Smiling Mind
Free mindfulness app and school resources focused on mental fitness.
Smiling Mind is an Australian not-for-profit offering mindfulness and mental wellbeing tools through a free app, family resources, and school programs. Its materials are developed with psychologists, educators, and research-informed models, with a strong emphasis on helping children build practical wellbeing skills early.
Why it stands out
- Combines a consumer meditation app with structured school programs rather than serving only individual users.
- Built by an Australian not-for-profit, with funds directed back into its mental health mission.
- Resources are shaped by psychologists, educators, and published evidence rather than only general wellness content.
- Strong focus on prevention and early skill-building for children, families, and the adults around them.
- Includes curriculum-aligned, teacher-ready materials for classroom use.
Good to know
- School resources and framing are Australian, so curriculum fit may vary for educators in other countries.
- The site focuses on mindfulness, mental fitness, and wellbeing skills, not clinical diagnosis, therapy, or crisis care.
- Some offerings appear aimed at specific settings such as primary schools, families, or educators rather than every workplace or healthcare use case.
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Parents and educators who need age-appropriate mindfulness tools for children and everyday wellbeing routines. Use guided practices to build a daily meditation or mental fitness habit. Bring curriculum-aligned mental wellbeing lessons into primary school classrooms. Find family-friendly support for sleep, distressing events, and emotional regulation. Review the research basis behind Smiling Mind’s approach before adopting it in a school or home setting.
Free mindfulness and mental fitness app, guided meditations, family and children’s resources, primary school program materials, secondary school resources, sleep and wellbeing content, research and evidence summaries, and a learning hub for app guidance.
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