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| Formation | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Type | Mindfulness organization |
| Purpose | To support and develop good practice and integrity in the delivery of mindfulness-based approaches. |
| Location | |
Membership | Mindfulness teacher-training organizations Mindfulness teachers |
| Website | https://bamba.org.uk/ |
Formerly called | UK Network of Mindfulness-Based Teacher Training Organisations |
The British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA) is a UK-based network of mindfulness organizations and teachers, which has been described as "the lead organisation overseeing the quality of mindfulness-based training in the UK."[1][2] Founded in 2005 as the UK Network of Mindfulness-Based Teacher Training Organisations, BAMBA's original members were the mindfulness centers at the universities of Oxford, Bangor, and Exeter, as well as Breathworks CIC and NHS Scotland.[2] The primary purpose of the organization is to support and develop good practice and integrity in the delivery of mindfulness-based approaches in the UK.[1][2] It does this principally through the maintenance and dissemination of its Good Practice Guidelines, which provide a standards framework for its member organizations, and through the maintenance of a regulated list of accredited mindfulness teachers in the UK, who have been independently verified as having trained with a BAMBA member organization and as adhering to BAMBA Good Practice Guidelines.[3][1][2][4][5] The independently verified teachers list has been called "an international first",[3] and BAMBA has been described as "the closest thing that currently exists to a regulatory body for mindfulness training" in the UK.[6] As of June 2020, BAMBA had 25 member organizations.[7]