Current work presents an endeavor to implement the Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice (MBSP) for high school, undergraduate, and postgraduate students at more than 30 campuses of Tecmilenio University located in 25 cities in Mexico, impacting thousands of students. While the original structure of the MBSP course was introduced to undergraduate and postgraduate students, an adapted version of the MBSP for adolescents was implemented for high school students. This whole-school approach of MBSP was made possible by a large-scale structured train-the-trainer model (a hybrid model of online and face-to-face training), training more than 500 instructors of MBSP within Tecmilenio University up to date.
In addition to offering the 8-week MBSP course to students, other smaller interventions based on MBSP were also implemented, namely, a guided meditation classroom intervention and an online self-led practice.
Some pilot data demonstrated that both the 8-week MBSP course and guided meditation classroom intervention reduced stress among students, but only MBSP course increased mindfulness. This suggests that the 5-minute guided meditation practice at classroom might be enough to reduce stress, but not enough to increase mindfulness, whereas the MBSP course might be efficient enough to reduce stress and also increase mindfulness. Qualitative data from 2018 to present also suggested that the MBSP course possibly increased other well-being variables, such as positive relationships, meaning, and life satisfaction.