The OMF provides insight on research, training, and the latest news and information across the field of mindfulness.

The Healing Touch of Connection – Blog by Liz Lord

The Healing Touch of Connection – Blog by Liz Lord

Connection with ourselves and others in a time of “self-isolation” and “social distancing.”

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Frame By Frame – “The Feel of Things”

Frame By Frame – “The Feel of Things”

A blog from mindfulness practitioner, Theresa Meikle, on the OMF's Frame by Frame course.

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Further Update: Don’t miss out! Final Opportunity to complete your ‘Modular’ Teacher Training Pathway by Marion Furr

Further Update: Don’t miss out! Final Opportunity to complete your ‘Modular’ Teacher Training Pathway by Marion Furr

Until 2021, we had been offering two different non-academic ways to train as a teacher: the 12-month “Cohort” route, and the “Modular” route. If you have completed some (but not all) modules and workshops for the Modular training route, please read this blog carefully.

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Our ‘Modular’ Teacher Training is Ending by Marion Furr

Our ‘Modular’ Teacher Training is Ending by Marion Furr

Until last year, we have been offering two different non-academic ways to train as a teacher: the 12-month “Cohort” route, and the “Modular” route. Over the next 12 months, we are phasing out the Modular teacher-training route, and after Spring 2023, this Modular teacher training will be discontinued completely.

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2021 Philanthropic Impact

2021 Philanthropic Impact

Just before the start of 2021, the Oxford Mindfulness Centre wrote to members of the mindfulness community for their support.  To all those who gave so generously, thank you!

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The OMF is offering free weekday practice sessions

The OMF is offering free weekday practice sessions

Free weekday online practice sessions. 19.00-19.30 UK time
New to mindfulness, or hoping to develop a regular mindfulness practice?
If so, please join us for our Weekday Sits – 30 minutes of free guided practices and teaching by experienced OMF teachers.

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World Mental Health Day 2021

World Mental Health Day 2021

Once again this year The University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre will support World Mental Health Day by offering a range of free mindfulness practice sessions.

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The MYRIAD project – free legacy resources now available to download

The MYRIAD project – free legacy resources now available to download

The MYRIAD project are pleased to announce that their free legacy resources around mental health and mindfulness research are now available to download.

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How Mindfulness Increases Resilience To Stress

How Mindfulness Increases Resilience To Stress

Focusing on the pleasant effervescence of the present is something that I learned through mindfulness meditation practices that I started as a graduate student at Oxford.

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MYRIAD project study details published

MYRIAD project study details published

The full details of a randomised controlled trial in the MYRIAD project, which is studying the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a mindfulness training programme in schools compared with normal school provision, have recently been published. This study protocol outlines the methods and design for conducting the study.

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