Over the past few months, I've experienced some health issues and have been extremely grateful for my mindfulness practice

During my career, I met many teachers who had simply stopped learning in the belief that they had enough experience

Once you’ve answered those questions, hopefully you have an idea of your patterns when you do take care of yourself

This is a quick technique which no-one can tell you are doing from the outside as it takes seconds really and as you get used to it,

Each student will teach us something new and we simply have to remain open to it and to them as well as ourselves.

Choose to notice the positives more than you would the negatives or the areas to improve on in terms of yourself and your students.

If you have a difficult lesson, learning from it but then let it go and carry on so don’t carry it into the next lesson or your evening etc.

You may wish to see what you naturally do during this month to bring yourself comfort

When you make a mistake or don’t think you have done things as well as you wanted, find the humour or the fun in it all.

Your NQT year is a steep learning curve when you will experience lots of doubt, feedback which may come across as negative

by Alison Laycock During your NQT year, there will be many times when you will wonder how you are fitting everything in and will often...

Visualisation is a technique to visualise how great our performance will be in every way whether it is in the next moment or a future event.

During Pride month, I will be continuing to support the LGBTQ+ community in the following ways through my business ‘Being the Best You...

During April 2021, I’m guiding a ‘Look after Yourself’ challenge every evening 6-6.30pm (BST) through Zoom. As we ease slowly through and...

Written by  Alison Laycock 25 June 2020 Inspiration Alison Laycock, an accredited Mindfulness and Compassion teacher and Founder of...