Mindfulness and Yoga for Teachers

Teaching is one of the most stressful professions in Europe. This course offers a week of guided practice and reflection: mindfulness meditation, gentle yoga suitable for all levels, breathing techniques and self-compassion exercises, combined with the science behind them. You will learn short practices that fit into a school day, ways to introduce mindful moments to students of different ages, and how to sustain your practice when you are back home. Sessions take place in the training centre and outdoors by the sea. The course is for teachers, school counsellors and leaders of all levels; no prior experience is necessary and all physical exercises can be adapted.

Participants will be able to use mindfulness, breathing and gentle movement practices for their own stress regulation, integrate short mindful routines into lessons for students, and build a realistic personal practice plan for the school year.

Methods: daily guided practice (morning and afternoon), short expert inputs on stress physiology and mindfulness research, small group exchange, practice teaching of short classroom routines, outdoor sessions. Assessment: practice journal, peer feedback on a led classroom routine, personal practice plan presented on the final day.

Course handbook with practice scripts, audio recordings of guided practices (online access), yoga mats and props provided, classroom mindfulness routine cards, reading list on mindfulness research in education.

25 hours of training and practice, yoga mats and props, course materials with audio recordings, certificate of attendance, Europass Mobility and Learning Agreement support, sunset coastal walk, farewell get-together, coffee and tea breaks, pre-departure info pack.