ABOUT ELINE SNEL

24 years later, during a Mindfulness training session in 2004, someone said: “If only we’d learned this as children, we’d have made different choices.” In the same session, several school principals asked if I could develop a Mindfulness method for children.

There was no mindfulness method for children yet, no point of reference to start from too but it turned out to be so necessary. The question of the school leaders resulted in a period of profound personal transformation for me. One thing I knew for sure: when I want to develop A mindfulness training for kids I need to do it with them and learn from them what they really needed and could benefit from daily mindfulness lessons . In the class, in the hospitals, during a private practice and at home. During four years of intense working with children, their teachers, parents and school inspection I developed and finetuned the Eline Snel Method for young people aged 4 to 19.

Trainers education programme becoming a certified Mindfulness trainer for children and adolescents

In response to demand, I also created a Mindfulness Education programme for professionals working with children. To become a certified Mindfulness Child trainer. The program does not only work on a cognitive level but is very much based on personal experiences. It is rooted in ancient wisdom and compassion, and my long experience and deep interest in the workings of the mind and the influence of thoughts and feelings on out behaviour. It focuses on your own experience with meditation and compassion , it helps you to bring out the best in yourself and in the children you are going to train. In 2008 the course at the Academy of Mindful Teaching was born. We started with 4 teachers in Amersfoort.

We’ve now trained more than 3000 professionals worldwide!

The Academy of Mindful Teaching grows into a world-leading , evidence-based and teacher proof Mindfulness training institute for professionals working with children.