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© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 Puppy Training Lesson Two Learning to be in the present moment © Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015
© Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015 The torchlight of attention
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© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015 Pay attention! Play © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015
© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015 Attention is like a puppy It wanders around, sniffing aimlessly It doesn’t stay where you want it to It brings back things you didn’t ask for It makes messes © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015
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© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015 Choosing to be present Mindful Forgetting to be present Mindless Mindful Mindless
© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015 Mindless “I ate my whole breakfast while watching TV and when I had finished I realised that I didn’t even know what kind of cereal I ate.” Mindful “I was really concentrating on feeling my feet on the beam, balancing and remembering my new routine.”
© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015 Practice Two
© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015 Why do we use the breath to help us be mindful? It’s with us wherever we go, like a good friend.
© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015 Remembering Our Breath Pause and be
© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 Lesson Two Learning to be in the present moment Puppy Training PART TWO
© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015 Remembering Our Breath Pause and be
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© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015 Our Hippocampus Prefrontal Cortex Hippocampus
© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015 Why is it called the Hippocampus, and not the Elephantcampus, or Rhinocampus?
© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015 What does it do?
© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015 Present moment FocusTorchlight Mind wandering Key learning points Training the mind Directing our attention Hippocampus
© Mindfulness in Schools Project 2015 © Mindfulness in Schools Project, 2015 Practice This Week Have A Go! Do a Paws b practice three times this week (standing or sitting). 1 Eat a piece of food mindfully this week. 2