ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN STYLE MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 STYLE MAGAZINE EDITOR IS BACK IN SCHOOL WHERE PBS IS Data on the wellbeing of children in New Zealand makes for sobering reading.  But has introducing mindfulness into the classroom made a difference?  Shelly Robinson talks to schools who’ve introduced the Pause, Breathe, Smile programme. Read the full article here: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/63007246/style-january-08-2020

Article published in Waihi Leader and Coastal News Whangamata 10 October 2019 All is calm and quiet in the classroom on a wet Tuesday afternoon as Whagamata teacher Laura van Leeuwen gently taps a mediation bowl to bring the years 2 to 4 students back to awareness.  The six to nine-year-olds have been asked to close their eyes and think …

Grant Rix presents on Mindfulness in Positive Education: What does best practice look like?

The following thoughts are personal reflections, followed by a few mindfulness-based tips, with links, to help manage feelings of overwhelm. However, the most important reflections right now are those from within our Muslim communities, reminding us that a compassionate society can only exist if we are prepared to challenge the extent of casual, institutional and overt forms of racism that …

Grant Rix presented at the ICM (NZ) 2019 The International Conference on Mindfulness (ICM) was hosted by AUT in Auckland from February 9 – 13, bringing a unique South-Pacific and indigenous element to a conference that has been concentrated in the Northern Hemisphere up to this point. Grant delivered a pre-conference workshop exploring the four foundations of mindfulness, co-presented on …

This evaluation explored what the wellbeing benefits for children, the newly trained educators and how intended programme outcomes were met. Summary Evaluation of Pause, Breathe, Smile in the Waikato Region Thanks to the financial support of Trust Waikato this valuable and unique programme is now available to many schools throughout the Waikato region. Pause, Breathe, Smile is a school-based mindfulness …

The Mindfulness Education Group welcomes He Ara Oranga, the Mental Health Inquiry’s report to the Minister of Health and is pleased to see that several references to the importance of mindfulness for children and young people are noted. For example, the report states that: Everyone agrees that we should pay more attention to the wellbeing of our children. Some children …

– Nigel Latta July 2018.We teach kids all kinds of stuff. We teach them things like using their manners, how to brush their teeth, how to cross the road safely, and how to read and write. When they get older we teach them about sex and sexuality, and driving cars, and financial literacy, and trigonometry, and a million other things …

Pause, Breathe, Smile – Teaching Mindfulness in schools Three little words – pause, breathe, smile – are making a big difference in east Auckland’s primary schools. Pause, Breathe, Smile is the mindfulness programme that is helping school kids cope with stress, anxiety, and anger both in and out of the classroom. Pointview School principal Robin Kirkham says the programme, which …

Research Finds PBS Mindfulness Training Will Help Create Positive Learning Environments & Improve Wellbeing for NZ School Children Research Finds Pause, Breathe, Smile Mindfulness Training Will Help Create Positive Learning Environments & Improve Wellbeing for NZ School Children Latest New Zealand research shows positive benefits for children who participate in the Pause, Breathe, Smile programme. This most recent study has just been …