Publications - Mindfulness in Schools Project

Published papers and articles on the subject of mindfulness.

The Mindfulness Initiative: Implementing Mindfulness in Schools – The Mindfulness Initiative (2024)

Mindfulness in Westminster Reflections from UK Politicians– The Mindfulness Initiative (2023)

Reconnection: Meeting the Climate Crisis Inside Out – The Mindfulness Initiative (2022)

Responding to Mindfulness: Developing Agency in Urgent Times – The Mindfulness Initiative (2021)

Mindfulness in Wales: A Toolkit for Introducing Mindfulness in Education – Elizabeth Williams (2020)

Mindfulness: developing agency in urgent times – Jamie Bristow, Rosie Bell and Dan Nixon (2020)

The Mindfulness Initiative Education Strategy Report – The Mindfulness Initiative (2020)

Mindful Nation UK – Mindfulness All-Party Parliamentary Group (MAPPG) (2015)

Building on this ‘mindful pause’ for education – Adrian Bethune and Katherine Weare (Schools Week, 2020)

Time for new thinking about mindfulness and social change – Jamie Bristow (2019)

Don’t Buy Into the Backlash — the Science on Meditation Is Clear – Arianna Huffington and Richard J. Davidson (Thrive Global, 2018)

How meditation could be beneficial in schools– Lea Waters (The Independent, 2015)

The link between pupil health and wellbeing and attainment – Public Health England (2014)

Mindfulness in schools – Dan Jones (The Psychologist, 2011)

Mindfulness and Social Change – Luke Wreford and Paula Haddock (Open Democracy, 2019)

Building the Case for Mindfulness in the Workplace – The Mindfulness Initiative (2016)

Foreword to The Way of Mindful Education by Daniel Rechtschaffen – Jon Kabat-Zinn (2014)

Mindfulness activities for younger children – Claire Kelly (Headteacher Update, 2020)

Clydebank High shares its mindfulness approach with the world – Darren Gibson (Clydebank Post, 2020)

Schools of Thought: Can mindfulness lessons boost child mental health? – Liz Lightfoot (The Guardian, 2020)

Mental health at school: Meditation and morality, or counselling and clinical care? – Barney Cullum (Mental Health Today, 2019)

Teacher training given a more mindful approach – Abbie Wightwick (Education Wales, 2019)

Children to receive mindfulness in primary schools – Simon Doyle (The Irish News, 2018)

It stops the scary stuff: pupils thrive with mindfulness lessons – Rob Walker (The Guardian, 2018)

Mindfulness in Schools Project: Making Children’s Mental Health a Priority Today – (FE News, 2018)

New Research Shows Benefit of Mindfulness Techniques in Schools – Alice McGurran (Welldoing.org, 2018)

Close your eyes and breathe: schools sign up to mindfulness – Rob Walker (The Guardian, 2016)

For the Flourishing of Young Minds: The Mindfulness Toolkit for Tough Times – Richard Burnett (Huffington Post, 2014)

Mindfulness is now very much on the agenda for most schools – Helen O’Callaghan (Irish Examiner, 2014)

Could beditation be the answer to exam nerves? – Oenone Crossley-Holland (The Guardian, 2013)

Would you like ethics with that? The possibilities and risks of (Mc)Mindfulness in schools – Christopher T. McCaw (EduResearch Matters, 2020)

Mindfulness Lessons are Not Enough – Anthony Seldon (School House, 2019)

The Mindfulness Conspiracy – Ronald Purser (The Guardian, 2019)