Mindfulness in Schools Project
For the flourishing of young minds
Today, marking the end of World Wellbeing Week, the national charity Mindfulness in Schools Project announces three internationally famous figures as its inaugural patrons. Game of Thrones star Jerome Flynn, environmental campaigner and politician Caroline Lucas MP and pioneering academic Jon Kabat-Zinn are known globally for outstanding work in their respective fields. Now, they are […]
Here at MiSP we are happy to signpost organisations which share our values of providing mindfulness to children and young people with integrity and authenticity. Inward Bound Mindfulness Education UK (iBme UK) is part of a 30-year lineage of mindfulness retreats for young people that began in the US. Now in their 3rd year, we […]
by Ben Chalwin In 2013 I was Deputy Headteacher at a large primary school in Penzance, Cornwall. My Headteacher at the time gave me a flyer and suggested that I might like to attend a Mindfulness in Schools event being run by Mindfulness Cornwall in conjunction with Exeter University as, “You’re into yoga and that […]
Carmarthenshire County Council, in collaboration with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, has established a ground-breaking programme to bring mindfulness training to schools in south west Wales … We are delighted to have been invited to provide bespoke group training to teachers in Carmarthenshire to introduce more young people to the benefits of mindfulness. […]
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 […]
Enaya is in her final year of sixth form, taking Economics, Psychology and Sociology A’ levels this summer. She hopes to study Psychology at university… How did you first learn about mindfulness? “I first discovered Mindfulness in Year 7 where we were introduced to the sessions but they were not delivered consistently at the time. […]
Luke is a History graduate from the University of Cambridge. He is about to start a Master’s degree in Film at the University of Amsterdam … How did you first learn about mindfulness? “I was taught the .b curriculum in Year 10 at my school, and became more heavily involved in mindfulness as I got […]
Emily is a sixth form student from Huddersfield, studying A’ levels in Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy & Ethics with Buddhism. After being involved in the Manchester Arena terror attack in 2017, Emily’s mindfulness practice provided her with vital support. How did you first learn about mindfulness? “I first discovered mindfulness when I was 13. At the […]