• Quality Assurance: Validating mindfulness qualifications ensures that individuals leading mindfulness programs or providing mindfulness-based services have received proper training and adhere to recognized standards of practice. This helps maintain the quality of mindfulness interventions.
• Client Safety: In healthcare settings, where mindfulness is used as a therapeutic intervention, verifying qualifications is essential to safeguarding patient well-being. Only qualified professionals should provide clinical mindfulness-based therapies.
• Trust and Credibility: Employers and educational institutions offering mindfulness programs want to ensure that instructors and facilitators have the expertise and credibility needed to effectively teach mindfulness and guide participants.
• Consistency: Validating qualifications helps ensure that mindfulness teachers and practitioners follow a consistent set of ethical and professional guidelines, promoting a uniform standard of practice across different contexts.

To verify whether an individual has undertaken a course with the Institute employers, educational institutions, or healthcare providers can follow these steps:

1. Access the Database below: Key in the individuals email address in order to look for a “Verification”.

2. Review the Results: After submitting the information, the database will generate a verification result. This result should confirm whether the individual is a valid credential holder and provide additional details about their qualifications.

If the database search does not yield results or if there are discrepancies, employers and organisations can contact the institute at the email address listed on the bottom of the Website.

Please see the graphic below for an example search.