Events: Past and Future

For further information about any of these events, please contact Holistic Education

Planned Events:

Events in 2018

January: Workshops on Mindfulness at the Primary Advantage Conference on Wellbeing.
January: Presentation at the DECP Conference on the role of educational psychologists, whole school wellbeing and mindfulness.
January: Mindfulness-based Stress reduction course for staff at Hackney Council.
February: Teaching Yoga as part of a team at a weekend retreat at Vajrasana Retreat Centre – this is part of ongoing work in Teaching Yoga as a cover teacher at the London Buddhist Centre.
June: Training to become a supervisor of mindfulness teachers

Events in 2017

August: Participation in Women’s intensive meditation retreat at Vajrasana
Summer and Autumn Terms: Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Courses for Hackney Learning Trust
September to October: Participation in BBC Documentary on mindfulness for children with ADHD and their families using the MyMind programme
November: Joining the Yoga Team at the London Buddhist Centre

Events in 2016

Events in 2015

Events in 2014

January: Workshops in Shiatsu
January: Course starts – Integral Yoga at Golden Lane Campus
February: Workshop in Shiatsu
March: Workshop in Shiatsu
March: Launch of the first Mindfulness Interest Group at Hackney Learning Trust
April: Course starts – Integral Yoga at Golden Lane Campus
August: Paws .b Training as a participant
September: Presentation on the Mindfulness-based Awareness Training intervantion at the Mindfulness, Education and Transformation conference in Wollongong, Australia.
September: Yoga and Mindfulness Beginners class
September – Yoga and Mindfulness Improvers class
September to November 2014 – Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course:
November 15: Mindfulness Practice Day: 15 November 2014
December 1 – Mindfulness Meetup – Taster Practice Evening: 1 December 2014

Events in 2013

January – Day’s workshop introducing Mindfulness in schools in Hertfordshire
January – Course starts – Integral Yoga at Golden Lane Campus
February – Presentation on recent research on mindfulness-based approaches at the Spiritual Listening Interest Group at UEL
February – MBAT intervention to start at a secondary school
March – Research poster presentation at the CMRP “Mindfulness in Society” Conference 2013.
April – Workshop on Yoga and Mindfulness in Harare, Zimbabwe
April – Course starts – Integral Yoga at Golden Lane Campus
May – MBAT intervention to start at a secondary school.
May – Presentation of the methodology used in the doctoral research at the Engaging with Methodology conference, Brighton
September – Course starts – Integral Yoga at Golden Lane Campus
20 September – Day’s workshop introducing Mindfulness to Educational Psychologists – venue: The Tomlinson Centre in Hackney – for more information contact Bernadette Carelse
1 November – Shiatsu workshop for students on the weekend training route.
17 November – Shiatsu workshop for students on the weekend training.
19 November – Session on mindfulness in Southwark.
4 December – Day’s workshop in Lewisham introducing Mindfulness to Educational Psychologists.

Events in 2012

January – Course starts – Integral Yoga at Golden Lane Campus
February – In-service Training at a Primary School – Mindfulness in the Classroom (Part 1).
March – Day’s workshop for Inclusion Teachers at Tomlinson Centre, London
March – In-service Training at a Primary School – Mindfulness in the Classroom (Part 2).
April – Course starts – Integral Yoga at Golden Lane Campus
April – MBAT intervention run for two groups (April to June).
June – Workshops on “Mindfulness for Families” at the Parent Conference 2012, run by the Hackney Parent Partnership service.
July – In-Service Training at secondary school – Introduction to Mindfulness-based approaches and the Mindfulness-based Attention Training (MBAT) intervention.
September – Course starts – Integral Yoga at Golden Lane Campus

Events in 2011

January: Course starts – Integral Yoga at Golden Lane Campus
April: Research presentation at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) “Mindfulness Now” Conference.
April: Training completed in “.b” programme for secondary school pupils.
May: Course starts – Integral Yoga at Golden Lane Campus
September: Course starts – Integral Yoga at Golden Lane Campus
December: Presentation on mindfulness and the development of cognitive skills to Educational Psychologists at Hackney Learning Trust.

Events in 2010

January: Course starts – Integral Yoga at Golden Lane Campus
February to March: Mindfulness-based Attention Training (MBAT) intervention run for the first time in a primary school
April: Course starts – Integral Yoga at Golden Lane Campus
September: Course starts – Integral Yoga at Golden Lane Campus

Events prior to 2010

September 1999: Founding of Holistic Education, focusing on delivering training in Yoga, meditation and Shiatsu.
September 2000: First class in Integral Yoga at the City of London Community Education Centre
August 2006: Completion of MSc training in Educational and Child Psychology
August 2008: Start of Doctorate in Education and Child Psychology, focusing on the use of mindfulness in schools, for pupils with attentional difficulties

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