The predominant focus of mindfulness-based approaches to date has been supporting individuals to manage challenging situations, so that negative emotions do not escalate out of control and skilful life choices can be made. There is now increasing interest in using mindfulness techniques to also help individuals make the most of life opportunities, …

In collaboration with ACCESSMBCT, we are delighted to bring you this guest talk from Norman Farb and Zindel Segal, introducing their new book, "Better in Every Sense".By Oxford Mindfulness Foundation

Dr Fabrizio Didonna is a clinical psychologist, senior mindfulness teacher, trainer, supervisor and author. He is also a Founder Director of the International MBCT for OCD Center, in Vicenza, Italy, and the developer of the therapeutic model. His manual "Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder" (Guilford Press, 2020 - …

In this special guest talk, we're pleased to welcome back Trish Bartley, an OMF guest trainer, mindfulness teacher trainer and author of a number of books including ‘Mindfulness: A Kindly Approach to Being with Cancer’, ‘Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer’ and ‘Teaching Mindfulness-Based Groups’ which Trish co-authored with Dr. Gemma Gr…

In this special guest speaker event, we’re delighted to welcome back Professor Mark Williams who will introduce the topic ‘Deeper Mindfulness’ – the subject and title of his new book with co-author Dr Danny Penman. “Proven effective at treating anxiety, stress and depression, the practices in ‘Deeper Mindfulness’ offer a new and more fruitful direc…

Autism and ADHD are neurodevelopmental conditions that continue to profoundly influence the way we are in the world also in adulthood. In our current urban world, characterized by high speed, deadlines, full agendas, multitasking, (social) performance pressure, and a bombardment of stimuli, all of us but people with autism and ADHD even more so may…

Discover the profound intersection of mindfulness and trauma resilience in this engaging three-hour webinar on Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness. Led by esteemed expert David Treleaven, this transformative event will delve into the art of creating safe, empowering mindfulness spaces for all, regardless of their trauma history.…

Ed Halliwell interview - Supervision in the workplaceBy Oxford Mindfulness Foundation

Lotty Roberts - Leaders in our modern world are constantly dealing with change and uncertainty. In order to navigate this ever changing landscape, leaders need to remain focused, nimble and resilient, supporting their teams and organisations to embrace complexity with openness and agility. Lotty Roberts shares her experience, passion and approach o…

20230301 Science-backed tips for maintaining practice Dr Carly HuntBy Oxford Mindfulness Foundation

Join Richard Burnett (Co-Founder and Chair), Ben Chalwin (Head of Training) and Emily Slater (CEO) from Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) as they look back over 12+ years of experience in the UK (and internationally), and where next for mindfulness with children, young people and those who care for or work with them.…

Susanne Olbrich, Pianist & Mindfulness Facilitator leading a session entitled New Year, New Inspiration. Join Susanne for a deep dive into your own creative resources with the help of mindfulness and music. An hour with calming piano music, creative conversations, Deep Listening – and you might even find yourself writing a flash poem! As an experie…

Nick Hammond - Building compassion and inspiration through the simple act of noticingBy Oxford Mindfulness Foundation

Sila (or moral conduct) is the principle of human behaviour that promotes orderly and peaceful existence in a community. It is regarded as an anchor practice for Dhamma practitioners, and crucial for developing insight and wisdom. In this podcast, Erin shares how this ancient Eastern practice has been crucial for sustaining and strengthening her ow…

Shannon Harvey My Year of Living Mindfully (What Happened Next) in this talk Shannon tells the story of what happened next. Hosted by Clare Kelly (OMF)By Oxford Mindfulness Foundation

We are excited to announce that OMF teacher and supervisor, Liz Lord, has represented us on BBC Radio. She spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live about the OMF and its work, including how mindfulness can support us in today’s world. This was to celebrate the launch of our new daily lunchtime sit which is available to all for free. To register for these sessions…

Tim Dalgleish from the University of Cambridge has kindly offered to return for an evening of further questions and discussions around the MYRIAD research findings. The intention is to offer an opportunity to practise together, ask any further questions and share further thoughts on the implications of the MYRIAD study for mindfulness in education …

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We are delighted to be joined for our May keynote session by Trish Bartley. Trish will join us in May to share some stories, a few practices, and some of her learning from the experience of teaching MBCT to people with cancer.By Oxford Mindfulness Foundation

From mindless distractions and addictive behaviours to cyberbullying and encouraging feelings of inadequacy, we are becoming increasingly aware of the detrimental effects of social media usage on our mental health and wellbeing. Mindfulness Coach Erin Lee shares how understanding the skills and practice of mindfulness can help us navigate our love-…

In this session we will review a three-fold model for understanding how mindfulness supports human agency, our ability to act intentionally, that was proposed in Jamie’s 2020 discussion paper Mindfulness: Developing Agency in Urgent Times, and explore his latest research and publication launched in March 2022 titled Reconnection: Meeting the Climat…

Drawing from emerging behavioural and neuroimaging research, this presentation with Norman Farb outlines the difficulty of understanding what it means to bring acceptance to our most challenging moments, explore what aspects of breath awareness are actually important for wellbeing, and illustrate how the brain can become quiet without becoming dise…

In this talk, Dr Sara Lazar will discuss her work evaluating the effects of regular mindfulness practice on a metric of adult development related to how we view and interact with the world.By Oxford Mindfulness Foundation

In this podcast Silke Rupprecht, Head of Research and Development at Awaris speaks to us about bringing mindfulness to teams in organisations. She offers her thoughts on the reasons behind the growing interest in mindful teams and how team mindfulness training may need to be different from individual mindfulness training. Silke also shares insights…

Way back in 2000, Mark Williams opened doors for her to start bringing mindfulness to the patients of a Welsh oncology department where Trish herself had just finished treatment. Over the 20 years that followed, she continued to teach enabling the programme to slowly adapt from the original MBCT, with John Teasdale guiding Trish as they teased out …

In the latest episode of our workplace podcast series, Liane Stephan, co-founder of Awaris and the Inner Green Deal, speaks to the OMC about sustainability and the climate crisis. She shares her experiences of working with leaders who clearly have the capacity to affect organisational change. Liane offers some thoughts on how as mindfulness trainer…

Listen again to our first keynote session of 2022. Jake Dartington joined us to look ahead to a new year with Mindfulness.By Oxford Mindfulness Centre

Hosted by Andy Phee and led by Gemma Griffith, this keynote will inform mindfulness teachers how they could adapt their courses making them more suitable for people with learning disabilities. It may also be of interest to others working in the field of learning disabilities who have an interest in mindfulness.…

In this keynote presentation, listeners will receive an overview of the neurobiology of mindfulness, and how this relates to a brief history of the use of art-therapy for healing in clinical and non-clinical settings. Listeners will also be introduced to the neurobiology of viewing abstract art, as it relates to stress reduction in clinical and non…

We were delighted to be joined by Jeroen Janss for our October keynote. The session explores how mindfulness is helping us to respond to the unfolding Climate Crisis with compassion & a sense of purpose.By Oxford Mindfulness Centre

Sarah has been teaching, and training others to teach, mindfulness for more than 20 years. She has taught a range of established mindfulness curricula and created programmes for both schools and adults. She has had a passion for movement throughout her life and has long-established yoga and Pilates practices. This practice session sets out to offer…

Sarah has been teaching, and training others to teach, mindfulness for more than 20 years. She has taught a range of established mindfulness curricula and created programmes for both schools and adults. She has had a passion for movement throughout her life and has long-established yoga and Pilates practices. This practice session sets out to offer…

Steven Hickman, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist and Executive Director of the non-profit Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, as well as a trainer of Mindful Self-Compassion teachers. He has taught MSC all over the world and trained teachers of MBSR and MBCT in addition to MSC. He is the author of the recently published Self-Compassion for Dummies…

Noticing the Little Things - A way to move our practice off the cushion. This session looks at how we can shift the awareness of the minute details of our experience to our ‘sphere of influence.’ By doing so, we can have a positive impact on our lives and the world around us.By Oxford Mindfulness Centre

Steven Hickman, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist and Executive Director of the non-profit Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, as well as a trainer of Mindful Self-Compassion teachers. He has taught MSC all over the world and trained teachers of MBSR and MBCT in addition to MSC. He is the author of the recently published Self-Compassion for Dummies…

We were delighted to be joined for our September keynote by Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, who is among the top one percent most cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. She is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, with appointments at Harvard Medical School…

Noticing the Little Things - A way to move our practice off the cushion. This session looks at how we can shift the awareness of the minute details of our experience to our ‘sphere of influence.’ By doing so, we can have a positive impact on our lives and the world around us.By Oxford Mindfulness Centre

The second of a two-part series with Dr Chris Willard, this week the Wednesday session was tailored towards anyone supporting young people and explores how they can support them through mindfulness.By Oxford Mindfulness Centre

The first of a two-part series with Dr Chris Willard, this week the Wednesday session was tailored towards anyone supporting young people and explores how they can support them through mindfulness.By Oxford Mindfulness Centre

One of the many things we have learned as a result of the global pandemic is the importance of community – of thinking and taking action collectively, of seeing ourselves as part of a greater whole. No matter how independent we like to think we are, our sense of who we are, our safety, our mental and physical health rely heavily on our sense of con…

Join us as we host Mark Williams in this final episode of the podcast series that offers a taste of his new course, which has been developed for those who have already completed a mindfulness course and want to explore mindfulness more deeply. Week by week, we will focus on attention and reactivity, with special emphasis on ‘feeling tone’. Feeling …

Join Mark Williams and Claire Kelly as they take a moment to pause and reflect, revisiting some of the practices and exploring the questions that have been asked over the past 6 weeks.By Oxford Mindfulness Centre

Join us as we host Mark Williams to offer a taste of his new course which has been developed for those who have already completed a mindfulness course and want to explore mindfulness more deeply. Week by week, we will focus on attention and reactivity, with special emphasis on ‘feeling tone’. Feeling tone is the moment-by-moment evaluation of wheth…

Join us as we host Mark Williams to offer a taste of his new course which has been developed for those who have already completed a mindfulness course and want to explore mindfulness more deeply. Week by week, we will focus on attention and reactivity, with special emphasis on ‘feeling tone’. Feeling tone is the moment-by-moment evaluation of wheth…

Join us as we host Mark Williams to offer a taste of his new course which has been developed for those who have already completed a mindfulness course and want to explore mindfulness more deeply. Week by week, we will focus on attention and reactivity, with special emphasis on ‘feeling tone’. Feeling tone is the moment-by-moment evaluation of wheth…

Join us as we host Mark Williams to offer a taste of his new course which has been developed for those who have already completed a mindfulness course and want to explore mindfulness more deeply. Week by week, we will focus on attention and reactivity, with special emphasis on ‘feeling tone’. Feeling tone is the moment-by-moment evaluation of wheth…

Andy Phee and Ee Lin Ong offer a recap of sessions 1, 2 & 3 in this series of taster sessions from Frame by Frame, a new mindfulness course developed by Mark Williams, which will deepen and support an existing mindfulness practice.By Oxford Mindfulness Centre

We were delighted to welcome Trudy Goodman and Jack Kornfield for our June keynote. Keeping with the theme of Mark Williams' series, Trudy and Jack speak about 'The freedom of knowing how you feel'. Trudy Goodman, PhD, is the founding teacher of InsightLA and cofounder of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. She has taught at universitie…