Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the implementation of mindfulness based interventions, in different community settings in South Africa, by graduates of a two-year mindfulness training course, and to explore the challenges involved in adapting to the local context. Methods: This was a descriptive exploratory qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. Ten graduates of a two-year...
Abstract Background Training people to deliver mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) is becoming an important activity as mindfulness has been shown to have clinical benefits across a variety of conditions. Training courses must not only address the principles, skills and theory of mindfulness, but the trainers themselves must be able to embody the practice. There is limited research on the...