Stress Less Find your Voice
MINDFUL WELL-BEING
Mandy is the newly appointed Ambassador for Education for The British School of Meditation. She has written a Teacher training course specifically for Educators to bring this powerful modality to their own schools and runs meditation bridging courses for staff wellbeing.
Her "tried and tested toolkit" helps you to develop your own self care.
As an award winning mindful meditation practitioner and author, she has successfully delivered workshops in schools, universities, businesses and medical settings.
“Breath is the bridge … which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Find your Voice
As a highly experienced Drama facilitator, "Twocan inclusive Theatre" Drama facilitator, Lamda Speech and Drama Coach, Mandy also offers a variety of bespoke workshops tailored to your needs, that allow young people to
FIND THEIR VOICE through communication, confidence, collaboration and creativity.
Check out her classes section.
MY STORY
At the start of 2022 I embraced my passion for Mental Health and Well-being by immersing myself as a freelance practitioner for Mindful Wellbeing and Speech and Drama. I found mindful meditation as a way to combat stress. Mindfulness has helped me to become a calmer and more focused person, adding a completely new dimension to my everyday life. I wanted to share this amazing life skill with my own students and with others. The next step was to undertake my Mindful Meditation Teacher Training with the “British School of Meditation” where I achieved my DipBSoM with Distinction. I since have undertaken training as a Mindfulness Life Coach and a certified NLP Practitioner.
At my previous school I implemented Mindfulness and well-being into the curriculum, winning a prestigious "Mental Health" Award.
I regularly teach Mindful Meditation and Speech and Drama at schools throughout Gloucestershire.
I have been teaching since 1989 in Secondary Schools and I have never before witnessed so many mental health concerns in teenagers. One of the main problems lies with the fact that teenagers’ lives are constantly stimulated and they seem to have lost that ability to “be with themselves”. Added to this we now have the aftermath of Covid19, global unrest and environmental concerns.
Mindful meditation is just the tool they need to “switch off” their “monkey mind" and become more calm and relaxed.
Speech and Drama helps them to gain confidence and "Find their Voice"
SOUL SCHOOL FOR WELL-BEING PARTNERS
Squared Breathing
MINDFULNESS AND WELLBEING
FIND YOUR VOICE
Mandy can bring this valuable work to your School, Educational, Medical or Business establishment.
Contact
Mandy Johnson
BA (Hons) PCGE LLAM (Hons) M Ed
Mindful Meditation Teacher DipBSoM
Mindful Life Coach
NLP Certified Practitioner
mandy@teaching-meditation.co.uk
In November 2022 "Soul School for Well-being" ran a course in Cheltenham at The Race Course on supporting mental health through mindful well-being for Glos independent dental nurses.
"What a wonderful morning spent with Mandy. I learnt so much and I feel totally blissed".
"Some really useful tips that I will definitely be using going forward. Thanks Mandy :)"
"Thankyou. A really calming, interactive introduction to mindfulness and meditation techniques".
"A delightful and helpful course. A truly valuable lesson in life and self-care. Relevant,easy to follow and relaxing. Felt the stress melt away. 5 STARS".
"Thankyou Mandy it was wonderful to be reminded that life doesn't have to go 100mph and how important it is to appreciate the little things and be mindful of what a gift life can be".
"Absolutely incredible course ! I actually feel like I've had therapy ! Found everything so relaxing and inspiring, and will definitely be taking it away to use in everyday life and share with the family !"
TESTIMONIALS
"Mandy Johnson is a wonderful, innovative practitioner. She brings her considerable experience and talents as a performer, teacher, director and drama expert to her work. Her sessions in well-being are accessible and give terrific tools to de-stress and centre your energies. Mandy ran a wonderful “well-being” session for my class at University of Gloucester. All the students said it was a terrific experience and they would continue to use the exercises to help ease the stress of their uni work. The session was calming, energising and gave all of us a sense of empowerment and calm".
Sue Colverd - Academic Course Leader Drama and Performance Practice 2024
"The students have been overwhelmingly positive about the sessions and have each taken away a tip or exercise that they can keep in their ‘toolkit’ when they need it.
Many students have been really surprised how easy it is to start mindful meditation and our hope is that by raising their awareness they will feel less inhibited to use such techniques in the future".
Kate Corbin Deputy Head Wycliffe
"Thank you so much for delivering the session on Friday. Passing comments from staff I spoke to were all very positive and it certainly proved to be a perfect way to end a hectic week".
Rachel O’Bryan Assistant Headteacher Archway
"Mandy held a series of meditation workshop for 205 children ranging from 5 years to 11 years old.The workshops were extremely successful with lots of positive comments fed back by parents, who relayed how wonderful their children thought the day was, how relaxed and happy they felt, and how they hoped the school would have more wellbeing events".
Mel Skidmore Deputy Head Cam Hopton
"I would just like to say how brilliant the session Mandy ran yesterday was. All of the teacher trainees really engaged with it, gaining much from the morning".
Dr Jayne Woodbury UWE
"18 out of 41 GITEP teacher trainees cited mindful meditation as one of the sessions they found most useful/interesting. We will be booking Mandy next year!"
Kate Brockbank Programme Leader University of Gloucestershire
"Thank you Mandy, you were just what we needed to set the year off in the right direction"
Alison Cooke Head Slimbridge Primary
"The whole school took part in well-being day today and we were lucky enough to have our own little workshop with the wonderful Miss Johnson who guided us through some simple breathing exercises to help us feel calm and relaxed. We were astounded as adults to observe how focused and engrossed the children were at doing this." Slimbridge Sept 2020
WHAT'S ON OFFER ?
Mindfulness and Well-being support with an award winning, fully insured practitioner,author and experienced teacher that can tailor the session to your needs in an Educational, Medical or Business setting.
Mandy has delivered engaging CPD sessions at the "British School of Meditation" on
"Bringing Mindful Meditation to Schools" and "Trauma and Children".
Bespoke Drama workshops to support young people in finding their voice !
SOUL SCHOOL FOR
WELL-BEING
Get in touch to learn more about staff CPD, workshops, and making Mindful Meditation a part of your Educational
well-being approach.
"Who is your enemy? Mind is your enemy.
Who is your friend? Mind is your friend.
Learn the ways of the mind. Tend the mind with care".
STUDENT FEEDBACK
'It makes me feel more capable- it makes me feel like I can do exams and get quite a good grade in them'
Year 11
'The level of how much my stress has gone down through meditation is mad! I am 90% more in control'
Year 10
"I have bad anxiety which recently I can’t stop thinking about, this was the break I really needed".