The OMF is fortunate to have a family of dedicated and skilled mindfulness teachers/trainers/researchers and operational staff who share the OMF’s values/mission. They work to deliver the OMF’s goals across research, training, MBCT provision and education. They are a vital, valued and essential part of the OMF.
Heyoung Ahn
Teacher and Trainer
I am a teacher and teacher trainer of MBSR and MBCT-L, based in Seoul, Korea. Thanks to my long-standing interest in meditation and my doctoral studies in transformative learning at Teachers College, Columbia University, I was attracted to the MBSR/MBCT family. It was my joy and honour to work with MBI...
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Foteini Lekka
Trainer & Supervisor
I am a clinical psychologist, (MSc, PhD), MBCT Teacher, and CBT therapist. I work as a psychotherapist and I train and supervise psychologists and psychiatrists in cognitive–behaviour therapy and mindfulness based interventions at the Association for Cognitive – Behavioural Studies in Athens, Greece. I...
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Trish Bartley
Guest Trainer
I am a mindfulness teacher trainer and author – and have been involved in mindfulness since 1999 and the beginning of MBCT. I have two special interests within the mindfulness field – one is in relation to work with people with cancer – and the other is concerned with groupwork practice. I am...
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Alison Evans
Guest Retreat Leader
I am a teacher, trainer, and supervisor of Mindfulness-Based Approaches. I began teaching in 2004, and have taught a variety of programmes since then, including Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness for life (MBCT-L) and Mindfulness-based Compassionate Living (MBCL). I have an MSc in MBCT and...
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James Kryshak
Teacher & Trainer
I originally hail from the United States where I grew up in the State of New York, pretty close to Canada. In my daily life, I am a professional Opera Singer and travel extensively in Europe doing different productions. I call myself a “character tenor” as I tend to play the folks that keep the plot...
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Patrick Kozakiewicz
Apprentice Trainer
I am a Business Professional, Trained and Certified Mindfulness Supervisor and Teacher, Mental Health First Aider and Agile Thought Leader who has worked in and with some of the largest and most well known...
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Taravajra
Trainer & Retreat Leader - Spanish Programmes
I am a teacher of MBSR and MBCT, based in Sussex. I gained a masters degree from Bangor University in 2010. Since 2011, I have been offering training in MBSR/MBCT through Bangor (CMRP/Mindfulness Network) and the Sussex Mindfulness Centre. In 2017 I was convenor of the UK Network and pioneered the Listing (now...
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Jun Pang
Trainer - Chinese Programmes
Jun Pang is a psychological counselor and social worker in Guangzhou China. He is a certified MBCT teacher of the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation, and trained in Mindfulness-Based Supervision through the...
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Brenda Bell
Teacher
I am a Mindfulness teacher with a special interest in providing mindfulness training in Higher Education, in workplace settings and to cancer patients and their families. With the OMF I am involved in teaching Frame by Frame. My career background is in psychology, business consulting, leadership...
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Leonie Schell
Trustee, Teacher, Trainer, Supervisor and Consultant to the OMF
I’m a mindfulness teacher, trainer and supervisor. In my role as consultant to the OMF, I have supported the development of the OMF’s international collaborations and implementation of training pathway changes. ...
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