The Mindfulness Teachers Association (MTA) Register is UK’s largest professional body and register of accredited Mindfulness teachers
The MTA provides a free professional register and community of teachers of mindfulness. The register is open to all teachers of mindfulness worldwide who have a recognised, externally accredited qualification in mindfulness teaching. As the largest professional body and register in the UK, the MTA IS commited to improving and upholding the high professional standards within the MTA community alongside promoting ethical and inclusive evidence-based secular mindfulness teaching throughout the UK and worldwide.
Mindfulness teachers who are included in the Mindfulness Teachers Association Register are bound by a strict code of ethical and professional practice. They agree to uphold the professional standards including:
- Assessing the suitability of participants, giving accurate advice, and referring potential participants for consultation with their specialist health provider, where appropriate
- Only teaching on the basis of an externally accredited mindfulness teaching qualification
- Treating participants at all times with consideration, respect, dignity, compassion and kindness
- Refraining from abusing the trust of their professional relationship with participants
- Maintaining reflective practice in conjunction with professional supervision
- Maintaining their own on-going professional development
- Observing ethical and legal boundaries concerning confidentiality and making participants aware of such boundaries
- Maintaining professional indemnity and public liability insurance.
Benefits of Joining the MTA Register
Mindfulness Teachers Association registration offers the following benefits for mindfulness teachers…
- Making you more professionally visible – potential teaching work opportunities through strategic optimisation
- Status and credibility – the register only includes suitably qualified
teachers - Information and discounted prices on CPD
- It is free of charge.