• Do you wish to have an open mind and heart ?
• Do you want to be rid of stress and anxiety?
• Do you have a desire to improve yourself?
• Do you want a more loving, cantered approach to yourself and life?
• Are you willing to practice meditation – be it for a few moments or many hours?

If your answer to all the above is affirmative, then you are sure shot the candidate for this divine offering.

What you’ll learn

• Understand what meditation is and how it can actually benefit you physically and mentally
• Utilise the different meditation methods for your own benefit
• Use the 10 different ‘themed’ guided meditations to assist in resolving issues and enhance your lives
• Undertake the steps to meditate in order to relax, reduce stress and improve sleep
• Know how to prepare and guide a meditative atmosphere
• Understand that we must rest and focus our minds in order to carve a pathway to true inner happiness
• You will learn amazing mindfulness exercises that you can carry out on yourself and others so that more people can experience calmness

Activities:

Typical mindfulness activities include:

• Mindful non-judgmental awareness of breath, body, feelings, emotions and/or thoughts (in sitting meditation practice or throughout the day)
• Mindful walking meditation
• Mindful eating
• Mindful body scan in a sitting or lying down position
• Listening with non-judgment

Special Mindfulness Sessions can be conducted in Schools and Colleges:

 What can mindfulness do for students?

• Reduced Stress: Improved ability to manage stress
• Increased Focus:Improved ability to pay attention, focus and concentrate
• Improved Emotion Regulation: Reduced impulsiveness, improved child behaviour (rowdiness, suspensions, expulsions)
• Increased Emotional Intelligence:Improved conflict resolution skills
• Increased Empathy and Respect: Increased empathy and understanding of others
• Increased Resilience: Increased capacity to overcome challenges
• Improved Physical Well-being: Increased engagement in physical activity
• Improved Creativity & Collaboration: Improved expression of creative arts.

Students will find it much easier to focus and actively engage in the classroom. The class will benefit as a whole from a collective calm. These skills can also be applied to maturely navigate challenging peer or family interactions. Students will be less likely to bully others, and those students who are bullied will be more resilient. Students are also less likely to engage in high-risk behaviors as they will be calmer and less reactive.

What can mindfulness do for teachers?

• Reduced stress and burnout (and reduced absenteeism from stress and burnout related conditions)
• More easily managed classrooms
• Improved learning conditions
• Positive dyadic teacher-student relationships

Teachers will be able to spend more time teaching and less time managing the classroom and also be better equipped to handle the stresses of work. Teachers teaching students that are practicing mindfulness will also find students to be better mentally equipped to learn.

Is mindfulness religious?
No. Mindfulness is a practice  – the practice of paying attention in the present moment and doing it with non-judgment. Over the last 30 years this practice has been thoroughly researched and successfully implemented in hospitals, businesses, education and the military.