OM School

05/28/2019

The mindfulness program is being conducted under a mental health study that the British government is running until 2021.

05/16/2019

Our students are constantly told to toughen up, but too often students turn to negative behaviors like binge drinking or drugs because of their inability to handle stress and anxiety. Perhaps mindfulness can help?

05/10/2019

TODAY Ecole C.C. Loughlan School is doing something amazing! As an activity for Mental Health Week, they will be leading a yoga class for every single student in the school!

School Teacher (and Namaste Yoga Studio Instructor / OM School Yoga Trainer), Janelle Dakins and Guidance Counsellor (and Om School Yoga Graduate) Shelley Coleman, will be leading yoga classes with groups of approximately 50 children at a time throughout the entire school day and by 3pm every student in the school will have participated.

This is such a special event that CBC Radio interviewed Janelle this morning to learn more about how Teaching Yoga to Children in the Schools has a positive effect on their physical, mental, social and emotional wellbeing. The full interview clip will be posted as soon as we have it :)

We would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to Ecole CC Loughlin School for providing children such a wonderful opportunity!!

TODAY Ecole C. C. Loughlin School is doing something amazing! As an activity for Mental Health Week, they will be leading a yoga class for every single student in the school!

School Teacher (and Namaste Studios Instructor / OM School Yoga Trainer), Janelle Dakins and Guidance Counsellor (and Om School Yoga Graduate) Shelley Coleman, will be leading yoga classes with groups of approximately 50 children at a time throughout the entire school day and by 3pm every student in the school will have participated.

This is such a special event that CBC Radio interviewed Janelle this morning to learn more about how Teaching Yoga to Children in the Schools has a positive effect on their physical, mental, social and emotional wellbeing. The full interview clip will be posted as soon as we have it :)

We would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to Ecole CC Loughlin School for providing children such a wonderful opportunity!

05/03/2019

A great example of how mindfulness in the classroom is helping students cope with the challenges they face.

The UK Government has for the first time invested public funds to study the benefits of mindfulness in the classroom.

03/12/2019

The Way Forward plan

03/12/2019

Mindfulness doesn't have to look a certain way to be effective. Its main purpose is to help students transition, calm down, and get to know their own needs.

When teachers give students opportunities to move during the day they set up the conditions for better learning.

03/07/2019

Ireland Senator calls for yoga to be taught in schools. “With the ever increasingly busy life style on our young children we must help to educate and develop skills to deal with the pressures they may encounter in life...It is a sad reflection that one out of four young people may experience depression before they reach the age of nineteen.....Yoga may be one of many tools to aid in the development of a child’s well-being through into adulthood.”

6 March 2019 By Mary Bermingham [email protected] Senator Jerry Buttimer Leader of Seanad Eireann has recently called a for a new approach in the well-being of children by introducing yoga to schools. Senator Buttimer said: “With the ever increasingly busy life style on our young children we must he...

02/28/2019

Need a mindful SNACK?
S: Stop what you're doing
N: Notice what's happening
A: Accept it
C: (Stay) Curious
K: (Show) Kindness to yourself & others

The next time you’re feeling stressed out, overwhelmed, or unsure, reach for a moment of calm awareness: a mindful SNACK. Here’s how to do it.

02/26/2019

Reading books relating to topics not so easy to discuss, is an excellent way to help students understand mental illness.

Each year, about 43.6 million American adults (or 18.1 percent of the total adult population in the United States) suffer from some type of mental illness, enduring conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. Just over 20 percent (or 1 in 5) of children, either currently or at...

02/25/2019

A new study from Harvard suggests that mindfulness education — lessons on techniques to calm the mind and body — can reduce the negative effects of stress and increase students’ ability to stay engaged, helping them stay on track academically and avoid behavior problems.

How mindfulness education can help reduce stress in the classroom.

02/23/2019