{"id":22415,"date":"2017-05-27T13:31:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T13:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/misp\/?page_id=22415"},"modified":"2025-06-11T07:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T07:31:35","slug":"develop-mindfulness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/mindfulness\/develop-mindfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"Step 3 \u2013 Develop Mindfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/291914745\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"course-outline-section\" style=\"padding: 0;\">\n<p><strong>Developing a model for teaching mindfulness to students<\/strong> &#8211; Once you have developed a regular mindfulness meditation practice and experienced it yourself \u2018from the inside\u2019, you are ready to train to teach either <strong><span style=\"color: #274368;\">dots<\/span><\/strong> (for 3-6 year olds), <strong><span style=\"color: #274368;\">Paws b<\/span><\/strong> (for 7-11 year olds) or <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.<\/span><span style=\"color: #274368;\">b<\/span><\/strong> (for 11 to 18 year olds).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-204823 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Teach-Dots-logo-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Teach-Dots-logo-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Teach-Dots-logo-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Teach-Dots-logo-1-27x27.png 27w, https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Teach-Dots-logo-1.png 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #274368;\">Teach dots<\/span><\/strong> prepares participants who have met the prerequisites to teach the <a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/teach-dots-3-6\/dots-curriculum-ages-3-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>dots<\/strong> mindfulness curriculum<\/a> in schools, pre-schools or other educational organisations to children aged 3 \u2013 6 years old. <strong><span style=\"color: #274368;\">Teach dots<\/span><\/strong> is a four-day online course (usually 10.00-15.00 each day) or an 8-week course with sessions of 2 hours per week.<\/p>\n<h4><em>&#8220;One of the best courses I have been on in my teaching career of 20 plus years!&#8221;<\/em><\/h4>\n<p class=\"text-center\" style=\"clear: both;\"><a class=\"button button-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/teach-dots-3-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26842 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Paws-b-trained-badge-online-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Paws-b-trained-badge-online-1.jpg 149w, https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Paws-b-trained-badge-online-1-27x27.jpg 27w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #274368;\">Teach Paws b<\/span><\/strong> prepares participants who have met the prerequisites to teach the <a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/teach-paws-b\/paws-b-curriculum\/\"><strong>Paws b<\/strong> mindfulness curriculum<\/a> in schools or other educational settings to children aged 7 \u2013 11 years old. Teach Paws b is a four-day online course (usually 10.00-15.00 each day) or an 8-week course with sessions of 2 hours per week.<\/p>\n<h4><em>&#8220;Brilliant teachers giving lots of time for questions&#8230; enthusiasm and love for the work they do was contagious and inspiring!&#8221;<\/em><\/h4>\n<p class=\"text-center\" style=\"clear: both;\"><a class=\"button button-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/teach-paws-b\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-318026 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/the-present-logo.jpg\" alt=\"The Present\" width=\"169\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/the-present-logo.jpg 306w, https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/the-present-logo-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/the-present-logo-26x27.jpg 26w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #274368;\">The Present<\/span><\/strong> prepares participants who have met the prerequisites to teach <a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/teach-the-present\/\"><b>The Present<\/b>\u00a0<\/a>in schools or other educational settings to children aged 3 \u2013 12 years old. Teach The Present is a four-day online course (usually 10.00-15.00 each day) or an 8-week course with sessions of 2 hours per week.<\/p>\n<h4><em>&#8220;Lovely atmosphere, really skilled and supportive trainers. Thank you!&#8221;<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>&#8220;I gained a great deal from this rewarding course!&#8221;<\/em><\/h4>\n<p class=\"text-center\" style=\"clear: both;\"><a class=\"button button-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/teach-paws-b\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24098 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dot-b-trained-badge-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dot-b-trained-badge-1.jpg 149w, https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dot-b-trained-badge-1-27x27.jpg 27w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong><span style=\"color: #274368;\">Teach<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.<\/span><span style=\"color: #274368;\">b<\/span><\/strong> course prepares participants who have met the prerequisites to teach the 10-lesson <a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulnessinschools.org\/teach-dot-b\/dot-b-curriculum\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.<\/span><span style=\"color: #274368;\">b<\/span><\/strong> curriculum<\/a> in schools or other educational settings to young people aged 11 \u2013 18 years old. 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