Teacher wellbeing: 3 ways mindfulness reduces illness
3 ways that mindfulness boosts our immune system, lowers stress and anxiety, and reduces common illnesses. In this episode we'll explore the benefits of mindfulness on our immune system to help us stay healthy in body and mind - a fascinating topic, as well as a really practical one in the effort to raise staff wellbeing and lower absence due to illness.Take a free school trial of Well Ed to experience the benefits of yoga and mindfulness at school - classyoga.com/welledResearch:Mindfulness meditation and the immune system: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials; David Black, George Slavich; 2016Can meditation slow rate of cellular ageing? Cognitive stress, mindfulness, and telomeres; 2011Zen meditation, Length of Telomeres, and the Role of Experiential Avoidance and Compassion; 2016