Welcome to BAMBA: The British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches
BAMBA is a Charity and is the UK’s primary professional body of mindfulness practitioners, teachers and teacher training organisations. Our mission is to promote safe, ethical and inclusive practices in the field of evidence-based secular mindfulness teaching in the UK.
Professional Standards
Upholding the integrity, safety, and quality of mindfulness teaching, while honouring its roots and traditions.
Good Practice Guidelines (GPGs)
Guidance on meeting professional standards through ethical, inclusive, and adaptable approaches.
Supporting quality, inclusivity, and contemplative depth
Watch the recording
Evolving with Integrity: BAMBA’s Professional Standards and Good Practice Guidelines
We explored the rationale behind the Professional Standards and the insights that informed the review of the GPGs, reflecting on what these updates mean in practice and how they apply to your work.
Upcoming events
Mindfulness Teacher Peer Supervision Space hosted by BAMBA
18 November 2026
News from BAMBA
A New Mindfulness-Based Programme Acknowledgement Process Launches After Five Years in the Making
Following a pilot test and consultation, a new process developed by the Dutch Association of Mindfulness-Based...
BAMBA are Offering Project Roles for an EDI Partnership and Programmes Task Force
We are proud to be offering three EDI Project Roles to form the foundations of an EDI partnership and programme task force for BAMBA.
BAMBA Announce New Mindfulness in the Workplace Quality Assessment Mark
Mindfulness in the workplace can take many forms. For some, it represents delivering fully recognised 8-week courses,...
Growing & Sustaining EDI in Mindfulness
BAMBA has secured funding to deepen and embed its EDI work, ensuring that marginalised voices continue to shape the future of mindfulness in the UK.
BAMBA's charitable objectives
BAMBA’s objectives are for the public benefit, to advance good general health and wellbeing among the general public and to relieve ill-health among those suffering depression or anxiety-based disorders, in particular, but not exclusively, by:
- Upholding the highest standards of practice in the field of mindfulness in both practice and in teaching, training, and supervision, ensuring that the public has access to safe, effective, and evidence-based mindfulness-based approaches.
- Educating the public about the benefits and standards of practice of mindfulness.
- Collaborating with other organisations, institutions, and stakeholders involved in mindfulness to share knowledge, promote best practices, and enhance the overall quality of mindfulness services available to the public.
- Providing accreditation and certification for mindfulness practitioners, trainers and supervisors who meet the organisation’s established standards, and to conduct annual assessments of those listed with the organisation to ensure they continue to uphold these recognised standards.
Supporting our work
BAMBA’s work is made possible through membership and voluntary support.
Donations help us sustain professional standards and widen inclusive access to mindfulness-based training across the UK, in line with our charitable aims.
We are grateful for your support of this vital work.
BAMBA workplace research findings
Check out the findings of a recent study on Mindfulness in the Workplace, commissioned by BAMBA.
Thank you to all who took part and to the authors, Mark Roberts and Monty Cholmeley.