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Mindfulness in teacher education

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Erasmus project KA1

Mindfulness in teacher education

Enjoy this Intensiv training in mindfulness and other technies, which helps you in your dayly work in school. Learn to strenghen yourself in nowadays stressfully times to get resilience and inner peace.

Intensiv 6 days training in the beautiful Black Forest.

TYP:  KA1 Erasmus+ Course
DATE:  09.-14.09.2026
TARGET: Teacher, Students, Padagocs 

Projektbeschreibung Schedule Anmeldung

Project description

  • Info

    Teachers bear a heavy responsibility, emotional stress and constant adaptation on a daily basis. This seminar creates space to rediscover inner balance – through yoga, mindfulness and self-reflection.

    The focus is on the teacher as a person: mindful of themselves, connected to their body and breath, clear in mind.

  • Focus

    • Strengthening resilience and self-regulation
    • Promoting mindfulness and emotional presence
    • Integrating yoga and meditation exercises into everyday school life
    • Developing a conscious teaching attitude – calm, clear, compassionate

  • Duration & format

    • 6 training days (30 hours, plus reflection and practice time)
    • Combination of practical experience, reflection, group work and theoretical input
    • Indoor & outdoor sessions
    • Accompanying diary, guided meditations, audio exercises
    • Follow-up online session (after approx. 4 weeks to integrate the practice)

  • Methods & learning formats

    • Yoga & mindful movement (gentle practice, suitable for all body types)
    • Mindfulness and breathing exercises (pranayama, meditation, body scan)
    • Reflection and journaling
    • Partner work, group exchange, peer counselling
    • Short theory impulses (stress model, neurophysiology, mindfulness education)
    • Practical exercises for integration into teaching
    • Nature-based mindfulness & quiet reflection

Schedule

1. Day - Saturday

Arrival of participants, transfer and welcome.

Participants will be warmly welcomed at the seminar location by the team from Yoga Akademie Freiburg / EDU AWAKE. Depending on arrival time, assistance with meals or settling in will be offered. In the evening: informal get-together and introduction to the calm, mindful atmosphere of the location.

2. Day - Sunday

Opening circle

  • Introduction to the team and the CARE method (Calm – Awareness – Resilience – Empathy).
  • Short mindfulness and grounding exercise.
  • Team-building exercise: ‘Connected through presence’ – playful movement and breathing exercises.
  • Introductory walk through the surroundings: orientation, connecting with nature and initial reflections on inner balance in education.
  • Closing session, debriefing and organisational information.

Free time for lunch or to relax in the surroundings.

15:00 - 17:00   -  Experience module: The inner landscape of teachers

Interactive presentation on mindfulness and emotional regulation for educators.

Participants introduce themselves and their school or organisation in a creative or reflective way (poster, drawing, digital presentation).

Discussion round: ‘What does balance mean to me as a teacher?’

Dinner for all groups together at a local restaurant.

3. Day - Monday

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