Inner Flourishing

03/01/2024

Being a mindful human, partner, parent or teacher doesn’t mean being non-reactive despite the conditions. It means meeting our conditions with awareness that leads wise action.

01/22/2024

Sharing my secret practice I do when I lead mindfulness with my class. It may not look like I am doing much, but I am breathing and noticing my students. My eyes are open and I am sending everyone kindness one at a time as we start our day. 💙✨🌈

01/11/2024

Elevate your classroom culture by breathing life into your agreements. Check out this lesson that is based on what has worked with my students!

Classroom Culture: It's Time for a Community Agreements Refresh! Try This Activity... 💡 https://bit.ly/3tZ67MW

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01/10/2024

Being thankful is not just what we think about in November. My students and I have learning about gratitude and collecting our appreciations in different ways. This week our gratitude basket was overflowing with small and big things, and our mindfulness time included popcorning out moments when we experienced authentic appreciation from someone else, what studies say is the most effective gratitude practice.

01/01/2024

Happy New Year, friends and family! I invite you to ditch resolution making and click on this link to envision with me what you could have never guessed would happen last year and let those moments of beauty, depth and surprise launch you into wild possibility for this bright new year before us. Wishing you all a year of wonder and magic. 🙏🏼💫

Mindful Monday: A New Year Begins... - https://mailchi.mp/mindfulschools.org/monday-98729 with Neena ✨

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11/30/2023

Getting ready for start teaching mindfulness to other classes at my school and created these super important tips. ✨

11/15/2023

Our classroom agreements are the most referenced, supported and highlighted document in our class. We just revised them to best fit our current needs and today we squeezed in the line, “we agree to show our leadership,” because my students wanted to and we’re ready to do that.

11/11/2023

Just taught my fourth graders one of my favorite lessons, Mindful Seeing. A student of mine shared that she was able to notice that the bottom of the magazine I had pinned to my personal bulletin board made a heart.

11/08/2023

Every morning we read our classroom agreements and give shoutouts to those who are following them. It is a gift that my students also see what I am doing and consider me part of their classroom community. This morning I was complimented for my kindness in this specific way.

10/17/2023

Yesterday I had a few extra minutes on my way to school and pulled over to savor the morning sunrise. I was thankful for those sweet moments that filled me with light for my whole day.

10/07/2023

10/05/2023

So much to share this wild and wonderful first month of school. Gifts from my students, mindful listening, bodies, breath and practicing with stuffies. Latest problem is that too many kids have donated talking pieces for class circle that we need a bigger basket. 💕🙏🏼