Danielle Conforti, Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and Trauma Aware Breath Facilitator
Hi! I'm Danielle! I have been an educator for over 25 years. During the last decade I have honed in on Mindfulness and have become a Mindfulness Educator (with TONS of training). As educators, we all see the need for strategies and tools to help our students navigate through life. The tools you will find in my store are quick breaks that you can incorporate any time throughout the day! Students need to move, breathe and reset to optimize their learning, and to help them tune into how they are feeling. By offering these breaks they begin to recognize how they feel and start to learn how to help themselves regulate.
What is
Mindfulness?
Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, a pioneer of the secular Mindfulness movement defines mindfulness as:
“the awareness that arises from paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgmentally”.
This means being curious about your body, thoughts, and emotions so that you may begin to relate to yourself and those around you better. As you practice mindfulness you will notice that you start tuning in to what is happening inside and around you. You are getting to know yourself better, I mean, you might as well, you have to live with yourself for the rest of your life!
More than ever, we need resources and tools that enable us to pause, settle, and find balance and a sense of peace in our day.
Mindfulness in the classroom
We are asked from the time we are children to pay attention. Yet has anyone ever taught you how to pay attention? Mindfulness is attention and awareness training. Through mindfulness practice, we learn how to pay attention using our senses.
Additionally, we begin to understand what’s happening within us, our thoughts and emotions. By learning to pay attention to these things, we realize that we do not have to get carried away by strong emotions or react to situations in ways we wish we hadn’t.
This present-moment awareness allows us an opportunity to pause, notice, and then respond. It is the moment of recognition, where we get to decide how to proceed, rather than impulsively act. It is an empowering practice for both adults and children.
Mindfulness & Breathwork Benefits
Kids
Improved Focus and Attention
Stress Reduction
Enhanced Emotional Regulation
Increased Resilience
Increased Self-Awareness
Improved Mood
Helps with Decision Making
Builds Gratitude/Seeing the Good
teachers
Improved Focus and Attention
Stress Reduction
Enhanced Emotional Regulation
Increased Patience and Empathy
Builds Gratitude/Seeing the Good
Enhanced Work-Life Balance
Helps with Decision Making
Improved Self-Awareness
Enhanced Classroom Management
