Episode 41: Bringing Mindfulness into the classroom with Laia del Barrio

This week I’m joined by the delightful Laia del Barrio.  She presents 5 gorgeous activities to use in your classroom to bring some reflection and well-being to your students in any kind of classroom.  Grab a cup of herbal tea, sit back and breath it in!This episode uses Laia’s slideshow on Zoom so it’s best to watch on one of the following:Youtube @https://youtu.be/wLanL3G6RXAIGTV @everything_efl_podGet Laia’s slideshow: https://b43dcd8c-ba49-44ec-83e1-d3fc5882f636.filesusr.com/ugd/f2294c_0eae3889f50c4e49b20d8f52f399b420.pdfLaia del Barrio became an English teacher in order to give back to society and to contribute to this Earth.  Her classes are dynamic and full of reflection.  Laia has a reputation for making students think about life, about how to become better people, about the world that we live in and relates these activities to grammar and  vocabulary while working on reading, writing, listening and speaking.    Her objective is to make the classroom a place of safety and sharing, free of judgement and full of life and English learning.  Her studies in Life and Executive Coaching have given her tools to implement during her classes.  Laia’s background in the Hospitality industry has taught her to treat each student as a unique guest.Book:Title: 100 Top Tips: Ideas for English Teachers from the Irish ELT Sectorby New Way Press Publishinghttp://www.new-way-press.com/publications/4594889354Ho'oponopono Meditation:Ho'oponopono meditation comes from Hawaii and it says that we create our own life, and with this meditation, we take responsibility for whatever we have created or been through.Ho'oponopono Circles (Hawaii-Aloha) Meetup grouphttps://www.meetup.com/Hooponopono-Circles-Hawaii-Aloha/Ho'oponopono Ireland - Aloha Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/Hooponopono-Ireland-Aloha--104989901439714Connect with Laia @https://twitter.com/laiadelbarrioLike, share, DM me and follow me on Instagram @https://www.instagram.com/everythingeflteacher/ and on FacebookJoin my Breathe Easy, Teacher newsletter community here: http://subscribepage.io/0a49drContact me: ⁠[email protected]⁠@www.facebook.com/groups/eflteachersupport/Subscribe to Youtube @Everything EFL for teaching tip videos and full podcast episodes with Closed Captions.Connect with me on LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-o-byrne-90b58a55/Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple.... and don’t forget to tell your colleagues. Share the love.

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