Welcome to the Mindfulives website. My name is Chris Maxwell and I was a Primary School Teacher for over 20 years and before that a Nurse and Health Visitor. In the last ten years I have become increasingly interested in mindfulness, initially just for myself but, when I realised the benefits, I started to use it with colleagues and the children I taught. I trained to become an adult mindfulness teacher and then a children’s mindfulness practitioner and yoga teacher through both Creative Calm Studios and the Connected Kids programme.
More recently I have written two books: – The first, a children’s picture book that introduces mindful breathing to young children through the eyes of a very nervous kitten. Luna’s First Garden Adventure is available directly from me £10.99 inc P&P or from Amazon. One of the things I enjoy most is to go around schools and local events reading my book and teaching some basic mindful techniques to children and teachers. Knowing how important Mindfulness is and how busy teachers are, I wrote my latest book which is a handbook for teachers and educators called Every Day Mindfulness in Schools: An Educator’s Guide and is available directly from Amazon. This is a bite size manual that is intended to give busy teachers a tool kit and some easy to use techniques to incorporate mindful activities in every day school life. Available from Amazon £6.99.
I am currently offering adult mindfulness courses, taster sessions, corporate mindfulness classes. I also work individually with children on a 1:1 basis as well as with schools
I have trained as a Reiki Practitioner: – Reiki Levels 1 (Shoden) and 2 (Okuden) in the Usui Spritual Energy Healing Method (Usui Reiki Riyoho) at Healing Hands Edinburgh and also as an Indian Head Massage Therapist with Me-Time Therapies.