Intentional Stillness & Anxiety
This lesson explores the link between intentional stillness and managing anxiety. Students learn about the brain's anxiety response (the amygdala), use the metaphor of a stress/anxiety bucket to understand what fills and empties their personal anxiety, and practise three forms of intentional stillness.
Learning Outcomes
Outcome 1:
Explore the link between intentional stillness and feeling anxious.
Outcome 2:
Identify what fills my stress bucket.
Outcome 3:
Practise intentional stillness that can help me deal with anxiety.
What's included
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Contributing Experts
People who helped produce this lesson.
Amy Bradshaw
Amy Bradshaw is an strategic school leader with 20+ years experience. Multi Academy Trust Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead and teaching experience at every stage. Qualified Mindfulness practitioner for adults and children and Bounce Forward Associate Trainer. Amy is passionate about making mental health the golden thread that runs through the heart of school and communities.
About the Organisation
Bounce Forward is a registered charity on a mission to transform how we think about mental health, shifting the narrative from deficit and crisis to strength, prevention, and psychological fitness. They create evidence-based programmes, curricula, and training that give young people, school staff, and the adults around children the knowledge, language, and daily habits to build genuine mental resilience. From whole-staff training to five-year school curricula, everything they do is practical, grounded in science, and designed to make a lasting difference not just in the moment, but across a lifetime.