ABOUT LYNNE COPELAND
In 2013 with three young children and a very busy job as an educational psychologist, I came across an 8-week mindfulness course - the idea was to learn to teach mindfulness to children - but I found introducing mindfulness into my own life had a profound positive impact on my ability to cope with whatever life was throwing at me! I realised this was something I needed to focus on for me first - so putting the oxygen mask on myself before helping anyone else.
After spending some time developing my own mindfulness practice, I went on to train to teach mindfulness to children, and then to adults. I have completed a range of training to teach children, including the Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) Paws b course (for primary age) and .b (for teens) course, as well as Mindful Schools training; and have recently worked closely with a practitioner at Castlebar School to develop the curriculum Mindfulness for All Learners.
In 2016, I trained with MiSP to teach the 8-week .b foundations course for education staff and have been delivering that to teachers and LSAs in schools, as well as to Education Mental Health Practitioners, since 2017. I have also trained to teach Finding Peace in a Frantic World and Mindfulness for Life (MBCT/Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy) with Oxford Mindfulness Centre and Bangor University, and deliver courses to adults in the community and online.
As well as teaching mindfulness to adults and children, I continue to work part-time as an educational psychologist in schools.
TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION
As a teacher of mindfulness based approaches, I am committed to:-
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Adhering to the UK Network for Mindfulness-Based Teachers Good Practice Guidelines
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Accessing regular mindfulness supervision
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Attending mindfulness retreats and undertaking continued professional development
Oxford Mindfulness Foundation (in partnership with University of Oxford)
Finding Peace in a Frantic World Training (2017)
MBCT-L (Mindfulness for Life) Training (2022)
Centre for Mindfulness Research & Practice at Bangor University
Teacher Training Pathway
Teacher Training Course Level 1 (2016)
MBCT Specialist Training (2022)
Mindfulness in a One-to-One Context Specialist Training (2024)
Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP)
Paws b primary curriculum training (2014)
.b foundations training (2016)
.b for teens training (2017)
Chartered Educational Psychologist
Institute of Education, University College London, 2005
Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health & Care Professions Council