On this page, we will be sharing the resources used to develop and deliver a mindfulness intervention using a whole-school approach in Rwanda and Ethiopia.
As the project progresses, we will be adding training related to teaching mindfulness and delivering mindfulness with children, and the learning and resources from developing the context-specific intervention itself.
All resources are © 2025 University of Aberdeen unless otherwise specified. All resources are licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 license.
To deliver a mindfulness intervention with children, first teacher educators must have a strong understanding and experience of practising mindfulness for adults. WP2 began with a 14-week adult mindfulness training course, completed by the teacher educator team. This training was delivered by Professor Graeme Nixon and Jane Negrych, based on the curriculum from the Mindfulness Association's Level 1 Training - Being Present and Choden and Regan-Addis (2018) 'Mindfulness Based Living Course', Mindfulness Association. Available to view here.
Additional resources from this training:
- Paper referred to in week 10: Dahl, C.J. and Davidson, R.J. (2019) 'Mindfulness and the contemplative life: pathways to connection, insight and purpose', Current Opinion in Psychology, 28, 60-64. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.11.007.
- PowerPoint slides for week 14: An Introduction to MiSP 2 and Course Review
The teacher educator team then received initial training in the Warrior Programme. Information about the Warrior Programme is available at The Sanctuary's website, here.
All the materials associated with delivering our mindfulness intervention, including schoolteacher training, will be made publicly available once fieldwork is completed and we lift the publication embargo, in January 2026.
Our mindfulness intervention is secular.
This video was an early introduction to secular mindfulness for the project team, presented by WP2 co-lead, Professor Graeme Nixon.
This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0
