Tag: mindful teaching practices
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new Year’s Intention for Teachers: Small Shifts for the Deep Winter Months
January always arrives with a particular energy for teachers, not quite the sparkle of back-to-school, not quite the calm of summer, and definitely not the rush of December. Instead, it brings the long stretch of winter… the dead of winter. The holidays are over. The routines return. The days are short, the mornings are dark,…
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The Peaceful Teacher’s Guide: Stay Calm and Connected with the yamas & niyamas
Teaching can sometimes feel like a sacred calling… and also like a game of survival. Visions of quiet, studious students seated in rows (this dates me, I know!), respectfully raising their hand to speak, turned out to be nothing but a memory and – more accurately – an illusion. Before I started studying and practicing…
Dawn Arseneau 