCATION:On-line\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Teacher Training
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SUMMARY:Teacher Training – 12 Month Programme – September 2026
DESCRIPTION:Our 12-Month Teacher Training Programme offers you the opportunity to develop your skills\, competencies and confidence to teach mindfulness in a variety of different settings. \nThe training is suitable for you if you’re a professional working in a clinical setting with patients or if you’d like to teach adults in other settings; for example\, in education\, the workplace or in your community. \nBy the end of the programme\, you’ll have trained in at least 3 different mindfulness courses\, each with their foundations in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). \nIf you’re a professional working in a clinical setting\, you’ll be trained to teach Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L)\, Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Depression (MBCT) or Finding Peace in a Frantic World\, and the Introducing Mindfulness (IM) 3-session course. \nIf you plan to offer mindfulness in other settings\, you’ll train to teach Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L)\, Finding Peace in a Frantic World and the Introducing Mindfulness (IM) 3-session course. \nOn this training you’ll learn: \n– The MBCT-L curriculum\, including its intentions and the rationales for its elements.\n– To lead all elements of the curriculum in an embodied way\n– How to conduct inquiry and manage group processes\n– The theoretical\, empirical\, and ethical foundations of MBCT\n– The intentions\, structure\, and practices in each curriculum\n– At the end of the training\, and if you’ve participated fully and been assessed as having reached the ‘advanced beginner’ level of teaching\, you’ll receive a letter from Oxford Mindfulness confirming your readiness to teach under supervision. \nAfter successfully teaching 2 courses under supervision\, you can then apply for your Trained Teacher Certificate. \nThere are 28 training days over the course of the 12-month programme.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/teacher-training-12-month-programme-september-2026/
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