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February 2021
Together we can be proud of the fact that over the past 8 years more than 50,000 children have been introduced to meditation across 250 primary schools in Ireland. That has been made possible only through the hard work and commitment of teachers in the classroom.
     I think it is time now to begin to build a network where we can share with one another our experience of how meditation works in the classroom and the benefits of whole-school practice.
    Zoom offers us a simple way of doing this - with no strings attached and no additional commitment required - just an opportunity to meet up with likeminded colleagues to learn from one another what works best.
   I am inviting YOU now to join us on Monday, 22 February 2021 from 7:30 - 8:00 p.m. GMT. I know many teachers feel Zoomed-out but this is a novel way of reaching out to others who believe meditation helps children. And it is just for 30 minutes, once a month, from the comfort of your own home!
      Please click on the image to say 'Yes' to supporting one another and let's build a network together.
Give yourself a break - Join our Online Zoom Meditation- Any Wed or Sun 7:30 p.m (Grenwich Mean Time.) Click here to Register.
Since the start of term in 2021 I have been teaching meditation (free of charge) to children online in classrooms in New Jersey, USA. This arose through a personal connection with one teacher and has now spread to six classes of children aged 6-8.
     In each case, half of the children were present in their classroom and the other half participated on iPads or laptops from their homes. The classes are now following my YouTube video channel and I'll check in with them again later in the term.
     I am now offering the same opportunity for free to the first three teachers to get back to me. Right now this will only suit teachers who are in touch with their whole class for online teaching and who can link me in. If that includes you, click here to contact me and we can set up a session.
          This is the first video in the Meditation for Children section of the Meditation for Wellbeing channel.         There is also a set of meditation-timer videos to help children to meditate afterwards.
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Grace said that her class is often quite loud before meditation, but 'we are much quieter afterwards and we listen more and even our teacher is in better form after meditation!' Lucy said that You know the way you have to use your brain for maths and other subjects… Well, you don’t have to use your brain for meditation. You give your brain a chance to relax.
     Frank said that 'meditation brings me inside myself … It brings me to my happy place. I always feel good after meditation, as if noting is going to bother you. And Alissa said that for her meditation was like going to a mini-resort inside herself where she could let go of all her worries and just be herself.
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Have you managed to maintain any level of meditation with the children in your class over the lockdown? Hearing from you gives me the courage to keep up this work!  Click here  to send me a brief reply.
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