Mindfulness Master’s Degree

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Hi. I'm Dr. Gemma Griffith, and I run the Masters of Mindfulness here at Bangor University.

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 So here at Bangor, we were actually the first university to establish a masters in mindfulness program in the world,

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and we've been running for over 20 years now. So it's a blended learning.

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MASTERS So that means that you come to Bangor about three times a year to do in-person teaching,

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and then the rest of the time you can learn online services and a master's that's really designed

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for people who either work full time or part time or have other kind of family commitments.

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And most of our students finds that it's it's very much doable in the context of their lives.

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But the classes for mindfulness, you have treats that you can choose from.

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So one is used to be that would like to train to be a mindfulness teacher to come on that route.

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You don't necessarily need any teaching experience or you might have lots of teaching experience of mindfulness,

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and we have a huge variation of people that started that teaching pathway.

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So you get the full training to be a mindfulness teacher with us and you get a masters degree,

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and you also get something called the Certificates of Competence, which is the highest certificate you can get in the UK.

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And for mindfulness teaching the other way, which isn't may and mindfulness based approaches.

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So that roots is for those of you who want to explore mindfulness personally

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in your own class and practice and want to study it as an academic subject

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So there are quite a few modules you can choose from a collection of perspectives about that.

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But essentially you get a grounding in mindfulness research and we also really encourage

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you to bring in your own interests and expertise and experiences into your studies.

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And this culminates in the thesis on the topic of your choice as a really

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supportive community only masters program that emerges over time with your fellow

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students and cheeses so that those opportunities for connection and study

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throughout the year and you've got this with the flexibility of blended learning,

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which means you can fit this around other commitments such as work or family.

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So if you'd like to find out more about our master's program, please go to our website,

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which is Bangor Dot, AC, dot UK slash mindfulness and you can download our prospectus that.

• We have highly experienced mindfulness trainers (some with 30+ years of experience) who provide excellent, high quality training
• We provide full teacher training to deliver a mindfulness course, no matter whether you are a beginner or have some years experience
• You gain a solid understanding the theoretical underpinnings of Mindfulness-based interventions
• Small classes with excellent staff: student ratios
• Emphasis on the integrity of mindfulness practice
• You can gain the highest mindfulness teaching qualification in the UK
• An opportunity to deeply explore your own mindfulness practice whilst training to teach