Post-conference workshop 7 - Saturday 23 June: Mindful or MIND FULL - building positive mindful skills for children

with Janet Etty-Leal, teacher and Mindful Educational Consultant; Author: Meditation Capsules:  A Mindfulness Program for Children

Over 2,000 schools globally are running Mindfulness Programs for students, with research indicating a wealth of benefits; including increased happiness, effective stress management, impulse control, enhanced performance and academic achievement, increased empathy and optimism. 

This workshop is a hands/hearts/minds-on opportunity for you to learn simple, practical ways to engage children in a variety of fun, simple and creative mindful skills.  These skills have been trialled with thousands of students and teachers.  They can easily be integrated into the classroom and life: with techniques ranging from 60 seconds to five to ten minute practices.

Content includes:

• Theoretical background to mindfulness and meditation
• The power of the pause button
• Awareness of the body
• Stress and its implications to young bodies and minds
• Discovering the world of the senses
• Observing feelings and thoughts
• Creative approaches to meditation

• › Janet Etty-Leal, Teacher and Mindful Educational Consultant; Author: Meditation Capsules: A Mindfulness Program for Children, Janet Etty-Leal, Australia