eamba History
2025 Explorations
2018 - 2025 eamba Membership
In 2018 eamba was transformed from a loosely organised Network into a legal entity registered in the Netherlands. Then, eamba united 13 Member Associations.
Meanwhile, 36 local Associations of Mindfulness Teachers are connected in eamba. They are based in Europe, in Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, South Africa and the United States of America. Click for a list of current eamba Members.
The eamba Teacher Associations are not-for-profit organisations connecting and serving MBP-Teachers in their territory. They connect about 6.000 MBP Teachers.
All can benefit from the support of eamba Associations.
Full membership is offered to teacher associations with statutes and rules in accord with the aims of eamba.
Colleagues who engage in the process of creating an Association for Mindfulness Teachers in their territory, can count on active support from the eamba Board and eamba Associations sharing their longer experience in connecting and serving Mindfulness Teachers locally.
2024 Innovations
2023 Exploring the Needs for MBP-teaching
The eamba Community is exploring the needs of European societies for MBP-teaching.
A devastating growth of mental health issues, weariness of life and loss of meaning is observed.
This is an indication for an increased need for MBP-teaching, since
research shows that mindfulness practice is helpful in alleviating these adverse experiences.
Yet, many MBP-Teachers Europe-wide report a sharp decline in demand for mindfulness teaching and MBP-instructor training.
Together we engage in understanding developments and in finding ways to solve the crises experienced by creating solutions that fit the local needs.
2022 Aligning the eamba Mission
eamba widened its perspective to align its mission with the call to action published in The Mindfulness Initiative’s publication Reconnection: Meeting the Climate Crisis Inside Out, [PDF]
This document outlined the relevance of mindfulness and compassion practices in addressing the endemic disconnection from self, others and nature at the root of the climate crisis.
Since the eamba Members are directly engaged in training the capacities of heart and mind, they are introducing their participants into “potentially powerful enablers of inner and outer reconnection, fostering greater resilience and engagement, and activating more decisive responses to our global sustainability crises.” Reconnection brought more awareness to this contribution of mindfulness teachers and inspired the update of eamba’s mission.
In 2022 there were 29 members localised in 27 countries, eamba community
2020 - 2025 eamba Exchange
Since 2020 eamba organised a bi-weekly live Exchange online
Born out of the Corona-crisis, when Teachers were blocked to teach in-person groups, Exchange evolved to provide a platform for many kinds exchange and learning with bi-monthly peer reflection meetings, invited experts and a range of resources (audio’s, podcasts, video’s) to encourage continuous learning and networking.
2019 - 2024 eamba Festivals
Since 2019 eamba organised an annual Festival / Conference
The eamba Festival is meant to take place in the country of a Member association of eamba to facilitate personal meetings and networking, while being organised locally by this Member association. During the pandemic period several eamba Festivals took place virtually.
- 2025:
- 2024: Mindful Societies – Caring Communities, hybrid event organised by Mindfulness Inicijativa Hrvatska, online and in Zagreb, Croatia (October 5th, 2023).
- 2023: On the Evolution of mindfulness teaching and societal relevance beyond anxiety around artificial intelligence – Part II eamba 2023 conference, virtual event organised by the eamba Board (November 29th, 2023).
- 2023: Current needs and demands for mindfulness teaching in society – Part I eamba 2023 conference virtual event organised by the eamba Board (April 4th, 2023).
- 2022: Being a Mindfulness Teacher, virtual event organised by the eamba Board in September 2022.
- 2021: ‘Resilience’ virtual event organised by Association Française des Enseignants MBSR (AFEM), France at the end of August 2021.
- 2020: Minded, Turkey organised a virtual event at the end of August 2020.
- 2019: Lietuvos Isisamoninimu GrIstos Psichologijos Asociacija in Lithuania organised an in-person event at the end of August 2019.
2018 - 2025 eamba Boards
In 2018 eamba was transformed from a loosely organised network into a legal entity and the first eamba Board was installed.
Compositions of the eamba Board over the years:
2025: Tatini Petra Schmidt, Teresa Ranieri, Maryna Chychuha, Janina Sabaite.
2024: Eugenio Correnti, Katharina Mullen, Tatini Petra Schmidt, Teresa Ranieri, Iva Mia Kruslin.
2023: Camilla Sköld, Eugenio Correnti, Katharina Mullen, Tatini Petra Schmidt, Teresa Ranieri.
2022: Camilla Sköld, Eugenio Correnti, Katharina Mullen, Sherida Pengel, Tatini Petra Schmidt.
2021: Camilla Sköld, Eugenio Correnti, Lot Heijke, Katharina Mullen, Sherida Pengel.
2019-21: Eugenio Correnti, Guenter Hudasch, Lot Heijke, Katharina Mullen, Mirka Kolmaga
2018-19: Jenny Ebermann, Guenter Hudasch, Lot Heijke, Katharina Mullen, Mirka Kolmaga.
2017 - 2025 eamba Retreats
Since 2017 eamba associations have organised an annual Retreat for Mindfulness Teachers
2025: ‘Awakening Body, Speech, and Mind with Tatsudo Nicole Baden.
2024: ‘Change Changes Changing – A Path of Attentional Bodifulness’ with Tatsudo Nicole Baden
2023: ‘Dimensions of Trust’ with Tineke Osterloh.
2022: ‘Revisiting mindfulness’ with Christoph Koeck.
2021: ‘Breaking free of habits’ with Martine Batchelor.
2020: ‘Waking up together: finding support in the community of teachers with Jaya Rudgard.
2019: ‘Ethics, meditation and wisdom: finding balance in a changing world’ with Jake Dartington.
2018: Akincano Marc Weber
2017: ‘The Power of Trust’ with John Peacock
2010 eamba Network
eamba started as a network in August 2010 and has welcomed Members from Europe and close-by over the years, initiated by Guenter Hudasch, Lot Heijke, Maria van Balen and Petra Meibert.