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LOS ANGELES, CA —

WholeSchool Mindfulness, a nonprofit dedicated to making mindfulness an integral part of our education system, has received a grant from Unlikely Collaborators to support launching Mindfulness Directors at a high school and University. This initiative marks a significant step in expanding mindfulness practices in schools, fostering well-being, resilience, … [Read more]

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North Andover, MA —

Today, on National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, RESCUE®, a leading brand in natural stress and emotional support, is proud to announce a new charitable partnership with WholeSchool Mindfulness, a nonprofit organization committed to transforming education through the power of mindfulness. As part of this partnership, RESCUE … [Read more]

Source: creativemainemag.com

“Don’t just do something! Sit there!”

That’s how the pioneering Insight teacher Sylvia Boorstein used to introduce meditation to beginners. “Being peace,” is the way the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh explained it. Tibetan lamas sometimes called it Mind Training, and Massachusetts MD and Zen practitioner Jon Kabat Zinn, seeking stress reduction … [Read more]

Source: www.mindful.org

Mindfulness meditation teacher Enrique Collazo is disrupting class-as-usual with a mindfulness and compassion curriculum.

Enrique Collazo’s goal as the mindfulness director of Oakland’s MetWest High School is to improve students’ relationships with their thoughts, cultivate compassion, and celebrate interconnectedness through course curriculum and mindfulness sessions. And he’s seeing results. “There is a lot … [Read more]

Source: richmondmagazine.com

BareSOUL Yoga’s founder creates a new collective centered on Black wellness

When Vicki Wise heard the news on Sept. 23 that the two police officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor in her home in Louisville, Kentucky, would not face criminal charges, she was angry. After a summer steeped in racial tension, it … [Read more]