Are you feeling exhausted or overwhelmed?
Do you feel alone and like no one understands?
and breathe… is a monthly membership which supports you on your journey every day.
When you join “and breathe…” you will get:
A daily message of encouragement, relaxation techniques, a weekly mantra and strategies to help you start your day with a smile and help you through the day, and build a personal mindfulness practise.
Access to a supportive, members only, Facebook group where you can safely share your current struggles and be supported by both me and other teachers who understand
Regular Facebook Live videos to address any issues which have come up in discussions in the group
A growing library of relaxation resources you can dip into whenever you need a little more support.
Access to me when you need that extra bit of support
To be part of this brand new community and help me to make it whatever you need it to be!
All this and little extra gifts at random intervals to put a smile on your face for just £10 a month!
I know what it feels like to wake up and not want to get out of bed. To be on the brink of tears from morning til night, and to be so overwhelmed by emotions that you feel like you are drowning. I battled with depression very early on in my teaching career and managed to find strategies to overcome it. I can help.
It’s time to make a change. You deserve more.
Sign up and take control of your life now!
If you want to feel valued, supported, cared for, uplifted, positive, and generally calmer and happier, “and breathe…” is for you.
What would change if your whole school prioritised and practised mental and emotional wellbeing everyday?…
…If you chose to embed moments of settling, reflection and kindness into your curriculum?
…If instead of worrying about supporting the mental and emotional health of your children and staff,
you felt confident because you were doing it.
…If your children and staff were well-equipped to notice and nurture their own well-being needs and were
empowered to take responsible action to help themselves?
…If you’re anxious, stressed and unhappy children (and families) had strategies that worked for them?
…If your staff felt less pressure, more confidence and a deeper connection with pupils on how to
communicate and manage mental and emotional health issues?
…If more children recognised their own barriers to learning and chose to overcome them?
…If you influenced positive well-being for life
…If you ALL had a fully equipped toolbox of tools and strategies to use
that help you when you’re stressed, tired, anxious or frustrated? (Yes, teachers too!)
Marlborough Primary School share their experiences in improving staff wellbeing.
Are you worried about the increasing level of teacher stress in your school? Are your pupils showing increasing signs of mental ill-health? Do you want to address mental ill-health in your school but don’t know where to start?
The Mindfulness Training Academy specialises in providing customised well-being programmes for schools, including online Mindfulness Stress Reduction courses for teachers and students. The core of the programme includes:
* A partnership with staff who are responsible for teacher and student well-being.
* An initial anonymised well-being survey of teachers and students.
* A summary of the findings.
* A tailored action plan to develop effective well-being strategies, based on the findings of the survey.
* A lifetime license, including upgrades, giving teachers and students access to the Mindfulness Training Academy’s online Mindfulness Stress Reduction courses.
* An interim review of the impact of the well-being programme.
* Unlimited online consultancy during the programme.
* A final report on impact, including identification of strategies to develop the programme further.
For further details of the Well-Being programme for schools, click on the link to Dropbox below. Download the document to your desktop and save a copy:
Steve Waters
Mindfulness Training Academy
Discover how schools across the UK are retaining more staff and boosting their morale with this one simple step.
You know just as I do, that running a school can be incredibly challenging in the current climate, so you know that you are not alone with these challenges...
One of the biggest challenges you face is keeping your staff happy and healthy...
I’m going to reveal to you one of the best ways to begin supporting your staff members to achieve both of these...
Because if they are happy and healthy they will teach better, take less days off sick, and want to stay at your school to progress their career.
Available Courses
Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead Governor Status E-Module - Delivered in Collaboration with TheSchoolBus
Developing a Whole School Mental Health Approach Workshop
Essential Mental Health Skills for Schools
Leading Mental Health from the Middle E-Module
Development Programme for School Mental Health Lead
Level 2 Mental Health Skills for Learning Practitioners Programme (Accredited by OCN London)
Level 3 - Essential Mental Health Skills (accredited by OCN London)
Half Day Workshops*
MA Leadership of School Mental Health and Wellbeing
Mental Health ITT Development Programme
Leading Mental Health from the Middle
TRANSFORM your wellbeing
The 5-step Wellbeing TRAINING COURSE for teachers and SCHOOL leaders
Practical, research-driven online training to help you understand and proactively manage your mental, emotional, and physical health.
5-STEP WELLBEING ACTION PLAN
This 5-step toolkit is based on scientific research and was created by Maria Brosnan, a wellbeing expert with over 30 years’ experience.
The training programme comprises 35 bite-sized lessons, delivered over a period of 30 days, all geared towards measurably improving your mental, emotional and physical health.
It’s developed specifically for teachers, supports better relationships with colleagues and helps you cope better with uncertainty and change.
Roots to wellbeing helps you evidence your investment in your school’s positive emotional wellbeing culture
1 in 4 students say the reason they did not go into school, college or university was because they were worried what other people would say and 15% of people experienced bullying as a result of mental health problems.
Behavioural health resources for pupils, staff and individuals.
Interactive mentoring: short webinar sessions teach simple concepts and strategies that users can understand and immediately apply.
Personalised sessions: regular exercises and activities are offered to the user based on profile settings, enabling a unique experience tailored to their individual need
Anytime, anywhere: Roots is open to users 24/7, wherever they are, providing in-the-moment support when they need it most.
Help is hard to ask for. Creating lots of different routes to the support available to your school community, complimented by the instant support from our certificated practitioners via the app can create a resilient, well-balanced school population with a positive attitude to mental health.
Staff surveys for schools
Simple to use, low-cost surveys for Primary and Secondary Headteachers to solicit feedback from teachers and support staff.
Ofsted look for evidence of regular staff surveys, and they are the most effective and robust way to learn what your staff think.
The Health and Wellbeing Service is comprised of an expert team of consultants with a proven track record of achievements over fifteen years within Leeds City Council. In 2008 we achieved government beacon status in recognition of our cutting edge work supporting schools to embed the National Healthy Schools Standard.
We are passionate about supporting the children and young people of today to effectively manage their lives and their wellbeing, to help and support others and to become future, responsible custodians of a healthy and sustainable world.
We support schools nationally with
National Healthy Schools including the Health Behaviour Change Model (formerly Enhancement model),
Emotional health and targeted mental health, SEAL
Healthy eating, physical activity and prevention of obesity
PSHE, sex and relationship education (SRE), sexual health, drugs, alcohol and substance misuse, citizenship
Participation and pupil voice,
Sustainable, eco friendly schools.