As the benefits from Mindfulness are becoming more commonly known and acknowledged there is now a growing demand in schools for Mindfulness training and trained Mindfulness facilitators.

In this 1 day ‘intensive’ you will not only be introduced to and learn the powerful Mindfulness techniques that are helping individuals from all walks of life to have more balance and focus in their lives. You will also receive the tools and training to teach these techniques to anyone around you, including students and children. This course is for anyone, including teachers, social workers and parents, who can see the value of attention training and mindfulness exercises, and want to learn more about it in order to be able to use it in the classroom.

The course gives you the background, science, practices and techniques to teach/guide others and to establish a regular practice yourself.

The course is based on the successful programme Mindful NZ Schools has been running the past three years as well as latest research and techniques on teaching mindfulness designed by the original MBSR members
who trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn.

This is an interactive course covering theory, activities and practices. You will have the opportunity to deepen your contact with your natural intuition, be empowered by the discovery that you can self-manage your thoughts and emotions.

How can Mindfulness help?

Studies have shown that social behaviour and academic achievement increase significantly among students who have received Mindfulness instruction. Mindfulness has been proven to help children make sense of their emotions and the world around them.

Mindfulness is not just some trend, but a proven method to help increase focus and awareness, make it possible to self-regulate and shift attention when caught up in negative thinking and worrying. Mindfulness exercises are designed to train our awareness and the ability to stay calm under stress and turbulence as well as having better sleep and resilience.

Harvard, Oxford and Stanford Universities offer Mindfulness courses. So do many successful companies such as Google and Intel.

Tools & Documentation

• Templates on how to build dynamic and engaging lessons for children and adults.
• A Mindfulness Facilitator Manual with key points for guiding and leading mindfulness sessions with inspiring and pedagogical tips on how to use language, your own authenticity and natural authority, to create a space where Mindfulness can ‘happen’ rather than ‘telling’ people what to do.
• Example scripts that you can use as a starting point when you build your own lessons.
• An 8 week workbook that cover all main mindfulness exercises; breathing. listening, eating etc.
• A powerpoint presentation with over 60 slides that you can use freely as a resource.
• plus ongoing support, audio links etc.

In Short-What will you learn?

Mindfulness can’t be learnt by talking or reading about it. Mindfulness is experiential. To be able to teach mindfulness you need to understand how it works from the inside out.

It doesn’t matter if you never have meditated or done one Mindfulness exercise in your life.
This training will give you a solid foundation for your own Mindfulness practice and the resources and tools to guide others and to help improve anyone’s, including students and children’s ability to deal with stress and anxiety.

Course in Auckland 19 October 2016

Wednesday: 9.30am-4.30pm

TIME & PLACE
Venue: Columba Centre, 40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby Auckland

Cost: $225
Including: lunch, morning and afternoon tea, Mindfulness Teaching Manual, A Lesson Plan, and an 8 week Mindfulness Workbook

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Limited to 10 spaces