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There is a huge amount of evidence that Mindfulness reduces stress and anxiety and improves wellbeing in educational settings. Just this past week the BBC programme, The Truth About Stress, highlighted the positive effects of Mindfulness for Children, including exam stress and developing positive relationships. This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and MindfulnessUK is

I have always been a dog lover and they have played a very big part in our lives, especially the rescued ones we have had. Through patience and love they blossomed into happy and contented creatures where the past had no meaning to them, just the being here and now was all they needed to

The loveliness of chocolate seems to lend itself to sitting and stuffing it until it’s all gone, we have all done it, then looked at the wrapper in almost disbelief that it had all gone so quickly! But actually, by eating in this mindless way we are missing out big time on the whole experience

Now that MindfulnessUK is on the UK Network of Teacher Training Organisations, prospective students are wanting to train with us so that they can demonstrate that their teaching is regulated and acknowledged as being of a very high standard. We have therefore developed a seal of approval for MUK trained teachers to use on all

Karen is Director and co-founder of MindfulnessUK, an international teacher and trainer of mindfulness and compassion skills and practices and a Bangor-trained Supervisor of mindfulness teachers. Having spent her childhood in Australia, she moved to the UK and gained a Degree in Nursing Studies and RGN in London. Her interest in additional therapies started very

We all make excuses about why we can’t undertake things. Take the gym for instance. We can think of a million reasons why we can’t join but in reality we are the only ones stopping ourselves from doing it. That old saying “If you can’t find time to do half an hour mindfulness practice then

Mental Health Illness is not just about having a “Bad Day” it’s a constant feeling of a “Bad Day” that never seems to let up day or night and can be completely exhausting and destroying. Dragging yourself about trying to keep up with your daily life from looking after a family to working and looking

Close your eyes and  picture a field of swaying sunflowers nodding and smiling in the sunshine set against a backdrop of stunning countryside and you will have transported yourself to Les Passeroses, a wonderful yoga retreat in Nonac near Augouleme France. Just thinking about the image you have created for yourself imagine actually being there