Mindfulness Meditation

MBSR Teacher Training

at Solterreno Retreat Centre, Benimaurell, Spain

 In two professional Residential Teacher Training Retreats  -

• Teacher Training Retreat Level 1 TTR1
  
  • June - sorry fully booked
    
  • 7th - 18th September
    
  • Cost including accommodation - €1.540
  • Maximum of 10 students so early booking recommended
    

• Teacher Training Retreat Level 2 TTR2
  
  • 9th - 20th November
  • Cost including accommodation - €1.540
  • Maximum of 10 students so early booking recommended
    

• Note - You do not need to take both TTR1 and TTR2 in the same year and both count as CPD's (Continued Professional Development) 
  

Facilitated by Kathy Ward and Bodhin Phillip Woodward

Our Approach –

The Mindfulness Meditation MBSR Teacher Training course is based on the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s highly acclaimed Mindfulness based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme at the University of Massachusetss Medical Centre, and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) developed in the UK and Canada by Mark Williams, John Teasdale and Zindel Segal. As a professional Teacher Training School we also follow the UK Network for Mindfulness-based Teacher Trainers Good Practice Guidelines.

The Training course is ideal for Meditation practitioners, Yoga and Meditation Teachers, Nurses, Teachers, Therapists, Doctors and other professionals with a mind-body focus who wish to incorporate mindfulness into their professions.

On gradutation of the full 200hr course you will be have the skills and confidence to teach Mindfulness based Stress Reduction Meditation classes, MBSR 8 week Stress Reduction courses and private meditation classes that empower people to make a real difference to their lives. You will also be eligable (at your own cost) to register with the UK Yoga Alliance at the 200hr level should you wish.

Ongoing Continued Professional Development courses are available including Meditation Retreats, Mindfulness approaches to Pain and Illness and Mindfulness for Depression. There is also an optional Mentoring and Internship programme in your home community to support your teaching.

Who is the Programme for?

This professional training course is intended for participants who:

• Have a well-established personal meditation practice (not necessarily Mindfulness Meditation) of 1 to 2 years  and a minimum 5 times per week
• A desire to discover how to apply mindfulness in everyday life
• Plan to or are teaching/integrating mindfulness-based approaches in their work.
• Be at least 25 years old
• You do not need to be a Yoga Teacher to apply for the course.
  

This course will introduce you to teaching the practices and curriculum of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR). The teaching skills you will learn are essential and common to both MBSR and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)