Yes! We have found that we can provide a real sense of connection and community even in this online environment. We use Zoom for our training and while we know that Zoom Fatigue is a real thing we will offer lots of body breaks and times away from the screen throughout the training days. Many participants have told us that they experienced a good balance of movement, practice, small groups and individual reflection, even online. See testimonials from past participants!

Yes! If you have already established your own personal practice, that is a wonderful starting point for this course and you will be able to draw on your experience from Day 1. The course is designed to be accessible and of practical benefit to people who already have a practice, as well as those who are just getting started. The primary focus of the first weekend is teacher wellbeing and as well as exploring together various ways to further develop personal practice and bring it into our teaching, we will also use these first two days to establish the community that will support you throughout and beyond this training.

While the course is designed for live participation, we understand that sometimes there are circumstances which may cause you to miss some time. With prior arrangement, we can record the relevant sessions - though not the breakout groups - and send them to you if you have to miss something.

The Teach Mindfulness weekend training covers training to teach the ages of 4 -18 years old - Early Years through Secondary. Though the exercises and practices we share are age-appropriate, you will see that many of the exercises and practices are adaptable for other age groups. We look at what our intentions are for the practices as a way to help guide the educator to choose which practice is appropriate for their age and stage of students.

It is not mandatory to purchase both our books for participation in this course. We will provide you with the necessary excerpts for training purposes, however, you will find a wealth of information in them that will support your journey of bringing mindfulness to your classroom and school community so we do recommend having them. We also provide a discount for both books for course participants.

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We provide you with:

• A wide range of resources and practical ideas that support your personal practice and teaching

• Pdfs of all the presentations we use in the course for your reference

• Detailed examples of awareness practices, scripts and lesson plans that you can draw from in your teaching and your practice.

• Discounted price for our two books (Mindful Teacher, Mindful School: Improving wellbeing in teaching and learning by Kevin Hawkins and The Mindful Teacher’s Toolkit: Awareness-based wellbeing in schools by Amy Burke & Kevin Hawkins)

We provide an electronic certificate of completion that will state you have engaged in 36 hours of training to equip you to both practice and teach mindfulness to school students.

The course is taught live, online through Zoom. We will provide you with a link a few days before the course starts. We will use presentations, reflections, pair and group work, discussions, mindful awareness practices and also provide opportunities to try out leading others in awareness practices and activities.