Mindfulness in Schools Project
For the flourishing of young minds
As the festive season approaches, it’s a privilege to be asked to contribute to the MiSP blog and have this opportunity to be in touch with you all, the amazing MiSP network and community of teachers and friends. It feels like a gift. Thank you for any attention you give to these few words. My […]
Thank you to all trained teachers who attended the MiSP MYRIAD reflections surgery on Wednesday 21st September 2022, at which MiSP’s Co-founder and Chair, Richard Burnett, shared some background. In response to feedback from attendees, here are some more of Richard’s reflections on the recently published findings from the MYRIAD project; a large randomised control […]
We are living at an incredibly uncertain time. We are clearly living in challenging times. The pandemic has been difficult for all of us in different ways and highlighted the inequalities and discrimination in our society. There is suffering throughout the world through continuing conflict, including the new one we are witnessing in Europe. We […]
A year ago, rates of probable mental disorders in 6 to 16 year olds had increased from one in nine to one in six, since 2017, and 39.2% of the age group had experienced a deterioration in mental health.* A year on we still face huge challenges, from the pandemic now and from the cumulative […]
by Richard Burnett Gogglebox on Christmas Day at 9:15pm was not where I was expecting to find mindfulness. For those of you who don’t know what it is, Gogglebox is a TV show where you watch other people watching telly. A form of reality TV, imagine a camera on the TV itself, looking back at […]
All of us at Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) would like to wish those of you caring for children, particularly teachers, parents, carers – and children and young people themselves – a truly restorative break over the upcoming holiday season. By this time of year (at least from personal experience), even in ‘normal times’, it […]
The second in a series of blogs looking at wellbeing through the rhythms of the school year. Elinor Brown explores the importance of belonging and what supports it. “… how will we know when we are truly inclusive? That’s where belonging comes in – the output of true inclusion is a sense of belonging for everyone.” […]
Elinor Brown explores how mindfulness can support us through change, the Bridges Transition Model and a practice for being present as we move between day-to-day activities. The first of a series of blogs looking at mindfulness and wellbeing through the rhythms of the school year. “Transition is not just a nice way to say change. […]
We were delighted to welcome so many of our community to our online conference last weekend, including delegates from over 20 nations who were present to listen to our fantastic speakers. Our theme ‘Including All’ was chosen to reflect conversations that have been going on in communities across the world, and it was wonderful to […]
A New Year’s Revelation for teachers by Liz Lord In the second of our series of blogs looking at the essential qualities of school mindfulness teachers, Liz Lord questions the constant and never ending ‘to do’ lists and offers an alternative… I worked for almost 20 years as a teacher, SLT member, SENDCO, CAMHS link […]