Mindfulness

Cultivating Mindfulness in yourself and your students is a preventative restorative practice!

The more that students know about their brains, like what makes them stressed and what calms them down, the more they can control it.

Leading students to understand mindfulness and how stress and struggle leads to big needs in wellness will empower them to self-regulate.

The more we empower students to self-regulate, the more they will own their behaviors, mistakes, and the more they'll grow from them!

Below is a mindfulness guide for teachers, from Dr Amy Saltzman. This outlines and explains what mindfulness is and why it's so important in our schools.

Mindfulness Teachers Guide.doc

These Ted Talks convey some of the reasons why mindfulness can change schools, student lives, and how to integrate these practices into your life and your students' lives.