To join the BAMBA Teacher Register, applicants must have successfully completed a minimum 12-month teacher training programme with a BAMBA Quality Assessed Affiliate Teacher Training Organisation in a recognised and listed BAMBA training pathway, approach or curricula.

BAMBA also welcomes applications from teachers who have completed training outside of the Affiliate network, provided the training is a recognised mindfulness-based pathway, approach or curricula and applicants have successfully completed an MBI-TAC assessment.

For teachers whose learning and development have followed a traditional wisdom-based route to mindfulness practice and teaching, BAMBA welcomes applicants under its ‘Equal to or Exceeds’ route.  This pathway recognises that teachers may demonstrate BAMBA’s minimum professional standards through alternative forms of training, practice, teaching experience, supervision and ongoing development.  Applicants are considered on an individual basis against BAMBA’s Professional Standards and registration requirements and can apply by contacting [email protected] to request an application form.  The Equal To or Exceeds route enables applicants to demonstrate that they meet BAMBA’s minimum professional standards through learning, practice, teaching experience, supervision and professional development gained outside recognised BAMBA teacher training programmes. 

BAMBA Quality Assessed Affiliate Teacher Training Organisations have undergone a rigorous assessment process and are recognised as meeting the highest standards of training quality.

Explore the Professional Standards and Good Practice Guidelines for further details.

All BAMBA Quality Assessed Affiliate Teacher Training Organisations meet established quality standards, offering assurance in your choice of training.

• How far would you be prepared to travel?
• What kind of support do you need with your training?
• Are you being funded or self-funding?
• Are you interested in research? Explore the training that enables you to achieve this.
• Take your time, ask around and make contact with the organisations that sound most suitable.

Primary Qualifications are the quality-assessed mindfulness-based programmes recognised by BAMBA that registered teachers are trained and qualified to deliver. Teachers may hold more than one Primary Qualification.

The following programmes have been acknowledged by the International Panel for Acknowledgement of Mindfulness-Based Programmes (IPA). Registered teachers may deliver a range of mindfulness-based programmes, but this list reflects those that meet BAMBA’s and the IPAs standards for recognition. As further programmes are assessed and recognised, they will be added here.

• Mindfulness-Based Living Course (MBLC)
• Mindfulness-Based Organisational Education (MBOE)
• Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP)
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Life (MBCT-L), also known as
• Mindfulness for Life
• Mindfulness for Life (From Youth Mindfulness)
• Mindful Self Compassion (MSC)
• Mindfulness Now

View the full list of BAMBA Quality Assessed Affiliate Teacher Training Organisations offering training in these programmes.

Explore the BAMBA Quality Assessed Affiliate Teacher Training Organisations providing foundational MBSR and MBCT courses.

In addition to the Primary Qualifications listed above, BAMBA members can apply to have the following Additional Qualifications recognised and added to their profile, and teachers may hold more than one Additional Qualification.

• Mindfulness-Based Supervisor
• Compassionate Mindful Resilience (CMR)
• MBI:TAC Assessed
• MBI:TAC Assessor
• MiSP Teach dots (age 3-6)
• MiSP Teach Paws b (age 7-11)
• MiSP Teach .breathe (age 9-14)
• MiSP Teach .b (age 11-18)
• MiSP .b Foundations – adults
• MiSP School Mindfulness Lead – adults
• MiSP Teach The Present (age 3-12)

1. Log in to your account
2. Go to Manage Your Account in the top right-hand corner
3. Select Add a Qualification from the drop-down menu

You will be asked to provide evidence/certificate of your qualification when applying, which must be from a BAMBA Quality Assessed Affiliate Teacher Training Organisation.

Each qualification added to your profile is charged at £25.00

BAMBA members who have graduated from a Quality Assessed Affiliate Teacher Training Organisation may apply to BAMBA to arrange MBI-TAC assessment of their qualification. Bangor University, CMRP, lead the assessment process on behalf of BAMBA.

The Assessment Process

The MBI-TAC assessment team at Bangor University will require video recordings of the applicant’s delivery of the full Mindfulness-Based programme for which they are seeking certification, alongside supporting contextual documentation.

Two teaching sessions will be selected by the assessor and reviewed and assessed in their entirety. Assessors may require further information from the applicant depending on assessment outcome.

Assessors will complete:

• An ‘MBI-TAC assessment sheet’ with one assessment point per MBI-TAC domain and a final overall level of competency.
• Qualitative feedback describing strengths and areas for further development in each domain.

Criteria for certification are as follows:

• The assessment for each domain is no more than one competency level away from the benchmark.
• An average assessment of Competent or above, with no individual domain assessed below Advanced Beginner.

Where these criteria are met, applicants will receive certification along with written feedback on their assessment.

Where these requirements are not met, the reviewer will arrange a one-to-one meeting with the applicant to explore discrepancies and, where necessary, further videos of teaching practice will be requested for a second submission.

Members can apply for recognition of MBI-TAC Assessor status. For those wishing to use the MBI-TAC as a formal assessment tool, there is a requirement to engage in three levels of formal training:

Level 1: Supporting the Inner Teacher with the MBI:TAC: Cultivating Reflection, Embodiment and Competence is an introduction to the tool.

Level 2: Supporting others with the MBI-TAC: Cultivating Competence in Supervision and Training is for supervisors and trainers, and is designed to develop skills in using the MBI:TAC framework to assess teaching, use it in supervision and training, and give feedback on teaching.

Level 3: Supporting Integrity with the MBI-TAC: Cultivating Reliability in the Assessment Process, is the culmination of this training pathway and demonstrates the highest standard of reliability in using the MBI:TAC for assessment.

This programme of continued professional development is administered by Bangor University on behalf of BAMBA. If you are interested in becoming an MBI-TAC assessor, please contact [email protected].