Mindfulness is a particular way of paying attention to internal thoughts, sensations, emotions, and external stimuli with kindness. Practicing Mindfulness in educational settings promotes self-regulation and metacognition while enhancing attention and decreasing stress. In this workshop, you will learn activities to use in your classroom to support classroom instruction, community building, and social-emotional learning. We will also explore the history of Mindfulness, current Mindfulness research, and the impact it has on our minds and bodies. For teachers, administrators, parents, caregivers, child life specialists, and museum educators.

Monday and Wednesday 10/25 and 10/27 from 5:15-7:15 pm.

This two-session workshop will take place on zoom.

Please register through Bank Street College Continuing Professional Studies.

This weekend will be a retreat from and  training for daily life. 

The retreat aspect of the weekend will support the deepening of your own mindfulness practice and the training sessions will provide you with mindful awareness techniques to integrate into your educational setting for yourself and children ages 5-17.   This workshop will be informative and experiential. 

The Mindful Classroom curriculum that you will receive is grounded in MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) practices and combined with age appropriate information and lesson plans. It is a practical guide and developed utilizing almost 20 years of classroom experience.  The curriculum can be utilized in various settings with small groups or whole class.  Lessons support honing attention, emotional regulation, awareness and kindness.  The curriculum includes more than 40 different activities.  Register at the Garrison Institute website.