Mindfulness in Schools Project
For the flourishing of young minds
A huge thank you to all of our amazing supporters who have helped us raise funds towards our A Million Minds Matter appeal. As a result of your incredible efforts, we have been able to increase the number of supported places we can offer, ensuring that cost is not a barrier to access, to develop […]
The nights are drawing in, the temperature is dropping and the Christmas adverts are out – it’s starting to feel very much like the end of the year. For many of us this might be a good time to begin to reflect on what we want to achieve in 2020, professionally, personally, and in terms […]
A huge thank you to all the UK and overseas schools and teachers who took part in our second #SchoolsSitTogether event on Thursday 10th October. We were delighted with the response and fantastic photos and videos of the children taking part, it really emphasised the power of our mindful community and it was a great […]
by Claire Kelly Having loathed school sports days, when I was regularly allocated the high jump and 800m events because I ‘had long legs but was too big to sprint’ (thanks, Miss Renfrew), I developed a healthy aversion to any activity undertaken at more than 2 miles an hour. I went through early adulthood practising […]
by Matt Wilks Now, don’t get me wrong – working at home is great. The benefits are many: I sidestep the dreaded ‘you were out when we called’ note by being here to accept deliveries, the teetering washing pile is partially tamed and the dog has some company. I’m here to walk my youngest to […]
By Richard Burnett MiSP’s aim with A Million Minds Matter is to reach one million children with mindfulness in classrooms across the UK. Our recent conference was an important step in that direction and the feedback we have had has been humbling and inspiring. What made the speakers so compelling was in part how different […]
by Claire Kelly I grew up in a 1970’s semi with a garden so regimented my mother planted the snapdragons and montbretia using a set square and a spirit level – really! It was a classic example of an aspirational garden – a testament to the human desire to whip nature into shape and show […]
MiSP ran workshops entitled ‘Changing the weather in the staffroom and the classroom’ at the 5th annual conference hosted by Emotionally Friendly Schools (EFS) attended by 140 delegates in Greater Manchester this week.There was a great deal of interest in our whole-school approach to improving children’s mental health and wellbeing … Supported by Salford Educational […]
“… everything we do is movement, even thought and things that stop moving start dying …” Dan Edwardes, 26th April 2019, MiSP Conference, London. “… mindfulness not only has the potential to inspire us, but also to equip us with the strength to confront the true scale of the crisis we face …” Caroline Lucas […]
The 2019 MiSP Conference already seems like a lovely memory, so we’ve put together a selection of photos from the day to remind you of just how great it was – and if you weren’t there an idea of what you missed! The event at the Friends House, Euston on Friday 26th April was a […]