Personal Practice Archives

January 16, 2023

Compassion vs Self-Compassion: Opening Your Heart to Yourself

Dia Penning, Mindful Schools

With self-compassion, we empower ourselves to be the holder, giver, and recipient of kindness. It is a sustaining, internal source of self-support and something that can always be available. Try this practice.

December 16, 2022

Cultivating Joy to Recharge

Devon Sangster Rath

Cultivating joy isn't a “how to be happier” exercise. It's about noticing the subtle joys, mini joys, and many joys that we already experience in our everyday lives. Listen to the guided practice.

December 14, 2022

Powerful Words of Encouragement: You Are Enough

Fontashia Johnson, Mindful Schools

Words of encouragement are powerful for students––and educators, too. Try a “give and take what you need” wall to offer positive quotes, affirmations, and encouragement. And for educators ...

August 10, 2022

Social Emotional Learning and Why It Matters for Educators

Sarah Rudell Beach, Mindful Schools

As educators, we don’t (and shouldn’t) leave our emotions at the door when we’re working with young people. Attending to our own social and emotional needs is important, especially if we’re tasked with teaching social emotional learning to our students.

April 27, 2022

The Urgency of Right Now

Alan Brown, Mindful Schools

There are so many other things that we could be doing right now. Maybe notice, as you sit down to read this, if there are other things that you feel like you should be doing. Listen to this guided practice on: working with urgency.

March 18, 2022

3 Mindful Ways to Start a Meeting

Sarah Rudell Beach, Mindful Schools

Learn three mindful ways to start a meeting and listen to a personal story about the simple, yet powerful ways that meetings can impact both self-care and community care.

February 16, 2022

3 Simple Ways to Refocus Attention in Your Classroom

Mia Arakaki, Mindful Schools

Distractions are constant. Luckily, paying attention is a natural capacity that all of us have––we just exercise it differently. Discover three strategies to practice focusing with mindfulness anchors.

October 7, 2021

How to Build Community Through Connection and Inclusion

Solissa McKay

What does it look like to build community, foster connection, and be inclusive in a way that models it for your students? #mindfulschools

November 4, 2020

We Need Two Wings to Fly

Dr. Megan Sweet

Regardless of who wins, Democrats and Republicans must find a way to work together again for the common good. We have a lot of work to do. We can start by taking action with empathy and kindness.

October 19, 2020

How to Mindfully Manage Election Stress

Sarah Rudell Beach

Two-thirds of Americans consider the presidential election a “significant source of stress in their life.” Try these strategies to help you mindfully manage election stress.

August 26, 2020

Back-to-School Kit: Tips, Resources, and Support for Learning During the Pandemic

Dr. Megan Sweet

This fall, how will your virtual classroom *feel*? In this year's unique back-to-school kit, we bring our focus to connection and certainty –– during what may feel like a disconnected and highly uncertain time.

June 8, 2020

Mindfulness in an Emergency

Daniel Rechtschaffen

In an emergency state – when the streets are burning, pandemic is spreading, and ecology is crumbling, what do we do with our mindfulness practice? Try the Three R's of Mindfulness to rise to the moment: regulation, resilience, and realization.

January 16, 2023

Compassion vs Self-Compassion: Opening Your Heart to Yourself

Dia Penning, Mindful Schools

With self-compassion, we empower ourselves to be the holder, giver, and recipient of kindness. It is a sustaining, internal source of self-support and something that can always be available. Try this practice.

December 16, 2022

Cultivating Joy to Recharge

Devon Sangster Rath

Cultivating joy isn't a “how to be happier” exercise. It's about noticing the subtle joys, mini joys, and many joys that we already experience in our everyday lives. Listen to the guided practice.

December 14, 2022

Powerful Words of Encouragement: You Are Enough

Fontashia Johnson, Mindful Schools

Words of encouragement are powerful for students––and educators, too. Try a “give and take what you need” wall to offer positive quotes, affirmations, and encouragement. And for educators ...

August 10, 2022

Social Emotional Learning and Why It Matters for Educators

Sarah Rudell Beach, Mindful Schools

As educators, we don’t (and shouldn’t) leave our emotions at the door when we’re working with young people. Attending to our own social and emotional needs is important, especially if we’re tasked with teaching social emotional learning to our students.

April 27, 2022

The Urgency of Right Now

Alan Brown, Mindful Schools

There are so many other things that we could be doing right now. Maybe notice, as you sit down to read this, if there are other things that you feel like you should be doing. Listen to this guided practice on: working with urgency.

March 18, 2022

3 Mindful Ways to Start a Meeting

Sarah Rudell Beach, Mindful Schools

Learn three mindful ways to start a meeting and listen to a personal story about the simple, yet powerful ways that meetings can impact both self-care and community care.

February 16, 2022

3 Simple Ways to Refocus Attention in Your Classroom

Mia Arakaki, Mindful Schools

Distractions are constant. Luckily, paying attention is a natural capacity that all of us have––we just exercise it differently. Discover three strategies to practice focusing with mindfulness anchors.

October 7, 2021

How to Build Community Through Connection and Inclusion

Solissa McKay

What does it look like to build community, foster connection, and be inclusive in a way that models it for your students? #mindfulschools

November 4, 2020

We Need Two Wings to Fly

Dr. Megan Sweet

Regardless of who wins, Democrats and Republicans must find a way to work together again for the common good. We have a lot of work to do. We can start by taking action with empathy and kindness.

October 19, 2020

How to Mindfully Manage Election Stress

Sarah Rudell Beach

Two-thirds of Americans consider the presidential election a “significant source of stress in their life.” Try these strategies to help you mindfully manage election stress.

August 26, 2020

Back-to-School Kit: Tips, Resources, and Support for Learning During the Pandemic

Dr. Megan Sweet

This fall, how will your virtual classroom *feel*? In this year's unique back-to-school kit, we bring our focus to connection and certainty –– during what may feel like a disconnected and highly uncertain time.

June 8, 2020

Mindfulness in an Emergency

Daniel Rechtschaffen

In an emergency state – when the streets are burning, pandemic is spreading, and ecology is crumbling, what do we do with our mindfulness practice? Try the Three R's of Mindfulness to rise to the moment: regulation, resilience, and realization.

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