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.
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 Lead
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 11-18, vulnerable adults in social services care and with a charity supporting vulnerable people in police custody. I’m qualified in HR management and have wide-ranging administration experience. I enjoy living in a rural environment and spending time...
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Matilde Elices
Teacher & Apprentice Trainer
I am a psychologist and post-doctoral researcher working in a general hospital in Barcelona (Spain). I teach MBCT for the general public and clinical populations in Barcelona. Since 2020 I have been offering online MBCT courses and supervision for Latin...
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Kevin Fong
International Advisor & Trainer
I am a mindfulness practitioner who started the mindfulness journey from traditional mindfulness meditation practice, then moving onto learning and teaching MBSR and MBCT. Before becoming a mindfulness teacher, I have a business background working in Asia and Europe for 19...
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Bernat Font-Clos
Retreat Leader
I am a meditation teacher trainee and a postgraduate researcher at the University of Bristol. My dissertation explores the nature of feeling tone (vedanā) and, more specifically, the role of pleasant feeling tones and positive affect in early Buddhist literature. I lead meditation activities online, in Spain,...
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