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.
Linn Brynildsen
Teacher
As a psychologist and mindfulness teacher, I am passionate about supporting people in finding ways to live with more ease and to flourish. Practising mindfulness offers real and lasting change that enables us to rebalance and navigate our lives towards a greater sense of well-being. It can resource us to feel...
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Ally Burton
Chief Operating Officer
I am professionally experienced and qualified in finance and in education. I trained to teach MBSR/MBCT at Bangor University alongside obtaining a MSc in Mindfulness-Based Approaches. I am additionally trained to teach the .B Foundations, MBCT-L and Introducing Mindfulness curricula. I...
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Debbie Clarke
Teacher and Trainer
I have been an associate trainer with the OMC since 2017. I’m a Consultant Clinical Psychologist leading a Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Service for NHS and Social Care staff working and living in the Oxford Region. Over the three decades that I’ve practised as a...
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Jo Cromarty
Teacher and Trainer
I am on Occupational Therapist by training and have worked in various mental health settings within the NHS for many years. Since being a teenager I have developed a meditation practice from within the contemplative tradition. I was first introduced to Mindfulness in 2010 and was privileged to be trained as an...
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Chris Cullen
Teacher, Trainer and Retreat Advisor
I work part-time as an MBCT teacher and trainer for the OMF. I also teach Insight Meditation retreats in the UK, US and mainland Europe, and have a psychotherapy practice in Oxford. For the University of Oxford Mindfulness Masters Programme, I teach the Buddhist...
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Jake Dartington
Retreat Leader
I am a teacher of Mindfulness-Based Approaches and Insight Meditation. I started to practice meditation in 1995 and trained with Christina Feldman at Gaia House, before starting to lead retreats in 2007. I have masters degrees in Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Teaching Mindfulness-Based Approaches, and...
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Eleanor Dobson Gomez
Programme Administrator
I am the Programme Administrator for the Train to Teach Programme at the OMF. I am the first point of contact for students and members of the public who are interested in attending our programmes. I also deal with routine enquiries and support other members of staff...
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Jo Edwards
Programme Administrator
My background includes working with young people in a school and a vibrant Sixth Form Centre for 16-18s, vulnerable adults in Social Services care and with Surrey Appropriate Adult Service, a charity supporting vulnerable people in police custody. After some years working as a qualified HR manager, I...
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Matilde Elices
Trustee, Teacher and Trainer
I am an Uruguayan psychologist and researcher living in Barcelona with my husband and my daughter. I work at the Institute Mar of Medical Research, one of the largest public hospitals in Barcelona. I manage research projects aiming to find innovative treatment approaches for severe mental...
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