Jo Edwards

Operations Co-ordinator

I’ve worked with young people and vulnerable adults in social services, education, the University of Oxford and charities for most of my working life in wide-ranging HR and senior administrative roles. I joined the OMF in 2017. Living in a rural environment, I enjoy time out walking, weight...

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Matilde Elices

Trustee, Teacher and Trainer

I am an Uruguayan psychologist and researcher living in Barcelona with my husband and my daughter. I work at the Institute Mar of Medical Research, one of the largest public hospitals in Barcelona. I manage research projects aiming to find innovative treatment approaches for severe mental...

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Esther Elize

Online Course Administrator

Based in North Wales I have experience in many administrative roles. I was a former HR Coordinator, and my previous experience was with the Police, Council, NHS and a popular Football Club. I take care of the...

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Alison Evans

Guest Retreat Leader

I am a teacher, trainer, and supervisor of Mindfulness-Based Approaches. I began teaching in 2004, and have taught a variety of programmes since then, including Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness for life (MBCT-L) and Mindfulness-based Compassionate Living (MBCL). I have an MSc in MBCT and...

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Kevin Fong

International Advisor & Trainer

I am a mindfulness practitioner who started the mindfulness journey from traditional mindfulness meditation practice, then moving onto learning and teaching MBSR and MBCT. Before becoming a mindfulness teacher, I have a business background working in Asia and Europe for 19...

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Bernat Font-Clos

Retreat Leader

I am a meditation teacher trainee and a postgraduate researcher at the University of Bristol. My dissertation explores the nature of feeling tone (vedanā) and, more specifically, the role of pleasant feeling tones and positive affect in early Buddhist literature. I lead meditation activities online, in Spain,...

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John Ford

Trustee and Treasurer

I am Treasurer, Finance Director and Governing Body member of St Anne’s College, Oxford. I combine over 30 years of international experience in the banking industry with specialist knowledge of charity financial management, risk management, sales and marketing. I am also a Trustee of the Nuffield Oxford...

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Marion Furr

Co-Director Teaching & Training. Teacher, Trainer & Supervisor

I am professionally qualified as an Occupational Psychologist and until 2016, was Director of Ministerial Business and Parliamentary Accountability at the UK Department of Health (DH) and Chair of the DH Staff Health and Wellbeing programme. After training to teach MBSR/MBCT at Bangor University and Oxford...

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Sheila Gill

Teacher and Mentor

I am an associate teacher with the Oxford Mindfulness Centre (OMC) and on the UK register of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT teachers).  I completed the master’s degree in MBCT at Oxford University in 2014. I worked as a psychological therapist for over twenty years in an NHS primary care context...

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