Powerful Mindful Skills for Students

Presented by Janet Etty - Leal.


Event Information  6 pd hrs

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Over 2,000 schools globally are running Mindfulness Programs for students, with research indicating a wealth of benefits; including increased happiness, effective stress management, impulse control, enhanced performance and academic achievement, increased empathy and optimism.

This workshop is a hands/hearts/minds-on opportunity for you to learn simple, practical ways to engage children in a variety of fun, simple and creative mindful skills.  These skills have been successfully trialed with thousands of students and teachers.  They can easily be integrated into the classroom and life: with techniques ranging from 60 seconds to 5-10 minute practices.

Content Includes:

* Theoretical background to mindfulness
* The power of the personal pause button!
* Awareness of the body
* Stress and its implications to young bodies and minds
* Discovering the world of the senses
* Observing feelings and thoughts
* Creative approaches to mindfulness


About the Presenter

Janet Etty-Leal is a teacher who has implemented programs teaching the skills of mindfulness in areas as diverse as education, health, the corporate sector, sport and community wellbeing. She has trained with leading Mindfulness teachers, including Jon Kabat Zinn and Dr Ian Gawler and in Positive Education with Professor Martin Seligman.    Her primary focus and passion is to train and implement mindfulness teaching programs within schools.    She has designed programs for students (3-18 years of age) and teachers; working with over 50 schools and educational organisations. These    programs    are    interactive,    fun;    produce immediate results and long term benefits. Simple ways to practice self-care, de-stress, and master the mind are explored. In 2010 she published 'Meditation Capsules: A Mindfulness Program for Children'.

Event Details

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March 14th, 2012.

9.30am - 3.30pm.


Darebin Arts & Convention

Centre, Cnr Bell St & St

Georges Rd, Preston, Vic.


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Price (inc. GST) $259

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