The most important qualification you must have in order to teach mindfulness is that you yourself have experienced and practiced mindfulness on a daily basis for some time and that you are familiar with the history, benefits, practices, challenges and benefits of mindfulness. Once you have experienced the benefits of mindfulness practice in your own mind and life, it will be much easier to explain mindfulness to others. Aside from having a regular personal daily mindfulness practice that you’ve maintained for some time (months or ideally years), it is important that you know about the history of this ancient practice, which is at least 2600 years old. While mindfulness has gained popularity as a stress management tool in modern times, it is certainly not a panacea and people with certain mental health conditions need to approach it with some caution since it increases introspection and awareness of the inner mental life. Therefore, in order to teach mindfulness, a mindfulness practitioner must know about the contraindications of mindfulness. Our Mindfulness Practitioner Certification Course covers the history, science and applications of mindfulness and it is taught by a Mindfulness Trainer who has been studying and practicing mindfulness for over 15 years and holds a Certificate in Mindfulness and Psychotherapy from the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Our course is comprehensive and it is meant to give you a complete and well-rounded introduction to mindfulness. Our Mindfulness Practitioner Certification is not an official “mindfulness teacher training” course per se (those tend to be longer). Our course was developed to introduce anyone into the world of mindfulness and offer them a solid foundation from which to grow and develop a life-long mindfulness journey, and to teach mindfulness to life coaches and others who work with clients in the personal development world since mindfulness helps improve listening skills and the capacity to be more empathic. However, because we ask that you come to at least eight live weekly sessions and that you practice mindfulness on a daily basis while you study with us, our course supports your evolution as a mindfulness practitioner. If you follow our recommendations for at least eight weeks and you keep practicing mindfulness after you complete it, it will give you the experience, confidence and information you need to teach mindfulness to others if you wish to do so. Many of our graduates (who tend to be coaches, counselors or teachers) feel confident enough to teach mindfulness to their clients and students by the time they complete their certification.