Mindfulness in Schools Project
For the flourishing of young minds
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 […]
The practice of mindfulness as a catalyst for environmental activism may not seem obvious to everybody. But at our conference last week, Caroline Lucas MP made a compelling case for this approach and the impact she believes mindfulness in schools can have, both in helping young people to fully appreciate the beauty of our planet, […]
by Caroline Fish We all have certain expectations of a conference – as the word suggests, ‘a formal meeting of people with a shared interest’ offering ‘a group of talks on a particular subject’. I’ve been to lots over the years, arriving bright-eyed and enthusiastic, keen to learn and hoping to be sufficiently inspired […]
A huge thank you to all the UK and overseas schools and teachers who took part in the #SchoolsSitTogether event on Wednesday 6th February – and throughout the rest of the week. We were delighted with the response and fantastic photos, it really emphasised the mindful community feel and it was a great way for […]
REGISTER TODAY! * STARTS MONDAY FEB 11th. * WATCH FOR FREE FEB 11-15th The Mindful Kids Peace Summit is a 5 day online global summit, created by a teen for other teens, and is the first of its kind SEL Mindfulness program geared to tweens/teens and shown in middle/high schools all around the world as […]
Jon Kabat-Zinn joins Action For Happiness in a carpool podcast where he talks about about the dark side of making money through mindfulness, answers questions from his Facebook followers and also takes on the challenge of describing Mindfulness in one word. Jon also gives his thoughts on the 2018 MiSP Conference, describing it as “so […]
The Mindfulness in Schools Project community is coming together to mark Children’s Mental Health Week 2019 and to raise awareness of the need for young people to develop skills to support their own wellbeing, both inside and out. We are inviting teachers and students from primary and secondary schools all over the world who have […]