Resources to help teachers with their personal practice.

Our hope is for the classroom teacher to establish a 'personal practice' of their own.  There are a lot of resources today to support initial and on-going practice.

PERSONAL PRACTICE RESOURCES:

Grand Rapids Center for Mindfulness in person course
  • April Hadley and Carol Hendershott, certified MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) Instructors

NEW Sustainable Blended Learning Model for Teacher Training - starting in October 2017

Mindful Schools
Mindfulness Fundamentals: A 6-Week Online Mindfulness Course Develop a personal mindfulness practice to deepen self-awareness and increase well-being.

Free Mindfulness Exercises, a selection of guided mindfulness meditations to introduce you to mindfulness practice and support your existing practice.
Free Online MBSR course - Palouse Mindfulness
SOME OF MY FAVORITE RESOURCES:

   Greater Good Science Center:  studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.

   Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater 
Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New York Times best-selling
author.            

  Mindful Magazine: Mindful is the voice of the emerging mindfulness community. We’re the place to go for insight, information, and inspiration to help us all live more mindfully.
APPS FOR TEACHERS

10% Happier  LINK

Headspace     LINK

Mindfulness    LINK

Insight Timer   LINK
Miscellaneous Resources:

Mindfulness Quiz (Greater Good Science Center):  LINK

What is Mindfulness (30 sec. video)  LINK

Meditation for Beginners - Dan Harris (6 min. video)  LINK
GUIDED AUDIO PRACTICE:

Morning Guided Mindfulness for the teacher, 10 minutes.  LINK

Mid-day Guided Mindfulness for the teacher, 8 minutes.  LINK

Evening Guided Mindfulness for the teacher, 6 minutes.  LINK