Description

Mindfulness in the classroom

Free Lesson plan for teachers and others who want to introduce mindfulness to their students, children and clients.

Ongoing research points to the need for all students to receive some form of mental training to fulfil their educational and personal potential.

These lesson plans gives you a resource to improve students ability to deal with stress and anxiety as well as improve attention and focus and cultivate kindness and empathy.

Each week you will find different activities and practices to help engage students in the mindfulness process and assist in internalising the mindfulness process. In addi- tion audio files are provided to reinforce the daily practice.

The lessons are designed by a teacher and complies with the objectives of the curriculum for personal development, including a focus on social and emotional development, personal self-regulation and building resilience- qualities recognised as benchmarks for success in life.

Studies have shown that social behaviour and academic achievement increase signifi- cantly among students who have received Mindfulness instruction. Mindfulness has been proven to help children make sense of their emotions and the world around them.
In our fast paced world, where the increasing demands of living, places enormous stress on all people, children, teenagers and adults, the purposeful, daily cultivation of connection to self, others and the world around us has been proven to assist mental, emotional and physical balance.

Benefits such as:
• Decreased stress and anxiety
• Better sleep
• Better self-management
• Less reactivity
• Improved mental resilience
• Better focus
• Increased self-awareness
are commonplace when you practice mindfulness regularly.