Do-BeMindful empowers and enriches lives through Mindfulness-based education, offering a unique online approach which is inclusive, flexible and accessible to all. Do-BeMindful helps educators to care for their own wellbeing, nurture relational presence and develop sustainable self-care strategies.
Our whole-school approach has delivered measurable, quantifiable outcomes and positive impacts on the mental and emotional wellbeing of educators, children and their families.
Just as the science shows that it’s the cumulative dose of early adversity that’s most harmful, it also shows that the cumulative dose of healing nurturing interactions is most healing. Dr Nadine Burke-Harris
Do-BeMindful programmes aim to help educators to deliver the daily doses of mindful, kind and healing interactions that are the antidote to toxic stress.
We believe that education professionals cannot teach Mindfulness-based practices to others unless they have meaningful experience gained from personal practice and learning. We also believe that educators need to put on their own oxygen masks and practice self-care so that they can cope with ever-increasing adversity and stress and really be there for learners.
As Ginott says of teachers:
“I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I’m the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather.…. it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated.”
Do-BeMindful Programmes are underpinned by a growing body of empirical scientific and clinical research evidence that demonstrates regular Mindfulness practice can benefit emotional and mental wellbeing.
While there are no prerequisites for enrolment in our educators programmes, completion of either Do-BeMindful Foundation Programme or Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Resilience-based Recovery Programmes pre-requisite for progression on to all our teaching programmes.
Both programmes are comprised of 60 to 90-minute Modules which are accessible on PC, laptop, and smartphone that become available weekly which include:
- Research and evidence
- Inspiring videos
- Guided experiential practices
- Reflection exercises
- Additional optional resources and reading for further professional enquiry
- An online community with over 2000 active contributors for on-going peer-to-peer support
- Online drop-in support sessions
- Sharing of best practice, emerging ideas and approaches that embrace diversity
- Wellbeing activities underpinned with SHANARRI indicators
- Self-evaluation and Reflection manual linked to the Professional Standards for Scotland’s Teachers
The Do-BeMindful Programmes are underpinned by the Professional Standards for Scotland’s Teacher and the National Professional Learning Framework and contribute to Professional Update.
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