Advanced Mindfulness Based Compassion Teacher Training

Advanced Mindfulness and Compassion Teacher Training – The Learning Pathway

3 Levels – Over 12 months – 18 months

At the UK College of Mindfulness Meditation, our Advanced Mindfulness Based Compassion Teacher Training offers an immersive, reflective, and highly practical pathway over three levels.

Level One – Mindfulness training

Attend and complete the Mindfulness training attendance based training along with completing relevant assignments and case studies with recordings for this level.

Level Two – Compassion Training

Attend the compassion focused wellbeing attendance based training along with completing relevant assignments and case studies with recordings for this level.

Level Three – Supervised Teaching and CPD

Under supervision you will:  co – teach two 8 week programmes (mindfulness and compassion), co -facillitate a retreat and run two informal peer support sessions. You will also complete two further attendance based CPDs days (tailored to your personal needs) and submit reflective practice journals.

The pathway aligns closely with the UK good practice guidelines, ensuring that all aspects of the course meet the highest standards of evidence-based mindfulness teaching.

A Rigorous and Experiential Learning Pathway

This programme builds on prior mindfulness experience, supporting participants to consolidate and expand both their personal practice and teaching skills. The course is structured to provide:

• Deep personal experience of all core meditation practices and curriculum elements, ensuring that participants fully embody the teachings they will go on to offer.

• A minimum 12-month in-depth teacher training pathway, providing time for reflection, practice, and gradual development of teaching competence.

• A structured curriculum, with opportunities for experiential learning, guided practice, and reflection on teaching and personal mindfulness development.

By emphasising both practice and pedagogy, participants graduate with a solid foundation to teach mindfulness in a variety of secular, evidence-based contexts.

There are common elements to every Learning Pathway, but each pathway is tailored to complement your specific professional goals. Before commencement of the Learning Pathway, we will discuss your professional plans, including the fields in which you are using mindfulness, particular areas of specialisation you wish to pursue, the importance of incorporating Compassion Focussed Wellbeing into your practice. At the beginning of your journey, we will agree on learning outcomes with you and constructive feedback will be provided at regular intervals throughout this advanced training. The agreed learning outcomes will form the basis of comprehensive written assessment of your learning and teaching practice at the end of your Learning Pathway provided by your Learning Pathway supervisor. 

Preparing Skilled and Knowledgeable Teachers

We ensure that all participants meet rigorous training requirements:

• Participants gain understanding and insight into the populations they will teach, including experience working with groups and individuals and through collaborative teaching with colleagues.

This ensures that graduates are not only skilled teachers but also able to teach in ways that are safe, trauma informed, and responsive to the needs of diverse participants.

Ongoing Personal and Professional Development

A key focus of the pathway is fostering lifelong mindfulness and compassion teaching practices. All participants are supported to:

• Maintain a daily formal and informal mindfulness and compassion practice.

• Participate in annual teacher-led mindfulness retreats, including extended periods of silence, to sustain depth of practice.

• Engage in regular supervision with experienced mindfulness-based teachers.

• Participate in both reflective enquiry and constructive feedback on teaching either in person or online.

• Stay connected with other mindfulness practitioners and teachers to share experiences, learn collaboratively, and grow in confidence.

Through these processes, participants continually strengthen both their personal mindfulness practice and their ability to teach with presence, compassion, and insight.

Commitment to Evidence, Ethics, and Professional Standards

Our Advanced Teacher Training ensures that participants are fully grounded in:

• Evidence-based approaches, keeping up to date with research and best practice in mindfulness-based interventions.

• The ethical framework appropriate to their professional background and teaching context.

• Reflective practice, including recording, reviewing, and refining teaching sessions to ensure integrity, safety, and effectiveness.

A Transformative Pathway

The Advanced Mindfulness and Compassion Teacher Training at the UK College is more than a course — it is a personal journey of deepening presence, insight, and compassion, both personally and professionally.

Participants leave equipped to teach mindfulness-based programmes with:

• Confidence and skill grounded in personal practice.

• Ethical and professional integrity.

• A commitment to ongoing reflection, supervision, and professional growth.

Common elements of the Learning Pathway include:

• Attendance and completion of the Mindfulness Now teacher training course. (5 days, normally Monday to Friday).
• Attendance and supervised leading of a retreat
• Attendance and completion of the Compassion Focussed Wellbeing advanced practitioner training 5 day training course (Monday to Friday)
• Attendance and supervised leading of two, 8 week programmes
• The completing of relevant assignments and cases studies.  
• Attendance of two further Professional Development days (Saturdays). These days will be tailored to your personal needs and goals.
• Leading a minimum of two support sessions. (Monday evenings)
• A comprehensive and ongoing reflective journal which will be used by your supervisor to help assess and tailor the delivery and achievement of the agreed learning outcomes
• A commitment to on-going personal practice in Mindfulness and Compassion, regular supervision and continuous professional development. 

Course fees:

Level One – Mindfulness – £950

Level Two – Compassion – £750

Level Three – Supervised Teaching and CPD – £1,250

Total for 3 levels (paid separately) = £2950 

Book all 3 levels and save £200. Total course fee =£2,750

(£200 discount when you book and pay for all 3 levels at the same time.)

This can be spread out over instalments if required. 

Dates that may be chosen as part of The Learning Pathway:

Mindfulness Teacher Training Courses 5 days:

2026:

2nd – 6th March – Online

23rd to 27th March – Devon

April 27th – 1st May – Birmingham

15th – 19th June – Devon

6th – 10th July – Online

14th – 18th September – Birmingham

Sep 28th – 2nd October – Devon

26th – 30th October – Online

Saturday’s from 7th Nov – 5th Dec 2026 – Online

Compassion Focused Wellbeing Training  Courses – 5 days

2026:

11th –  15th May 2026 – Online

2nd November 2026 – Online

CPD Days Saturday’s:

To be confirmed – Online

8-week Programme:

Spring 2026 – Every Saturday morning in January and February – 10-11.30 – Online

Autumn 2026 – every Thursday morning in September and October – 2-3.30 – Online

Autumn 2026 – Every Wednesday Evening in October, November and December 6.30pm – Online

Retreats

Saturday 28th Febuary 2026, Sunday 6th December 2026. More dates to be confirmed – Online

Further Opportunities – The Trainer Pathway

A limited opportunity may exist for graduates of the learning pathway to then go on to become a trainer and train others how to teach. There are currently opprtunities available to train in certain areas, throughout Europe and beyond, either on an employed or self-employed, licenced basis. The 2026 Trainer Pathway is flexible to meet individual’s needs, meaning that attendance can be planned on courses/dates that suit you throughout the twelve months, rather than you having to fit into preordained dates. Please contact college to find out more about becoming a UK College trainer.