About This Course
This 7-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 was previously 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*
The training has two overarching aims:
- broadening skills and understanding beyond any previous Specialist Training by further exploring key themes within mindfulness and ways of effectively relating these to others.
- 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.
Who is this course suitable 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
Why study this course?
- 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)
How long does this course take to complete?
7 days (TBC) (2 blocks of 3.5 days)
Tutor
Dr Sophie Sansom
Sophie is co-director of the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University. As a senior lecturer Sophie teaches on the master's program and is passionate about social and environmental initiatives having recently co-developed the Inner Change Works (ICW) programme. Founder of SiTT (Support for Integrity in Teaching and Training) Sophie has established frameworks for community development and professional standards in the field. Having collaboratively developed a pioneering approach for the recognition of new MBP curricula Sophie chairs the International Panel of Acknowledgement (IPA) hosted by the European Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches (EAMBA). Leading on the scholarship and development of the Mindfulness-based Interventions -Teaching Assessment Criteria Sophie’s academic work explores ways of supporting pedagogical innovation and accessibility while upholding quality and integrity; a key focus in her role as Chair of the British Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches (BAMBA).
Course Cost
The fee for September 2026 will be £980.00 (including VAT).
Entry Requirements
- 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.
Application
To register your interest in this course please click on the link:
Evolving in Mindfulness: Consolidating and embodying your training (2026)