Dean Francis is the Executive Director of The Mindfulness Network. He is also a mindfulness teacher, supervisor, and co-founder of the Urban Mindfulness Foundation. 

 

After completing his master’s in mindfulness studies, he co-created the award-winning Mindfulness-Based Inclusion Training program, specifically designed to build solidarity through practice, and dismantle racism and social inequalities, collectively.

 

Dean co-authored the collaborative paper “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Our Time: A Curriculum That Is Up to the Task” and serves as a trustee for the British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA), the UK’s primary professional body for registered practitioners, teachers, teacher training organisations, and innovators.

 

He’s at the forefront of socially engaged mindfulness training, especially for underrepresented groups in the UK. Dean plays an active role in developing and leading BAMBA’s new EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) task force, advocating for co-created, collaborative training that values lived experience. 

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