Mindfulness Based Approaches MA (5 years)

This Masters will enable you to study mindfulness-based approaches without training to become a mindfulness teacher. This route takes between three and five years to complete, it is up to you at what rate you progress through the Masters.

Students need to have a good undergraduate or postgraduate degree (usually at a minimum 2:2 standard). Equivalent professional and practical experience in life and work can also be considered; Have completed a teacher-led 8-week mindfulness course (Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction), taught to a group over 8 weeks; Frequent and regular meditation practice (normally on a daily basis) of mindfulness meditation, preferably as taught in MBSR and MBCT, for at least a year before starting the programme; IT requirements: students must have a computer in good working order (with basic software such as Microsoft Office as a minimum), access to the Internet, and the IT skills required to use these systems.