Yoga & mindfulness tools in the classroom allow us to focus on the “whole being,” which promotes a more supportive and effective learning environment where teachers & students are able to fully show up for one another.

"Boundaries "Boundaries work two ways you can create & implement your personal boundaries & you can push yourself to go beyond boundaries that are in the way of your personal goals. ☮️🙏#BalanceBoundariesandBreaks™️ #Namaste #mentalhealth #mindset #selfawareness #SameHere Global Mental Health Movement

Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully is celebrating #SELday by hosting an event to highlight the power of mindfulness as a foundation for SEL. Grab your class and join us on Zoom for five practices co-led by educators and students from across the US. Educatingmindfully.org

Register now for what is gearing up to be the BEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE SEL event of the summer! Are you working on #SEL integration? Come to the Inaugural SEL Summer Institute, August 3-5, 2022 and join #SEL leaders and practitioners! SELSchoolConsulting.com/summer-institu…

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Gratitude is one of our favorite mindful practices. What are you grateful for today? Grandview Hills #gratitude #GHEjoy #mindfulthoughts

Yoga means union of body & mind. Mindful movement gives an embodied approach to learning. This book is an excellent resource! #mindfulnessinschools #yoga4classrooms #resilience

Mindfulness practices don’t magically make you or your students calm all the time. It’s a practice, not perfection. One step at a time. 😉 #MindfulMonday #edutwitter #mindfulness

Yoga and mindfulness practices promote brain growth and learning by increasing readiness to learn, enriching the brain, and creating new brain cells.

Mindful Word: APPRECIATION, a feeling of being grateful. The 4th graders Grandview Hills taking mindful action & writing letters of appreciation to someone they are grateful for & sharing why. #mindfulness #gratitude #GHEjoy #KindnessMatters

Great article & a mindful acronym for easeful teaching: “Helping Children Take a Mindful SEAT to Calm Down”- ⁦Mindful⁩ ⁦@drchriswillard⁩ mindful.org/helping-childr…

Mindfulness practices create space. With space we can see clearly. Seeing clearly allows us to understand what students need in each moment. For these 1st graders Grandview Hills it was extra recess that they needed in the present moment. #GHEjoy

COSEM's Micro-Credential Program is grounded in research & best practice & lets others know that you have knowledge of the fundamentals of Mindfulness-Based SEL & the skillset to lead basic MBSEL practices and lessons. Earn 30 PDHs, CEUs or 2 grad credits. educatingmindfully.org/credential

STOP Practice in action outside on this beautiful day Grandview Hills S:Stop T:Take a Breath O:Observe P:Proceed #creativemindfulness #GHEmindfulness #GHEjoy

Last Mindful Unit Grandview Hills KINDNESS: the quality of bringing happiness to others (& ourselves). 3-5th graders get to choose their own mindful practice that brings happiness in our mindful space. #studentagency #kindfulness

Mindful practices enhance #confidence and #creativity: “There’s a hidden creativity in confidence” a quote from a 5th grader Grandview Hills #mindfulnessinschools #mindfulnessmatters

Nature and binoculars go hand in hand! Love going outside and engaging in wonder through mindfulness with students. Today 1st graders went outside for a mindful scavenger hunt Grandview Hills #nature #joyinlearning #creativemindfulness #explore #GHEjoy

It’s okay if you don’t have it all figured out, none of us really do. Mindfulness allows us to maintain a beginner’s mind – approaching each moment with curiosity, understanding that it is okay to feel “stuck” or uncertain, & giving ourselves compassion for all of it.

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The purpose of education is to build a happier society, we need a more holistic approach that promotes the practice of love and compassion.