Welcome to the Urban Mindfulness Foundation CIC
Where we provide structured Educational Mindfulness Trainings focused on cultivating Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in society.
The Urban Mindfulness Foundation delivers mindfulness trainings and drop in sessions grounded in the alleviation of identity based harm and social and environmental injustice. This is achieved by blending mindfulness, compassion, insight and wisdoms traditions from African, Caribbean, Eastern, Indigenous, Global South and Western Educational Culture that offers a unique means of addressing inequality collectively.
Our Social Mindfulness Programmes combine a unique blend of history, culture, contemporary psychology, world philosophy, theory and practices from meditative traditions that broadens our perspectives, understanding and connection.
By introducing the foundations of mindfulness, compassion and insight practice alongside educational learning, we support mindfulness practitioners to develop the wisdom of inclusion, non violent communication and relational skills that disrupt systemic oppressions for the benefit of all life.
Having created, delivered and researched our very own Mindfulness Based Inclusion Training Program called (MBIT) or MyBIT, we understand how to safely introduce the subjects of equity, equality, diversity and inclusion into mindfulness practice in a way that facilitates prosocial change in key social contexts such as the Educational System, Health Care and Criminal Justice and the Workplace.
A welcome from Dean and Aesha Francis
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Drastic times require DRASIC measures
Black and People of Colour Mindfulness Training and Social Enterprise Programme – DRASIC
Multicultural Mindfulness Community of Practice Gatherings for everyone
Monthly Mindfulness Solidarity Gatherings
2022 Time/Dates: TBC
All Sessions are offered on a donation basis.
Please make a donation of your choice using links at the bottom of the home page
If you are unable to make a donation due to financial constraints please email us: unity@urbanmindfulnessfoundation.co.uk for access
Black and People of Colour Affinity Group Gatherings
2022 Time/Dates: TBC
All Sessions are offered on a donation basis.
Please make a donation of your choice using links at the bottom of the home page
If you are unable to make a donation due to financial constraints please email us: unity@urbanmindfulnessfoundation.co.uk for access
Mindfulness Based Inclusion Training known as MBIT or MyBIT
The Urban Mindfulness Foundation have developed the first Mindfulness Based Inclusion Training programme that we know of in the UK.
The MBIT programme is designed to enrich our relationships and sense of connection through deepening our social and cultural understanding.
The MBIT training programme is a unique blend of educational based mindfulness training designed for beginners, experienced mindfulness teachers, practitioners and Organisations serious about addressing the equality, equity, diversity, and inclusion gaps in society and the field.
The MBIT programme draws on both traditional and somantic techniques of learning and experiencing that shifts the historical trauma’s of identity based harm in a way that invites change through cultural intelligence.
By inviting the subjects of equality, diversity and inclusion into our contemplation’s and reflections, we invite new and embodied insights to emerge into our social and cultural conditioning that can distort the way we see ourselves and each other. Ultimately, MBIT is about developing wise discernment, critical thinking and the maturation of compassionate and courageous beings willing to act from this embodied awareness.
Click HERE for more info on MBIT
The Mayor of London pledged £40,000 to our project
The Urban Mindfulness Foundation in collaboration with others raised £60K to deliver an exciting innovative project that included FREE Mindfulness Courses to schools in Newham to make Mindfulness more inclusive and accessible. Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to reach the crowd funding final target so no funds were released this time round. Nonetheless, we are delighted that the The Mayor of London and his team expressed such belief in our project by pledging £40,000 towards the campaign that itself was a real achievement and thoroughly enjoyable learning experience.
Mindful News
The Urban Mindfulness Foundation have been mentioned by the Mindfulness & Social Change Network article on
Click here to read the full article
For more info on the mindfulness and social change network visit: https://mindfulnessandsocialchange.org/
Covid-19 Mindful Resources:
> Mindfulness for Staying at Home & After
> Clear Mind International – Living Resource
> Free mindfulness resources during shut down
See some further important articals and material on social mindfulness that we recommend exploring as part of a sincere mindfulness journey:
Can mindfulness help us midst covid 19 and beyond?
Time for new thinking about mindfulness and social change
Social mindfulness as a force for change
Mindfulness and It’s Limitations in a Neoliberal Society
The mindfulness conspiracy, capitalist-spirituality
Moving mindfulness from ‘me’ to ‘we’
All our drop in sessions to the public are offered on a donation basis.
Please donate what you can, whenever you can!
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The Urban Mindfulness Foundation is passionate about the wellbeing of everyone in our community, but to have an impact, we really need your help!
Naturally there are significant costs that come with providing our services which are unique. We are creating spaces where people can come and not feel like they are a minority. We then bring groups together in a space of mutual respect and solidarity in finding non adversarial ways of ending environmental, racial and other social justices.
So please help us to keep our service accessible and free to those who are unable to afford mindfulness or self development training elsewhere, or who might feel more comfortable practicing in a space that is fundamentally about multicultural community building and solidarity.
Every and any donation you make is vital to us!
So if your able, please make even a small donation, as it will go a long way to keeping this amazing service free and available for the most disadvantaged in our society.
Guided donations for drop in sessions are £3 to 5 per session.
Drop in sessions run in 6 week blocks so the suggested donation for the block is £18 to £30.
However, if you cant afford this amount, please don’t worry, simply donate whatever you can, whenever you can, and if you are able to donate more for a session, then please do!
For anyone unable to make a donation due to financial constraints, please don’t worry. We have your back here, simply drop us an email and we will send you the drop in session link.
Thank you all for your support!