By aligning with your body’s stability, you energetically offer the other person a way to regain their homeostasis. When you STOP and DROP into your body, your rational, calm self becomes the non-reactionary, guiding force in the situation.

This exercise is a heart soother with its bilateral healing touch. It helps you transport yourself to a calm and healing space when you are looking to comfort difficult emotions and overwhelm

Even on a good day, teaching online can induce head pounding, fog braining, energy-draining symptoms. This simple five-minute activity at the beginning of an online session has the power to energize students (and teachers), help everyone to be present and focused, and bring all into a belonging mindset. 

Anyone up for moving mountains? And by that I mean, sitting still and listening to whatever arises. Let's do this together in this short mindfulness video.

Tuning in to what’s going on within and sharing how you feel connects you to yourselves and to others. No matter how you are feeling, being aware is always a great first step to managing emotions.

How can we help our students be playful with their self-acceptance and their future? By experiencing it, of course! This is a great opportunity to harness the power of imagination to create self awareness and hope. 

Self-regulation is about allowing the fear to have a place at our table. Courageously, we feel what we feel and go forward anyway. When our students have these experiences of being socially successful, they learn to be brave with their lives.

When we played this game, we noticed a clear change of energy in the group. As each person shared what brought them joy and as they heard that joy repeated by another, their face seemed to brighten. Our shoulders lifted and our voices became lighter.

In this video, I share a couple of techniques I use with my students to help them regulate their emotions and tap into their inner wisdom. This is perfect to use when they feel overwhelmed or uncertain.

Through our imagination we conjure up future scenarios (intentions/goals/desires), make meaning out of our current situation (drawing from prior knowledge), re-vision our past (review/analyze/adjust), and picture ourselves in other’s shoes (empathy).

Confident people have a certain air about them. It’s a combo of presence and ease. They seem to own the space and, at the same time, have room for others. There’s a sense of standing tall in their skin, knowing their worth. The good news is that we can teach kids to be more confident!

What do you do when your room of students is high energy and chaotic? “Breathing Fingers” will not only will it bring your students to the present moment, but it will also teach them how to tame their thoughts and regulate their emotions.

Through our imagination we conjure up future scenarios (intentions/goals/desires), make meaning out of our current situation (drawing from prior knowledge), re-vision our past (review/analyze/adjust), and picture ourselves in other’s shoes (empathy).

Consciously focusing on what we are thankful for cultivates a positive energy that can permeate our psyche and color our perceptions going forward.

This is a very requested mindfulness meditation with our kiddos. They LOVE imagining their happy place, where they feel comfort, safety, and peace.

Teach your students how they can learn to process feelings of failure or disappointment order to get back up again. I have a helpful technique for you to share with your students that will help them deal with difficult feelings.

It’s the soothing balm that gives our flight or fight nervous system functions a well needed vacation. When this happens, our thoughts quiet enough to allow deeper contemplations and inspirations to surface and take root.