by Katherine Mair | Sep 8, 2020 | General, Life, MAD Blather, Study
“I waddled into my new classroom. My legs were shaking, and I was pretty much gasping for air. I pushed myself to the front of the room. The teacher asked me a few questions, but I just couldn’t answer them. I mean I could, but the answers were swirling around...
by Katherine Mair | Aug 14, 2020 | General, Life, MAD Blather, Study, Work
I’ve often mentioned my love of jigsaw puzzles. Last night my partner and I finished a 6000 piece jigsaw puzzle representing one of the greatest masterpieces of the seventeenth century, Las Meninas painted in 1656 by Don Diego de Silva Velazquez and now housed in the...
by Katherine Mair | Mar 2, 2016 | MAD Blather, Study, Work
When we go to school, we’re encouraged to apply ourselves. After all learning happens through practice, exploration and application. When a student applies him or herself, they uncover their potential, hone their skills, build their abilities and experience...
by Katherine Mair | Oct 23, 2015 | MAD Blather, Study
There are some alarming statistic floating around about the physical and mental health and wellbeing of our younger generation, our future. When it comes to the Physical Health of young Australians; 30% of 5-24 years olds are Overweight or Obese (that rate is even...
by Katherine Mair | Sep 10, 2015 | MAD Blather, Study, Uncategorized
It’s inspiring to see just how much research has started to emerge about the impacts of mindfulness in both the work and educational settings. This article from the Garrison Institute provides some fantastic insights into how teaching teachers to be mindful has real...
by Katherine Mair | Aug 20, 2015 | MAD Blather, Study
Over the past three months we’ve been teaching a weekly yoga classes with a group of teenagers at a High School in Sydney. Students were primarily female participating in 11 weekly yoga classes based on carefully planned M.A.D. yoga sequence that included: Mindset...
