This milestone edition focuses on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Mindfulness, with a particular spotlight on neuro-affirmative practice. Edition 5 is an exciting collaboration between the Manchester Mindfulness Festival and MiSP. The MiSP family includes educators, parents and carers and, working with adults, children and young people in education, our community is naturally diverse. […]
Guest blog by Eli I’m a 22-year-old studying Chemistry at the University of Bristol. Like many other students (and, I suspect, many non-students), I’ve often felt overwhelmed, stressed, and anxious. Although I still experience these emotions, mindfulness and the .begin course have given me the tools to deal with, understand and accept these feelings. Although […]
We are delighted to be facilitating a one day workshop as part of Bangor’s post-conference day on Tuesday 6 August 2024 9am for 9.30am until 5pm. We would love to see you there online or in person. If you are unable to attend on the day, we have heard from the organisers that a recording […]
Guest blog by Zettie Taylor, Teacher of English & Mindfulness at Princes Risborough School One of our Year 7 students told me: “Me and a friend went to our lockers to get our laptops out for our next lesson and the locker doors would not open. We were trying as hard as we could but […]
Guest blog by Emily Brierley, Youth Ambassador for Mindfulness in Schools Project Mindfulness: a word often invoking raised eyebrows and a dismissive comment. It appears to exist on a spectrum of simply being a fad or the foundations of out of touch hippies. In reality, mindful qualities are inherent in human nature, most consistently and […]
We are so grateful to the runners taking part in the London 10k to raise funds for our Together for Wellbeing Campaign. Read on to find out more about them and their inspirational reasons for taking part. Hi, I’m Lucy. I was a class teacher for 25 years and during this time began to notice […]
Mindfulness in Schools An introduction to The Present for Schools and our collaboration with Sarah Silverton & Faiy Rushton Monday 8th July 2024 – 7pm to 8pm (UK time) What to expect? As part of the MiSP Speaker Series for 2023/24 and to celebrate our new collaboration, you are warmly invited to hear Sarah Silverton, […]
Mindfulness in Schools Project is delighted to announce a new collaboration with the long-standing and well-respected not-for-profit organisation, The Present Courses CIC. What is The Present? The Present is a spiral curriculum for children aged 3-12 and the adults working with them, developed by internationally renowned mindfulness teacher/trainer, Sarah Silverton, school teacher, Tabitha Sawyer, and […]
Guest blog by Elizabeth Williams, Chair of Meddylgarwch Cymru (Mindfulness Wales) and Associate Trainer for MiSP Early in our mindfulness journey in Wales, as a group of educators and mindfulness practitioners, we asked ourselves “What could mindfulness do for learners in Wales?”. We ended up with four solid aims – mindfulness can help our learners […]
By Emily Slater, CEO, Mindfulness in Schools Project For 2024, MiSP remains committed to making a positive impact on the lives of children and young people, and the adults working with them. Our recent Team ‘away day’ enabled us to revisit our current key objectives for the upcoming year, including: Expanding the reach of our […]