I’m 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 Mindfulness, I personally introduced mindfulness to over 3,000 colleagues at DH and across the UK Civil Service. I contributed to the Mindful Nation UK report and continue as an external Advisor to the UK Mindfulness Initiative (MI).
I was a member of the Board of Trustees for Oxford Mindfulness from 2015-2020 and have been proud to support the organisation in a number of key operational and leadership roles since then.
From April 2025, as Members Programme Lead, I’m responsible for co-ordinating our new membership programme activities at Oxford Mindfulness. I also teach courses and deliver Teacher Training to Oxford Mindfulness participants from all over the world.
Based in Portugal since 2016, I have a particular interest in supporting and promoting MBCT-based mindfulness teaching and training in my new home country.
“Since participating in my first MBCT programme in 2011, and realising for myself just how powerful mindfulness can be both as a therapeutic and as a wellbeing intervention, I have been a passionate advocate of mindfulness in my personal and professional life.“
Marion Furr
Members Programme Lead. Teacher, Trainer & Supervisor