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Oasis Institute is the heart of the Center for Mindfulness' (CFM) training and certification programs for professionals. As the world’s longest-running, academic-based mindfulness practice, training and research organization, we offer comprehensive educational opportunities for professionals at many stages throughout their careers.
A 5-course educational pathway to becoming a CFM Certified MBSR Teacher, typically completed over 36 months, with courses offered both domestically and abroad.
Start nowFor CFM Certified MBSR teachers, learning how to become "teacher trainers," training the next generaton of MBSR teachers. Live and online for global participation.
Continuing education programs, electives, workshops, retreats and individual professional consultation for MBSR teachers, teacher trainers and other qualified professionals.
Engage with usProfessionals who:
Oasis Institute has a fundamental objective - to foster a direct, experiential understanding that inner experience, intuition, imagination, and non-conceptual awareness are as crucial and valid as objective, evidence-based knowledge in teaching MBSR.
Teacher formation requires your ongoing commitment to learning as much as possible about your own personality and patterns of relating, and recognition of your body as a vehicle for understanding mindfulness. This ongoing process may include: