Innovations in Mindfulness Fieldbook

The Fieldbook for Mindfulness Innovators was written in 2019 and was the spark that led to the Innovations in Mindfulness Awards. It has supported much valuable work in the intervening years, and has been revised and updated in 2024. Read or download it below for free, and if you want to share your response to it, why not submit a short blog piece for our community page?

If you prefer to purchase a printed version of the Fieldbook, it is available through Blackwell's in the UK, bol.com in the Netherlands, and internationally via Amazon.
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Fieldbook

The Fieldbook for Mindfulness Innovators was written in 2019 and was the spark that led to the Innovations in Mindfulness Awards. It has supported much valuable work in the intervening years, and has been revised and updated in 2024.

Read or download it below for free, and if you want to share your response to it, why not submit a short blog piece for our community page?

If you prefer to purchase a printed version of the Fieldbook, it is available through Blackwell's in the UK, bol.com in the Netherlands, and internationally via Amazon.
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Sharing Your Treasure

Sharing Your Treasure: A Workbook for Mindfulness Innovators is a companion guide to the Fieldbook, produced in 2025. The Workbook offers an opportunity for mindfulness teachers to reflect on what they want to share, and how they might adapt their offering for new audiences effectively and sustainably.

It was informed by a pilot course of workshops held earlier this year and distils the knowledge and experience of its authors, Vin Harris and Richard Edwards.

The workbook is designed to be used in physical form, so we provide it here both in colour and in a more printer-friendly black and white version.
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Black & White

0 Fieldbook Intro

1 Mindfulness today

1.1 What is mindfulness?

1.2 Wider effects

1.3 Popular teaching methods

1.4 Current evidence

2 Innovation landscape

2.1 What is mindfulness?

2.2 Different innovation cultures

2.3 Opportunities for creativity

2.4 Cultivation of teachers

2.5 Establishing credibility

2.6 Business models

3 Designing with & for people

3.1 A human-centred approach

3.2 Starting with the problem

3.3 Co-creating a solution

3.4 Awareness of power dynamics

3.5 Designing for a diverse society

4 Does it work?

4.1 Why is evidence important?

4.2 Early testing and iteration

4.3 Explaining how your solution will work

4.4 Moving up the evidence hierarchy

4.5 Additional resources

5 The road ahead

5.1 Growing a team

5.2 Be a learning organisation

5.3 Scaling impact

5.4 Deepening practice

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