A guide to meditation for teachers and education staff

Education Support has put together this brief but detailed guide to meditation and how school staff can incorporate it into their lives to positively impact their mental wellbeing.

It explains the different types of meditation, including mindfulness, focused meditation, visualisation and more. Benefits of each type are also explained, such as improved wellbeing and heightened performance.

The guide outlines some of the practical benefits meditation can have in the classroom, for example better patience, focus and more thoughtful communication.

Education Support offers tips and advice for education staff to learn how to fit certain types of meditation into their routine, such as utilising time between classes to focus on breathing exercises.

This would be a handy guide to signpost to and a useful resource for mental health leads exploring ways to support staff wellbeing.

Using this resource

This resource is designed for:

• use by mental health leads working with students aged 5 to 19+.

Learning outcomes

This resource addresses the following learning outcomes:

• Access and utilise tools, strategies and resources to support their own mental health so that they can look after themselves.
• Identify and utilise tools, strategies and resources to confidently engage staff to help promote and support their mental health and wellbeing.