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

This highly-evaluated attention training programme aligns 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.

This two-day certificate course gives you the background, science, practices and techniques to teach/guide others and to establish a regular practice yourself. The course is designed by a registered NZ teacher with 25 years experience of Mindfulness.

Proven & Successful Methods

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

First-Hand Experience

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.

Teaching mindfulness is more about guiding people to their own mindfulness practice. It’s about co-creating an environment where mindfulness can ‘happen’.

The course is interactive, covering theory, activities and practices. You will have the opportunity to deepen your contact with your natural intelligence and intuition, be empowered by the discovery that you can self-manage your thoughts and emotions. Participants also get the chance to guide classes for first-hand experience.

Developing a Culture of Kindness

This training will give you a resource to improve everyone’s, including students and children’s ability to deal with stress and anxiety as well as improve attention and focus and cultivate kindness and empathy. Activities and practices will be taught to help engage students in the mindfulness process and assist in internalising the mindfulness process.

Mindfulness is a natural state of being human, yet in our increasingly distracted and fragmented world we now have to ‘teach’ mindfulness to re-empower people with their own natural ability to restore the fragmented mind to a state of wholeness and presence.

In this 2 day certificate course you will not only be introduced to and learn the 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.

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Full Documentation

Over these 2 days we will cover so much ground and learn so many things that it would be almost impossible to remember it all afterwards but the best thing is that you don’t need to. You will get printed (or digital if you prefer) documentation on all aspects of what we learnt in the course.
For example: 

• 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 40 slides that you can use freely as a resource.
• plus ongoing support, audio links etc.

Is this course for me?

It doesn’t matter if you never have meditated or done one Mindfulness exercise in your life, this course is for anyone who is moved to establish their own Mindfulness practice and get the tools and resources to help others to improve focus, mental resilience and impulse control.

NEW! – 8 Week Online Course

When you register you also get access to a complete self-paced online course to establish your own mindfulness practice.
INCLUDING:

• A 60 page Mindfulness Training Manual covering eight week lessons in downloadable PDF format
• Guided Mindfulness audios for each weeks exercises that you can listen to on any device.
• Videos Recommended videos and talks to watch as a complement to the course
• Webinars invitation to members only webinars to expand and go deeper, share insights and ask questions.