Educape
Mental Fitness Training
for Educators
Upskilling & Empowering Superheroes
Do you...
Feel stressed or overwhelmed?Wish your classes flowed with more ease?Lack the skills or confidence to effectively support your student’s wellbeing?
We help you to...
Build personal resilience
Manage stress & re-discover a sense of calm balanceEngage your students
Create a calmer, focused classroom that inspires learningSupport your students
Effectively support students' wellbeing & flourishing
What's included
Enhance your wellbeing
Explore the scientific underpinnings
Dispel common myths
Practice key techniques to cultivate a powerful personal practice
Engage your students
Learn core principles such as intention, attention & attitude
Develop skills to foster a harmonious learning environment
Lead lessons that flow naturally with less push and pull
Support your students
Understand how to craft a safe space
Learn to guide gentle practices that build student resilience, focus & curiosity
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“The most practical thing we can achieve in any kind of work is insight into what is happening inside us as we do it”
Parker Palmer
The Benefits
Contented Staff | Increased Productivity | Reduced Burnout | Elevated Culture
Over 13 published studies show that mental fitness training leads to:
A reduction in days off
Improved classroom management
Higher self-motivation & autonomy
Increase in coping skills, planning & problem-solving
More supportive & constructive relationships between staff and between staff and students
Improved decision-making & responding flexibly to challenges
Greater life satisfaction, self-confidence, self-efficacy & self-compassion
When staff flourish, students’ wellbeing, learning and academic attainment improve.Happy Teachers - Happy Students - Happy Schools
The Cost of Stress
Education professionals report the highest rates of work-related, mental health struggles in Britain.
When Ofsted consulted them, they overwhelmingly requested support.
Burned-out teachers → Underperforming staffCover staff → Budgetary burdenLearning in limbo → Stalled student progressDisruptions → Extra administrationDeteriorating culture & morale → Sinking school spirit
Offerings
INSET day talks & workshops
Group courses
1:1 coaching
Group Courses
Experiential | Interactive | Participatory
They are carefully structured: the themes, practices and exercises build progressively to develop your understanding and skills week by week.Step-by-step, you'll receive the instruction and support you need to establish life-changing habits.
They include:
Guided meditation practices
Practical exercises to understand habitual reactions and natural stress signatures
Interactive sharing and discussion
Integrating learning into life at home, in the classroom and staffroom
Kind Words
"The dynamic and progressive nature of the sessions was especially helpful"
“I am definitely building my resilience for things which I find challenging”
"Sol's an absolute professional. He knows his stuff and has very positive energy"
“It has helped me in ways I didn't think it would and has given me good ideas moving forward”
“Sol always seems to know what to say, ask good questions and have a clear plan”
“It helped me manage my feelings and reactions in difficult situations.”
"Sol was approachable, understanding, supportive and encouraging"
“It gave me patience, positivity, relief and ease. I’d like to do it over again”
“The group discussions were a great way to connect to others”
About Me
I’ve been an educator and wellness practitioner for over 20 years. I began this journey when I was 16, leading summer camps. At 18 I was training youth workers and established a youth movement. I was the Welfare Officer of my University College, headed the Student Listening Support Service ‘Nightline’, and trained hundreds of student councillors.I’ve worked in various roles within the Education sector, from supporting students in mainstream schools, to joining a specialist team that supported young people with especially complex needs in the community.
5 years ago I founded ‘Educape’, delivering Psychological Fitness and Mindfulness-based workshops and training, for education staff.I trained at two of the UK’s leading Mindfulness institutions, the Sussex Mindfulness Centre (an NHS Foundation Trust) and the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. I deliver the ‘Gold Standard’ NHS-approved Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), aswell as ‘Mindfulness for Life’ and ‘Finding Peace in a Frantic World’.Training with ‘Youth Mindfulness’ through their ‘Kids Programme’ added further tools to teach mindfulness to young people.I’ve trained in Breathwork through courses conducted by Dan Brule, and have graduated from multiple weekend residential courses in Nonviolent Communication. I have also completed Shirzad Charmine’s PQ Coaching Programme.