Whether you are interested in learning essential skills in teaching mindfulness to enable you to integrate these within an existing professional context, or building and developing your skills over time, our Training and CPD events can all be attended as individual workshops, courses and online training events.   

If you later decide to complete the Mindfulness Training Pathway in association with Bangor University, these events count retrospectively towards your portfolio.  

Visit the CALENDAR to see our full list of events.

The Mindfulness Network and Bangor University – as part of a collaborative venture – are proud to offer the long-established, internationally recognised Mindfulness Training Pathway.  

The Training Pathway involves building a portfolio of training events, retreats and supervised delivery of mindfulness. NB: The Pathway in its current format will conclude by the end of 2027 and there are set training dates for trainees wishing to complete the Pathway in this timeframe. Whether you want to train as a mindfulness teacher or learn to bring mindfulness more fully into your personal and professional life, the Pathway offers different routes to help navigate your mindfulness training journey:

• Route One (Train to teach a mindfulness-based programme with Specialisms)
• Route Two (Train to facilitate a mindfulness-based approach with Specialisms)

Both routes start with our Essentials Training, to cultivate and convey mindfulness, after which you can choose from a growing range of Specialist Trainings to customise your portfolio over time and the certification you receive.

Completion of Route One of the Training Pathway means you are eligible to submit videos of your teaching for competency assessment with the Mindfulness Based Intervention:Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI:TAC).  Successful assessment results in certification from Bangor University as Competency-assessed in Mindfulness-based Approaches – the highest standard of a certification available.  

Supervision 

You will connect with a supervisor and/or mentor from the Mindfulness Network who will work with you to support and develop your mindfulness-based work and practice.  

Retreats

Through the Mindfulness Network you can find a range of retreats specifically aimed at supporting trainees and mindfulness teachers, in line with the requirements of the British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA).

To find out more about the Training Pathway in detail please visit our FAQs.

Bangor University’s Mindfulness Centre offers a Masters in Mindfulness programme. This programme will enable you to train to teach MBSR/MBCT and gain an MA or MSC degree at the same time. Because it is part-time, it is designed to fit in alongside your work commitments. It takes four to five years to complete the Master in Mindfulness.

To find out more, please visit the Bangor University website.

The Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI:TAC) is a tool designed to assess competency in the delivery of mindfulness-based approaches. The Mindfulness Network, in collaboration with Bangor University, offers a full MBI:TAC Training Pathway for those wishing to use the MBI:TAC as a formal assessment tool.

The Mindfulness Network delivers a Supervisor Training Pathway for Mindfulness-Based Supervisors. We passionately believe that supervision is a key way of enabling mindfulness-based teachers to be the best they can be and to do their work with integrity. Supervisor training and ongoing development is vital for anyone who wishes to be a mindfulness-based supervisor.

In the UK, the Mindfulness Network, the Sussex Mindfulness Centre and Mindful Self-Compassion UK have been offering regular Mindful Self-Compassion events. As leading mindfulness organisations and individuals, we have come together to provide a clear Mindful Self-Compassion teacher training pathway from introductory workshops to teacher training programmes.