TL;DR: Meditation helps students develop emotional regulation. It helps them improve their ability to handle stress or cope with difficult situations and develop empathy and compassion. Regular practice can also help students increase their level of self-awareness. Bring meditation to your students by starting simple. Use visualization techniques, make it a part of your routine, use props to help students … Read More
The Benefits of Emotional Regulation and Mindfulness: Featuring Ipek Williamson
In this week’s episode, Ipek Williamson shares the benefits and power of emotional regulation, mindfulness, and meditation, which creates peaceful and harmonious classrooms. In this episode, we discuss: Meditation’s support for mental health issues Cultivating awareness on the positive impact of meditation and mindfulness among educators Introducing new generations to the importance of knowing their values and implementing them into … Read More
Introducing Children to Mindfulness
TL;DR: It is important to teach young children how to meditate and practice mindfulness at a very early age. This gives them a head start in becoming a positive, joyful, and compassionate person. Here are two mindfulness practices to try with young children: Belly Buddies and Spidey Senses. See below for links. We want our children to be physically and … Read More
Caring for Our Minds
TL;DR: Why don’t we talk more about self-care that can occur during the work day? The goal of meditation is not to take a mindful minute each day, but to eventually be able to find mindful moments in every part of the day. Have students use a tool like a T-chart to focus on what I CAN control vs. what … Read More
EP62: Do Students Need to Meditate?
In Episode 62 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about the importance of Meditation in the classroom space, and also how they have used it in their spaces this year. They reflect on some of the reasons they have needed to embed some more mindfulness in their classes, especially this year, as it has been rather challenging. Pav discusses … Read More
