{"id":14051,"date":"2019-11-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/nuvitund-er-ahugaverd-adferd-i-verkfaerakistu-lifsins\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:02:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:02:26","slug":"mindfulness-is-an-interesting-technique-in-the-toolbox-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/nuvitund-er-ahugaverd-adferd-i-verkfaerakistu-lifsins\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness is an interesting technique in the toolbox of life."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hj\u00f6rd\u00eds J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir is a great visionary and has a heart<br \/>\nin the right place. For her, people are at the forefront and at a young age she decided to<br \/>\ncare and raising children was her calling in life. Today, Hj\u00f6rd\u00eds works as a department manager.<br \/>\nin Years 1\u20135 at \u00c1slandssk\u00f3li and has flourished in their work at<br \/>\nin the primary schools of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, where she has been working ever since graduating. Hj\u00f6rd\u00eds<br \/>\ngrew up in Sau\u00f0\u00e1rkr\u00f3ki and from there had easy access to his grandparents' farm and<br \/>\nspent all her summers there as a young girl, running among sheep, cows and<br \/>\nhorses. She had the dream of becoming a physiotherapist but after having faced<br \/>\nAt a young age, she decided to pursue a career in teaching.<\/p>\n<p>In this interview with Vitans, Hj\u00f6rd\u00eds talks about herself, her calling to teaching, the cornerstones of her work at \u00c1sland School, and a research project on introducing mindfulness into school life. A research project that will undoubtedly show measurable positive results in the long term, while the emotional impact of the implementation already seems to be visible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/province\/hafnarfjordur\/hladvarp\/\">Listen to the programme<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Implementation of mindfulness in school work in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/h4>\n<p>Hj\u00f6rd\u00eds is one of those who, for personal reasons, went to<br \/>\nto adopt mindfulness and meditation and thus find their own ways to cope<br \/>\nto all the challenges that life offers. She looks at mindfulness and<br \/>\nmeditation as good tools and instruments in life's toolbox. Hj\u00f6rd\u00eds is one of those who<br \/>\nhas been at the forefront of introducing mindfulness into school life here in<br \/>\nIn Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, both in their own school and further afield in collaboration with other teachers, with<br \/>\nto disseminate their knowledge and experience to other schools and school levels in<br \/>\nthrough a joint project. Mindfulness in school work has become a regular feature in<br \/>\nAt \u00c1sland School, for certain year groups and in certain subjects, but the dream is to<br \/>\nMindfulness and meditation will become part of the whole in all the school's work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interviews with interesting people<br \/>\nindividuals who work for the benefit of the municipality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In The Lighthouse, interesting individuals who work are interviewed.<br \/>\nfor the benefit of the town. Thus, the municipality's services are addressed, an interesting topic.<br \/>\ndevelopment projects and challenges in a diverse range of fields. The podcast opens at<br \/>\nMore detailed coverage of individual projects, services and issues that are high-profile<br \/>\nin the discussion each time.&nbsp;<a href=\"\/en\/province\/hafnarfjordur\/hladvarp\/\">All episodes of The Watcher can be accessed on the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur town website. <\/a>but also on podcast platforms such as Spotify, Simplecast and Podcast Addict.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hj\u00f6rd\u00eds J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir er mikil hugsj\u00f3namanneskja og me\u00f0 hjarta\u00f0 \u00e1 r\u00e9ttum sta\u00f0. Hj\u00e1 henni er f\u00f3lki\u00f0 \u00ed forgrunni og ung a\u00f0 \u00e1rum \u00e1kva\u00f0 h\u00fan a\u00f0 um\u00f6nnun og uppeldi v\u00e6ri hennar k\u00f6llun \u00ed l\u00edfinu. \u00cd dag starfar Hj\u00f6rd\u00eds sem deildarstj\u00f3ri 1. \u2013 5. bekkjar \u00ed \u00c1slandssk\u00f3la og hefur bl\u00f3mstra\u00f0 \u00ed st\u00f6rfum s\u00ednum hj\u00e1 grunnsk\u00f3lum Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar \u00fear sem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14051"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}