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What Is Mindfulness?
Have you noticed there is a Mindfulness craze lately? Have you been wondering if it is just another quick fix or something only Yogi’s do? Well, you are right! But it is everything else in-between. Do your research. All over the world people are jumping on the...
A Mindful New Year
Happy New Year friends! Take care of you in 2020. When you focus even a small amount of time each day on your mental, physical, & emotional wellness. You are also giving those around you the best version of yourself. Educators are givers and caretakers. While...
Letting Go-Living in Flow
Do you try to plan and control everything and everyone in your life? I don’t mean in a bad way. As educators, parents, or just plain people it is kind of our job! It is drilled into us at work to plan for what IS happening, what might happen, and what just hit the...
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Lesson 5: Anxiety or Excitement
Did you know that anxiety and excitement can have similar physical manifestations in your body? We tend to think of anxiety as bad and excitement as good. Anxiety can protect us and warn us about things that we should be cautious of or pay attention to. When we are...
Lesson 4: Why Do I Get Anxious
In the video, the focus is on teens. But, it applies to everyone. https://youtu.be/rpolpKTWrp4?si=ybWrf8L0TagvCj1S Purpose: The more we know about how anxiety works in our brains and why anxiety occurs, we are better able to regulate and manage anxiety when it...
Lesson 3: You Are Already Mindful!
Purpose: There are already moments in your life when you experience mindfulness. Recognizing these moments can help you cultivate mindfulness on demand, when you need it to help you reduce stress. -You can recognize your natural mindful moments when you are doing...
Lesson 2: Breath Practice
https://youtu.be/Rq212oeinyk?si=mFeyuZ2AYCxBGvqa While watching this video practice as directed. Practice on your own once a day. Write down in your journal how you feel before and afterwards practicing. Try practicing when you are relatively calm. You can breathe...
Lesson 1. Mindfulness Basics
To Do: After watching this video answer the following questions. Write down your answers in a journal or think about how you would answer these questions. 1. What is the definition of mindfulness in your own words? 2. Which of the people in the video surprised you the...
Your Personal Mindful Meditation Practice Guide
Great for the holiday season, winter vacation, and all year round. Purpose: Developing and nurturing a personal mindfulness practice can be fun, empowering, enlightening, grounding, healthy, and calming. Your goal over winter break is to practice a little each...
No Time For Mindfulness Or Meditation
I used to hear this a lot. In fact I felt that way too. So what changed my mind? My life was a pressure cooker of duties, activities, and health issues. “No time to slow down!” Until one fateful now grateful day, my body threw on the brakes and I literally hit the...
Dealing with Election Emotions
A Radical Act Of Compassion And Action Hey friends, We are all swimming in a stormy sea of emotions after the election. Some of you may be thrilled and others may feel concerned, anxious, or rage. Wherever you land I’d like to share some things that are helping...
Be Curious, Not Judgmental.
My husband Jay and I recently discovered the show Ted Lasso. We were late to the party, but in our defense, we didn’t have Apple TV. And we are prone to limiting our screen time. Especially, when it seems hard to find anything we want to watch. Thanks to the...
Meditation Experiment Gone Wrong?
Hi friends, When I retired recently, my regular routine of meditating first thing in the morning went out the window as my husband’s and my schedules abruptly changed. It was the beginning of what would normally be my summer break and Jay was now...
A Call To Action
A Call To Action An open letter to the USA Look in the mirror The evil within The root of all fear The base of all sin Choose between Money and guns Or the lives of our children Our mothers and sons In America we value wealth over all Shooting our children...
It’s Been A Year
Hello friends and welcome back! It has been a year, literally, since my last post, interview, etc. There is a part of me that is disappointed in myself for putting The Mindful Educator on hold. But, I just didn’t want to post for the sake of posting. The podcast...
Schools: Everything to Everybody
Last week the White House Corona virus Task Force members testified on the Federal response to the pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Stephen Hahn, Admiral Brett Giroir, and Dr. Robert Redfield tried to answer questions from a panel of senators. It was obvious if a...
Books and Activites: Lower Stress and Anxiety
Hi Friends! This is a re-posting of books and activities to help with our rising stress and anxiety. We are hearing more conflicting conversations about opening schools. This is causing a great deal of confusion and anxiety for teachers, students, and parents. Now,...
Re-Opening Schools: A Matter of Life or Death.
It was already a gamble working in a school. In the last 15 years each day became more risky with every school shooting. In some parts of our country fights break out in the hallways and both students and staff end up in the ER. The almost complete lack of autonomy,...