Below are training centers and resources which offer mindfulness training beyond what is offered by a standard 8-week MBSR class, for those interested in learning to teach mindfulness and/or expand their practice and understanding. Completion of the Palouse Mindfulness online course qualifies as a prerequisite for some, but not all of these training programs. Although most of these programs are included here after a graduate has shared their successful experience with me, a program's inclusion on this list is not an endorsement.
- UMass Medical School Center for Mindfulness (Worcester, Massachusetts.)
- UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center (Los Angeles, California)
- UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness (San Diego, California)
- Engaged Mindfulness Institute (South Deerfield, Massachusetts)
- Center for Mindful Self-Compassion (St. Louis, Missouri)
- InsightLA (Los Angeles, California)
- Awareness and Relaxation Training / MBSR - Bob Stahl (Santa Cruz, California)
- Two trainings by Tara Brach &Jack Kornfield that are in a category of their own:
- The Power of Awareness (7-week online training)
- Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification (2-year in-person program)
- Mindfulness Teacher Training (online - no travel required)
- Centre for Mindfulness Studies (Toronto, Canada)
- Breathworks (London, U.K.)
- Danish Center for Mindfulness (Denmark)
- Association pour le Developpement de la Mindfulness (France)
- Instituto esMindfulness (Barcelona, Spain)
- Asociacion Española de Mindfulness (AEMind) (Valencia, Spain)
- Mindful Academy (Costa Blanca, Spain - offered in English only)
- Nirakara Mindfulness Institute (Madrid, Spain)
- Motus Mundi Centro per la Mindfulness (Italy)
- Mindfulness Training Institute - Australasia (Australia, Hong Kong, Korea)
- Certificate Training in Mindfulness-Based Interventions (South Africa)
- Mindful Schools (online/in-person course for teaching mindfulness to children & teens)
- Mindfulness in Schools ( U.K.-based program for teaching mindfulness to children & teens)
- Kindness Curriculum (free, Center for Healthy Minds, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Inner Kids - Susan Kaiser Greenland (professional training, resources)
- iBme Teacher Training (Teaching Mindfulness to Adolescents)
- Smiling Mind (free online programs and materials from an Australian non-profit)
- Peaceful Kids (Peaceful Classrooms Facilitator Training - Australia)
- Inner Explorer (online resources, materials, and training to bring mindfulness to schools)
- Mindful Kids (online resources, hosted by nuns/monks of Plum Village in France)
- Mindfulness Academy for Mindful Teaching (International program - Eline Snel)
- Still Quiet Place (10-week online course by Amy Saltzman)
- Growing Minds (trainings + great resource list)
- CARE for Teachers (Garrison Institute, New York)
- Mindfulness in Education Network (Annual conference)
- MindUp (curriculum guides, Goldie Hawn Foundation)
- Stressed Teens (training, resources)
- Mindfulness for Teens (resources including free guided meditations)
- Wellness Works in Schools (Kinder Associates)
- See also "Mindfulness for Children" on Books about Mindfulness page
A note for those who teach, or wish to teach mindfulness skills:
Some, but not all, of the training programs mentioned above allow the Palouse Mindfulness course to serve as a prerequisite for further training. If you do complete the Palouse Mindfulness course, the Certificate of Completion documents that you have successfully completed this particular 8-week online course, but it is not a certification to teach MBSR. This doesn't mean that you can't use what you've learned in your work and/or teaching, it just means you cannot call yourself a "certified MBSR instructor" on the basis of this one 8-week online course alone.
That being said, there are many talented people who effectively incorporate mindfulness into their teaching or work who are not certified in a formal way from one of these training centers. They are typically omnivores, finding training from varied sources, from videos, articles, books, or whatever in-person workshops they can find in their area, building on the skills they already have in their own areas of expertise. Whether or not you pursue a certificate specific to teaching mindfulness, you are welcome to use whatever you find on the Palouse Mindfulness site, free of charge, for your own work and/or teaching. All I ask is that you let people know it came from palousemindfulness.com, and that it is a free resource, so that they can find other materials on their own.
