School Wellness

Eilís offers action-focused, tailored programmes for mental, emotional and physical well-being so students can incorporate these practices into their daily lives at school and home. The courses and talks offer practical skills and psycho-education.

Research has shown the many benefits of mindfulness, psychotherapy and yoga practices. These practices offer students vast physical, mental and emotional well-being to reduce stress and worry and increase focus and productivity.

 

Outline of Courses & Talks

 

Eilís facilitates full-day, half-day, two-hour and one-hour courses for schools in-person throughout Ireland and online. These courses offer skills and tips that students can use daily.

  • Breathwork and Chair Yoga - Calming the nervous system and releasing stress

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - The wandering mind, the power of our thoughts and how to challenge negative thoughts

  • Neuroscience - How to rewire the mind

  • Mindfulness techniques - To be more present and focused

  • Stress - What is stress, how to reduce stress and anxiety

  • Worry - How to combat worrisome thoughts

  • Positive Psychology - How to improve low mood and grow the positive

  • Relaxation Techniques - Calming the nervous system and releasing stress

 

Eilis has been practising mindfulness for over twelve years; in 2017, Eilís studied for a Diploma in Mindfulness and Positive Psychology for over 15 months with The Irish Mindfulness Academy.  Her courses include a blend of evidence-based tools and learnings to help support the Mindfulness practice:

  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

  • Neuroscience

  • Positive Psychology

Having practised yoga for over fifteen years, in early 2018, Eilís felt a calling to learn more about this ancient practice. She completed her 200 Yoga Teacher Training with Naomi Sturdy and Sibylle Dallman at The Art of Teaching Yoga. Eilís has since gone on to deepen her study in Pranayama, Meditation and Mantra with Sian Pascale at The Light Collective, Restorative Yoga with Ciara Cronin in The Yoga Room, as well as a range of further yoga workshops. For school wellness, she offers:

  • Chair Yoga or Yoga on the mat

  • Breathing Techniques

  • Relaxation Techniques

Furthermore, Eilís is studying for a BSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy at PCI College/Middlesex University London. Eilís is currently seeing clients as a Psychotherapist/Counsellor in training, and she will be fully qualified in June 2024. The training programme is centred on an integrative model inspired by an underlying humanistic philosophy. She is studying various counselling theories, including Person-Centred, Existential, Cognitive Behavioural, Psychodynamic and other approaches.

She has completed an advanced module in CBT, exploring the third wave of CBT. The third wave of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies includes Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). She has also completed several Continuing Professional Development Courses (CPD) on Trauma Recovery, An Embodied Approach to Trauma, Gender, Sexuality, Relationship and Diversity (GSRD), Writing Therapy and Decider Skills - using Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to teach children, young people and adults the skills to recognise their own thoughts, feelings and behaviours, enabling them to monitor and manage their own emotions and mental health. For school wellness, she offers:

  • Cognitive Behavioural Techniques

  • How to Regulate the Nervous System

  • Stress and Worry Management

  • How to Improve Low Mood

She has also completed QQ1 Train the Trainer Level 6 certificate on training, delivery and presenting.