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

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

Calm               LINK

Insight Timer-free   LINK

10% Happier  LINK

Headspace     LINK

Mindfulness    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