Membership Requirements
1. Maintenance and deepening of ongoing personal mindfulness practice.
Evidenced by:
Brief personal practice journal extracts / commentary reviewed within individual or group supervision.
2. Supervision.
If you are already receiving supervision within your current professional practice you need to undertake 6 hours of peer or individual mindfulness-related supervision each year.
If you are not receiving supervision then 12 hours of peer or individual mindfulness-related supervision are required each year.
A central focus of supervision is whether our integration of mindfulness into our professional work continues to be safe and ethical. It also involves exploring our developmental edge so that we can broaden and deepen how we work in the context of an embodied mindfulness practice.
Evidenced by:
Confirmation of supervision by supervisor or peers.
Brief reflective commentary on learning from supervision reviewed in peer or individual supervision.
3. Attendance at 7 meditation practice days each year. This must include at least 4 days undertaken at teacher-led residential retreat(s). There is encouragement to move towards experiencing longer silent retreats of 7-10 days at whatever pace is appropriate for each person.
Evidenced by:
Confirmation of attendance by retreat teacher / organisation.
4. Keeping up-to-date within the field.
Evidenced by:
Review in supervision of learning from attendance at relevant CPD events and/or reading research articles or books relevant to the field.