About the Teachers

The Mindfulness Standard is dedicated to providing teachers that have completed high level training programs that enhance competencies, but more importantly they are deep practitioners of meditation and embody those qualities in their personal and professional lives. They are dedicated to continuing growth in teaching mindfulness. The Mindfulness Standard has screened all of the teachers listed to ensure that they have completed the required training to achieve teaching competencies required for Mindfulness Based Interventions (MBI) programs. We have listed teachers from competent to highly advanced. To find a teacher in your location please use the search engine below.

The teacher-training path for Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and other Mindfulness Based Programs (MBP’s) are both rigorous and intensive. Teachers on the training path must have a personal practice that they continue to deepen over time. They must also be committed to completing specialized and intensive trainings that help support this precise and delicate process.

There are two main organizations which were formed by senior teachers to support standards of practice for the mindfulness field. These organizations have the mission to support standards of training and teaching ethics for the MBSR and MBI field. The Mindfulness Standard lists only teachers that have completed teacher training through training institutions affiliated with these organizations.

The highest-level teacher is a level 4.

*There may be subtle nuances between training intuition training levels.