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Heart-Focused Breathing: Stress Reduction Strategy
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince There is something special about the heart: a miraculous, continually pumping, life-giving organ located in the center of the chest, the …
The Essence of Good and Evil: A Socratic Seminar Using Lord of the Flies and Heart of Darkness
“There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast. . . . Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! . . . You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are the way they are?” –Lord …
Q and A from Hilliard U: Slowing Down and Mindful Moments
This Q and A from Hilliard U is all about slowing down and being mindful in the moment. Enjoy! How can I help my students to be more mindful? I always suggest to start with yourself. When you are more clam and present, the students will benefit from this. In addition, if you are …
Mindfulness Practices for Testing Season: Managing Test Anxiety
In today’s educational environment, standardized testing is an inevitable reality for both educators and students. For many, it is also a source of stress and feelings of powerlessness. As with many environmental factors, this circumstance is not likely to be changed by the individuals most affected any time soon (teachers and students), so it is …
Ten TEDTalks to Change Your Life (for the better)
Here are 10 TEDTalks to change your life, per a request from Grandview Heights staff who took the Mindful Growth course with me last week. #1- Kelly McGonical, “The Upside of Stress” – McGonical shares how the way we view stress changes the physiological repercussions that stress has for us. #2- Brene Brown, “The Power of …
Mindfulness- A Super Power: Q and A with Grandview Heights
I spent some time today with the staff from Grandview Heights City Schools exploring mindfulness practice. In session one, we explored informal mindfulness practice (otherwise known as living mindfully in daily life). In session two, we explored formal mindfulness practice (sometimes known as meditation). We started out with a difficult prompt: Have you ever done …
Q and A: Mindfulness Session at Grandview Heights Ed Camp
On October 27 (I know; I am late!) I hosted a session for Grandview Heights City Schools titled, “Mindfulness for Teachers: Reducing Stress and Supporting Wholeness.” Here are a couple of resources and a short Q and A from the session. First of all, here is the research report, “Teacher Stress and Health: Effects on …
Q and A: Socratic Seminar on Civil Discourse
On October 26, I hosted a workshop for teachers who wanted to learn more about implementing Socratic discussion into their classroom. More on that here. They left questions on their exit tickets. See my responses below. Do you have any suggestions for lessons to build skills for the role of “Big Board”? (This is …
“Where Does it Hurt?”: Ruby Sales Beautiful Question
From The SpiritHouse Project website where Ruby Sales is the founder and director, Sales is a “nationally-recognized human-rights activist, public theologian, and social critic, whose articles and work appear in many journals, online sites, and books.” Sales came of age and took part in the Civil Rights movement and has continued her work since that …
Q and A with Equality Ohio
This last week I facilitated a retreat experience for the folks at Equality Ohio. I loved this opportunity to help build sustainable activism for a cause that is meaningful to me. At the end of our time, the group submitted questions. Here are my responses. How can we balance acceptance through mindfulness with the activist’s …
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