Guest blog by Michiko Ashitani, Professor of Shiga University, Clinical psychologist, and mindfulness (MBSR) Teacher A project to promote mindfulness for Japanese children has been taking place in Japan for a number of years now, launched by Michiko Ashitani (Professor of Shiga University, Clinical psychologist, MBSR Teacher), Yashi Ito (Physicians, Certified MBSR Teacher Trainer) and […]
Guest blog by Chris Alekkou, Primary School Teacher & Associate Trainer for MiSP “slowly, slowly, mindfulness will hopefully begin to help my colleagues in the same way it has helped me, and the practice and its approach might become a bigger part of school life.” I am one of those few lucky ones that knew, […]
Mindfulness in Schools Project is delighted to have agreements with a small number of organisations to run our courses outside of the UK. We have worked closely with these international organisations to ensure that they are able to maintain the integrity and quality of our courses and that they have a suitably qualified, professional local […]
Blog by Faiy Rushton, Education and Training Development Manager Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) is excited to announce the launch of ‘The Pathways’ model, a framework designed to help individuals, schools and educational settings explore the benefits of mindfulness and clearly see the extent of MiSP’s potential support. ‘The Pathways’ model is aimed at teachers […]
Thank you for engaging already! A massive THANK YOU to everyone who already engages with our social media channels by tagging us in their posts and through liking, sharing and engaging with our posts. This really helps get the word out about what MiSP offers and encourages new schools and teachers to consider mindfulness for […]
Guest blog by David Bignell, Associate Trainer for MiSP These are challenging times for everyone working in the public sector for reasons that everyone knows – can mindfulness help? My answer based on my personal experience of twenty years as a primary school headteacher is yes it can. Why? Well, we can’t control external events […]
By Emily Slater, CEO of the Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) Just as we were about to press send on our latest newsletter, the sad news of the death of Ruth Perry, headteacher of Caversham Primary School in Reading (UK), hit the media. Our thoughts are clearly first and foremost with Ruth’s family, friends, colleagues […]
Guest blog by MiSP’s Co-founder and Chair, Richard Burnett There are many apparent paradoxes in mindfulness practice. You are being asked to apply yourself but without trying too hard; you have to learn to get out of the way of yourself; surely there must be a reason for doing it, but you are told not […]
Mindfulness in Schools Project is delighted to to have agreements with a small number of organisations to run our Teach .b and Teach Paws b courses outside of the UK. We have worked closely with these international organisations to ensure that they are able to maintain the integrity and quality of our courses and that they have a suitably […]
“The supported placements from MiSP have enabled us to develop a culture of Mindfulness in our setting. The supported placements have helped to create that like-minded skilled team to deliver curricula for all ages in a range of settings.” As a charity, MiSP, offers its training through two routes: One is directly to schools (or […]