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Bring mindfulness to your classroom for FREE with Calm

21/12/2018

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​Crowned App of the Year in 2017, the Calm app boasts an impressive catalogue of resources to help you meditate, sleep, focus and relax. I am a personal fan of the music libraries when I am studying and at bedtime. I pop on my headphones and I am out like a light! The app also includes sleep stories, guided meditation and masterclasses on a variety of topics. With wellness and mental health becoming an increasingly prominent topic in schools for students and teachers alike, wouldn’t it be fabulous for teachers to make use of these tools in and out of the classroom? Well, now they can...
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"If every 8 year old is taught meditation, we will eliminate
violence from the world within one generation”
Dalai Lama
​I was thrilled to discover an amazing initiative underway called the Calm Schools Initiative. The team at Calm are offering every teacher in the world access to the Calm app...for FREE...forever! To put this into a little perspective a Calm lifetime subscription is priced at $599 on the Australian Apple App Store. As a past subscription paying user, it was worth the money in my opinion. Any investment in your health and wellness is a good investment. 
Numerous studies have shown the many benefits of teaching mindfulness to children. Through mindfulness education, kids can develop a lifelong capacity for greater self-awareness, concentration, patience, and resilience. Our aim is to empower teachers with mindfulness tools and resources they can use to help kids learn this new skill. 
​- Calm Schools Initiative

Calm in the Classroom

​New and planned to expand on the app are the guided meditation sessions for kids. These are broken into age ranges and vary in length, from 3 to 13 minutes (for older children). This makes it easy to run a quick session at the start/end of the school day or as a break between lessons. I think teachers will get plenty of use out of the music library, particularly if you are like me and enjoying music in your classroom. Try music focus songs during work time, relaxing music during art or to wind down after playtime.

Calm is for Teachers too!

​Teaching is a stressful gig. I have blogged about it before. Teacher mental health and wellness needs greater attention. After all, we are the individuals in the classroom with the children each day. We cannot look after them if we cannot look after ourselves. Happy, healthy and calm teachers are going to also benefit their students' classroom experiences. Teachers may find the mindfulness training valuable too. There are some great collections targeting stress, anxiety, self-care and inner peace. If you are anything like me, a good sleep fixes a multitude of issues. I recommend the sleep stories, which include readings by Matthew McConaughey and Stephen Fry.

How to get Calm for Free

​Hopefully you would like to be a part of the Calm Schools initiative and bring mindfulness to your students and school. 

To get your special teacher access, follow this link and complete the form found on the page. Look out for an email from the Calm team which will contain a special code for you to redeem online. That’s it! Calmer, happier times are ahead!

Be sure to share this post and spread the word among fellow educators. It is a fantastic initiative and I am super impressed by the Calm team - a big thank you from teachers and students everywhere!​
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