Serving Schools and Communities
Creating Mindful Communities has been designed to offer well-being tools to students, parents, educators, and any one in need of a more balanced life. Studies find that learning mindfulness benefits participants in terms of improved attention, emotion regulation, behavior in school, empathy and understanding of others, social skills, test anxiety, and stress. Our 9-week, 18-week, or year-long program based on the Mindful Schools curriculum trains participants' ability to cultivate well-being and be more self aware of the things we need to let go. Participants gain strategies to craft moments during which thoughtful responses can replace impulsive reactions. Combining mindfulness practices with movements, we pay attention to the body, the mind, and the emotions. Once aware of our own feelings and the way it impacts us, we are ready to interact with empathy and compassion within the framework of Non-Violent Communication. The goals are to provide participants with concrete tools for:
Some examples of how we will use mindfulness are noticing and naming our feelings during specific exercises, using mindfulness of breath before test taking to calm anxiety and improve focus, or pausing when feeling frustrated or impatient. A few words about the founder: Nathalie developed “Education & Arts For All” programs in France for many years before coming to New York. Her passions for yoga, social justice, and harmony, led her to offer services to foster inner peace in communities. Involved in online teaching, she offers workshops and coaching sessions to students, teachers and parents. She also guides adults and educators online in Mindfulness Foundations and Mindfulness in The Classroom trainings with Mindful Schools (one of the leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to bring meditation in schools). |