This weekend will be a retreat from daily life 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.  

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