Mindfulness

Mindfulness is the opposite of automatic pilot mode. It is about experiencing the world that is firmly in the ‘here and now.’ This mode is referred to as the being mode. It offers a way of freeing oneself from automatic and unhelpful ways of thinking and responding.

Evidence/ reading

• Bangor University – Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice
• Mindfulness in Schools Project (MISP)  – research facts on website under ‘The Evidence Base’ plus school case studies

Books

• Full Catastrophe Living (Book) by Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Mindfulness – Finding Peace in a Frantic World (Book and CD) Mark Williams and Danny Penman

School resources

• Mindfulness in schools Free taster class lesson
• Sitting still like a frog  
• Mindfulness acceptance 
• Meditation app 
• Meditation Videos for Kids 
• Mindfulness 4 U 
• Mindfulness stimming script (ODT, 17KB)

Training course

• Smiling Mind online course 
• MISP Training 

Adult Mindfulness Self-Practice Apps

• Headspace – free to UK teachers for a year (at time of writing)

• Insight Timer 

• Calm

• Breathe

• Free meditations  

• Free audios