Welcome to Mindful Moments in Education
  • Mindfulness
    • The Science Behind Mindfulness
  • About
    • About Patti
    • About Mindful Moments
    • About our Teacher Team
  • OFFERINGS
    • FREE 30-45 minute Mindfulness Overview
    • We TEACH - Mindfulness in your classroom
    • YOU TEACH- Learn how to teach mindfulness K - 12
    • We SUPPORT- Mindful Meetup
    • Teacher Professional Learning
    • Custom and/or Individualized Sessions
  • Teachers
    • Teacher Personal Practice
    • Teaching Students Mindfulness
    • Teacher Resources
    • Books
    • Websites & Videos
  • Teens
    • Audio Files for Teens
    • Articles about Mindfulness for Teens
    • Videos about Mindfulness for Teens
    • Apps for Teens
  • FREE Session Resources

Websites

Videos

Mindful Schools
Our mission is to lead the integration of mindfulness into education. We’ve trained educators, social workers, psychologists, parents, and other adults from over 60 countries, impacting more than 200,000 youth globally.

Grand Rapids Center for Mindfulness

The Grand Rapids Center for Mindfulness is dedicated to teaching people how to use powerful mindfulness based tools to manage their stress and enjoy new health and well-being.  Offering MBSR and many other mindfulness adult courses in Grand Rapids, MI.

Just Breath
Personal Website of instructor Cheryl Blackington.  Offering evening Adolescent Mindfulness Courses.

Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
Dr. Richard J. Davidson, a renowned neuroscientist and one of the world’s leading experts on the impact of contemplative practices, such as meditation, on the brain. University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Happify

Happify uses the science of happiness to deliver research-backed happiness-promoting vibes to the palm of your hands (or desktop). Your journey begins by specifying your personal goals, and then Happify gives you customized daily activities to help you get there.

Doing Good Together

A Minneapolis-based national nonprofit that works to make volunteering and service, along with daily kindness, easy for every family.  Our Mission: Empowering families to raise children who care and contribute.

Random Acts of Kindness Foundation

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation is an internationally recognized non-profit organization founded upon the powerful belief in kindness and dedicated to providing resources and tools that encourage acts of kindness.

Mindful Magazine

Mindful.org is the leading website dedicated to the best of mindfulness-based practices and a community for growing the movement.

Greater Good

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


Mindful Teachers

Website with lots of great resources for teachers.


Yoga for Kids
YogaKids program specifically addresses the needs and capabilities of children.  A Michigan based resource.

Cosmic Kids

Making yoga and meditation fun for kids.  It's all free on You Tube.


Megan Cowan:  What is Mindfulness?
14 minute video LINK


Teaching Kids Resilience Through Emotional Intelligence
:  link

It's a beautiful day! A short animation about Mindfulness.  link

Freshman call Mindfulness the best class ever. 
All freshmen at Middlesex (Concord, MA) participated in an Introduction to Mindfulness course for nine weeks this fall.  Short video   LINK

Dan Siegel:  The Adolescent Brain
One hour video  LINK

Yoga and Mindfulness Video:  "Aliza and the Mind Jar".   Zarida, parent of her 6 year old daughter, Aliza, takes us through her experience with the pioneering yoga and mindfulness program at Girls Prep Bronx Elementary in NYC.


Daniel Rechtschaffen: Heartfulness Exercise:  LINK


CONTACT INFORMATION:
Patricia Ward, M.Ed.
Mindful Schools Certified Instructor

mindfulmomentsinedu@gmail.com
616.204.2099
Grand Rapids, MI


COMMUNITY RESOURCES:

Grand Rapids Center for Mindfulness

Teens Just Breathe, Cheryl Blackington, M.Ed.

Mangrum ConSOULtation, Doreen Mangrum, M.Ed.

Well-Bean, Jen Rapanos, LMSW, RCYT


Michigan Collaborative for Mindfulness in Education (mc4me)







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