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

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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Teaching MBCT in China

Teaching MBCT in China

Training the next generation of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy teachers and increasing access to high-quality MBCT training internationally.

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What defines mindfulness-based programs? The warp and the weft.

What defines mindfulness-based programs? The warp and the weft.

New paper provides a framework to define the essential characteristics of the family of mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) originating from the parent program MBSR, and the processes which inform adaptations of MBPs for different populations or contexts.

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ASPIRE findings on MBCT in the NHS published

ASPIRE findings on MBCT in the NHS published

How accessible is MBCT in the NHS, what are the facilitators and barriers to its implementation, and how we can support the NHS in making MBCT accessible?

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A conversation with MBCT teacher Jill Roberts

A conversation with MBCT teacher Jill Roberts

"Rather than viewing the fact that life is hard as evidence of our inability to cope, maybe we can work towards acknowledging that things are tough, while finding some steadiness in the midst of the storms."

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Summer school offers the chance to explore how the self can become highly fragile

Summer school offers the chance to explore how the self can become highly fragile

Summer School leaders Melanie Fennell and Mark Williams describe the content of their 2017 workshop

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Frauke Eicker: a personal experience of taking an MBCT course

Frauke Eicker: a personal experience of taking an MBCT course

Read this blog from Frauke Eicker on her experience of taking an MBCT course

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Willem Kuyken comments on happiness at work in the Guardian

Willem Kuyken comments on happiness at work in the Guardian

Being consumed by work is not a pre-requisite for happiness at work - in fact, the opposite may be true, Willem Kuyken tells the Guardian.

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New mindfulness book inspires OMC healthcare masterclass

New mindfulness book inspires OMC healthcare masterclass

Dr Maura Kenny describes how physician and mindfulness teacher Ronald Epstein's new book was part of the inspiration behind her Masterclass.

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Professor Michael West opens ‘Mindfulness in the Workplace’ series

Professor Michael West opens ‘Mindfulness in the Workplace’ series

Part of series of new masterclasses designed specifically to support teachers of mindfulness in the workplace

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