Sara is a Chilton old girl and a doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Education at Victoria University of Wellington. Sara is a trained primary teacher and experienced mindfulness and Yoga teacher who leads Seedling Yoga for Schools, a curriculum aligned wellbeing program that teaches mental, physical, and emotional health through the Indian science of Yoga.
Sara believes holistic wellbeing is the root of effective and meaningful education and is currently researching the impact increased self-awareness can have on teachers’ thoughts and behaviour in (and outside) the primary classroom.
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