The Mindful Blog
Easing Your Start-of-the-School Year Anxiety
The end-of-summer jitters come for educators every year, but the unknowns for this upcoming school year may feel especially anxiety-inducing. At Mindful Practices, we believe the way to embrace the present is to understand the intricacies of how we are feeling and how to regulate those feelings. Our practices below are meant to provide self-care around boundaries, gratitude, and mindfully acknowledging your present feelings and emotions so you can feel more prepared to handle the unknowns as you move into the school year.
Prioritizing Your Life: Rocks, Pebbles and Sand
Prioritizing what to focus on in your life is a question we all ask ourselves. We created a simple animation about the impact of focusing on the important things in life...or how if you focus on the minutia how you'll end up missing out on the important things. This...
Morning Mindfulness Schedule (week of 6/14)
Viewing Schedule for the week of 6/14 We're bringing mindfulness to you live every weekday morning at 8am CT to help you start your day off right. We're presenting on YouTube Live so you can enjoy these sessions with ease on any device. Click the links to view live or...
Morning Mindfulness Schedule (week of 6/7)
Viewing Schedule for the week of 6/7 We're bringing mindfulness to you live every weekday morning at 8am to help you start your day off right. We're presenting on YouTube Live so you can enjoy these sessions with ease on any device. Click the links to view live or add...
Morning Mindfulness Schedule (week of 5/31)
Viewing Schedule for the week of 5/31 We're bringing mindfulness to you live every weekday morning at 8am to help you start your day off right. We're presenting on YouTube Live so you can enjoy these sessions with ease on any device. Click the links to view live or...
Morning Mindfulness Schedule (week of 5/24)
Viewing Schedule for the week of 5/17 We're bringing mindfulness to you live every weekday morning at 8am to help you start your day off right. We're presenting on YouTube Live so you can enjoy these sessions with ease on any device. Click the links to view live or...
Morning Mindfulness Schedule (week of 5/17)
Viewing Schedule for the week of 5/17 We're bringing mindfulness to you live every weekday morning at 8am to help you start your day off right. We're presenting on YouTube Live so you can enjoy these sessions with ease on any device. Click the links to view live or...
Mindful Reading Playlist
Enjoy our Mindful Reading Playlist where we read children's books with a positive social-emotional message. During each video we take a moment to reflect on the stories and how they can relate to our viewer's lives. Some of the books we've read in this series include:...
Morning Mindfulness Schedule (week of 5/10)
Viewing Schedule for the week of 5/10 We're bringing mindfulness to you live every weekday morning at 8am to help you start your day off right. We're presenting on YouTube Live so you can enjoy these sessions with ease on any device. Click the links to view live or...
SEL Town Hall: One Survivor’s Story
We have all been effected by COVID-19 but luckily many of use only have seen this from a distance. Our friend and educator, Kate Mitchell Alfonzo tells her story of how COVID-19 impacted on her family. We also discussed how we can use these insights to help schools...
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