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The Mindful Heart Programme

An Integrated Mindfulness Based Wellbeing Programme for Schools
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Mindfulness Based Wellbeing for the Classroom


As Ireland’s leading provider of children’s mindfulness teacher training, Creative Mindfulness is passionate about supporting wellbeing in schools. That’s why The Mindful Heart Programme was created—to offer a practical, classroom-friendly approach to mindfulness that benefits both teachers and students.

The programme is available to Creative Mindfulness practitioners who wish to bring mindfulness into schools, as well as to teachers who have completed the Teacher Wellbeing Programme and want to extend their learning into classroom practice. This is a self-paced course, giving you flexibility while ensuring steady access to new materials and guides for each of the 10 lessons of the Mindful Heart Curriculum. Alongside these lessons, you will find in-depth information about how the programme connects with SPHE, as well as a wide variety of resources and practices to support both your own personal mindfulness journey and the implementation of the curriculum in schools.

Rooted in the Mindful Heart Curriculum (MHC), this comprehensive training supports educators in nurturing calm, focus, and emotional resilience through accessible, evidence-informed practices that can be gently integrated into the rhythm of the school day. It also explores the Department of Education’s guidelines on wellbeing, giving you clarity and confidence in embedding mindfulness-based wellbeing within your classroom and whole-school context.
Patrick Jones - Course author
The Mindful Heart Curriculum is the first mindfulness-based curriculum designed specifically for Irish primary schools. It introduces evidence-based mindfulness and self-compassion practices to children through fun, creative and age-appropriate methods. With 10 adaptable lesson plans spanning junior infants to sixth class, the curriculum includes detailed instructions, engaging mindfulness stories, colourful comic books, workbook pages, and guided meditation scripts.

Teachers also gain access to a wealth of free online resources, including Mini Mindful Moments videos and guided audio meditations, all designed to complement and enhance classroom delivery.

At the heart of the curriculum is the understanding that mindful teaching begins with the teacher. The Mindful Heart supports educators in developing their own mindfulness and self-compassion practice, offering a pathway to implement the curriculum in a way that nurtures both their own wellbeing and that of their students.

Ideal for schools committed to promoting positive mental health and wellbeing, The Mindful Heart is fully aligned with the Irish Primary SPHE curriculum.