Calm Classroom
THE RESEARCH SAYS...
There is no secret that meditation is linked to stress relief, anxiety/depression reduction, and emotion regulation. For children, especially teens, these mindfulness practices come at such a critical time. Regular exposure to breathing exercises, body scans, guided or silent meditation and yoga can have direct impact on the way young people relate to themselves and others. These awakening practices, when practiced regularly, can literally change the brain against it's negativity bias and flight-flight-freeze responses to stress. The photos above are taken from my experiences as a Calm Classroom instructor on Chicago's south and west sides of the city in k-2 classrooms, Chicago Public Schools.
Check out more resources below:
There is no secret that meditation is linked to stress relief, anxiety/depression reduction, and emotion regulation. For children, especially teens, these mindfulness practices come at such a critical time. Regular exposure to breathing exercises, body scans, guided or silent meditation and yoga can have direct impact on the way young people relate to themselves and others. These awakening practices, when practiced regularly, can literally change the brain against it's negativity bias and flight-flight-freeze responses to stress. The photos above are taken from my experiences as a Calm Classroom instructor on Chicago's south and west sides of the city in k-2 classrooms, Chicago Public Schools.
Check out more resources below:
ARTICLES + MAGAZINES + BLOGS
Tiny Buddha.com
Does Mindfulness really work in Schools?
This School Replaced Detention with Meditation. The Results are Stunning
How to be Emotionally Intelligent
The Amazing, Tumultuous, Wild, Wonderful, Teenage Brain
The New Science of the Teenage Brain
Mindful Movements
Lion's Roar: Buddhist Wisdom of our Time
Mindful Magazine: Taking Time for What Matters
Edman's Atlas of Emotions
Does Mindfulness really work in Schools?
This School Replaced Detention with Meditation. The Results are Stunning
How to be Emotionally Intelligent
The Amazing, Tumultuous, Wild, Wonderful, Teenage Brain
The New Science of the Teenage Brain
Mindful Movements
Lion's Roar: Buddhist Wisdom of our Time
Mindful Magazine: Taking Time for What Matters
Edman's Atlas of Emotions
APPS + ONLINE RESOURCES
VIDEOS + PODCASTS
The Infinite Now
How Mindfulness Empowers Us
Open Heart Project - Susan Piver
Tara Brach - spiritual leader, author, psychologist, teacher
Sounds True: Many Voices, One Journey
Chopra Center
Ten Mindful Movement - Thich Nhat Hanh
A Gun to his Head as a Child. In Prison as an Adult
Growing up Stressed or Growing up Mindful?
On Being - Krista Tippet
Against the Stream
Cairn & Cloud: Shaping Life, Shaping Clay
Healing Broken Circles
Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda
Restorative Justice: A New Approach to Discipline in Schools
How Mindfulness Empowers Us
Open Heart Project - Susan Piver
Tara Brach - spiritual leader, author, psychologist, teacher
Sounds True: Many Voices, One Journey
Chopra Center
Ten Mindful Movement - Thich Nhat Hanh
A Gun to his Head as a Child. In Prison as an Adult
Growing up Stressed or Growing up Mindful?
On Being - Krista Tippet
Against the Stream
Cairn & Cloud: Shaping Life, Shaping Clay
Healing Broken Circles
Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda
Restorative Justice: A New Approach to Discipline in Schools
CERTIFICATIONS + TEACHER TRAINING + RETREATS FOR YOUTH & ADULTS
Mindful Schools
iBme - Inward Bound Mindfulness Education
MindUp
Calm Classroom
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education
Mind-Body Awareness Project
Center for Adolescent Studies
Global Family Yoga
Yoga Nidra - iRest (Integrative Restoration)
Community Justice for Youth (CJYI)
Center for Justice and Reconciliation
Becoming Safely Embodied - Center for Contextual Change
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Spirit Rock: An Insight Meditation Center
Tassajara: San Francisco Zen Center
Cloud Mountain
Insight Meditation Society
iBme - Inward Bound Mindfulness Education
MindUp
Calm Classroom
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education
Mind-Body Awareness Project
Center for Adolescent Studies
Global Family Yoga
Yoga Nidra - iRest (Integrative Restoration)
Community Justice for Youth (CJYI)
Center for Justice and Reconciliation
Becoming Safely Embodied - Center for Contextual Change
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Spirit Rock: An Insight Meditation Center
Tassajara: San Francisco Zen Center
Cloud Mountain
Insight Meditation Society
BOOKS
Growing Up Mindful: Essential Practices to help Children, Teens, and Families find Balance, Calm, and Resilience - Christopher Willard
Child's Mind: Mindfulness Practices to help our children become more Focused, Calm, and Relaxed - Christopher Willard
Happy Teachers Change the World: A Guide for Cultivating Mindfulness in Education - Thich Nhat Hanh
Brainstorm - Dan Siegel
Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Cam, Confidence - Rick Hanson
Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of happiness, love and Wisdom - Rick Hanson
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Bessel Van der Kolk
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of the Body and Mind to face Stress, Pain, and Illness - Jon Kabat-Zinn
Wherever You go, There you Are - Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology - Jack Cornfield
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions - Christopher Germer
Yes, Your Teen is Crazy! - Michael Bradley
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain - Zaretta Hammond
Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming your Body - David Emerson and Elizabeth Hopper
Trauma and the Body - Ogden, Milton, Pain
Rewire your Anxious Brain: How to use the Neuroscience of Fear to end Anxiety, Panic and Worry - Catherine Pittman + Elizabeth Karle
Meditation 24/7 - Practices to Enlighten every Moment of the Day - Camille Maurine and Lorin Roche
Breathtaking: Lessons in breathing to enhance your health and joy of living - Lorin Roche
Your Body knows the Answer: Using your Felt Sense to solve problems, Effect Change and Liberate Creativity - David Rome
Thoughts are not the Enemy: An Innovative Approach to Meditation Practice - Jason Siff
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy: Bringing the Body into Treatment - David Emerson
The little Book of Circle Processes: A New/Old Approach to Peacemaking - Kay Pranis
Preparing Youth to THRIVE: Promising Practices for Social & Emotional Learning: Charles Smith, Gina McGovern, et al
Trauma and Recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror - Judith Herman
Inherited Trauma: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who we Are and How we End the Cycle - Mark Wolynn
Yoga for Grief and Loss - Karla Helbert
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working through Grief - Martha Whitmore Hickman
Finding Joyful Life in the Heart of Pain - Darlene Cohen
Tapping In: A step-by-step guide to activating your healing resources through bilateral stimulation - Laurel Parnell
The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to reverse the course of depression one small step at a time - Alex Korr
The Places that Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times - Pema Chödrön
The Wisdom of no Escape - Pema Chödrön
Be Here Now - Ram Das
Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing and Dying - Ram Das
Tattoos on the Heart - Gregory Boyle
Real Love - Sharon Salzberg
Real Happiness - Sharon Salzberg
A year to Live - Stephen Levine
Refuge Recovery - Noah Levine
Radical Acceptance - Tara Brach
Braving the Wilderness - Brené Brown
The Gifts of Imperfection - Brené Brown
The Surrender Experiment - Michael Singer
Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda - Lauren Alderfer
I feel...DJ Corchin
I am Me: A book of Authenticity - Susan Verde
The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, The Cool Bean, The Smart Cookie, The Couch Potato - Jory John
Child's Mind: Mindfulness Practices to help our children become more Focused, Calm, and Relaxed - Christopher Willard
Happy Teachers Change the World: A Guide for Cultivating Mindfulness in Education - Thich Nhat Hanh
Brainstorm - Dan Siegel
Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Cam, Confidence - Rick Hanson
Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of happiness, love and Wisdom - Rick Hanson
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Bessel Van der Kolk
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of the Body and Mind to face Stress, Pain, and Illness - Jon Kabat-Zinn
Wherever You go, There you Are - Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology - Jack Cornfield
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions - Christopher Germer
Yes, Your Teen is Crazy! - Michael Bradley
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain - Zaretta Hammond
Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming your Body - David Emerson and Elizabeth Hopper
Trauma and the Body - Ogden, Milton, Pain
Rewire your Anxious Brain: How to use the Neuroscience of Fear to end Anxiety, Panic and Worry - Catherine Pittman + Elizabeth Karle
Meditation 24/7 - Practices to Enlighten every Moment of the Day - Camille Maurine and Lorin Roche
Breathtaking: Lessons in breathing to enhance your health and joy of living - Lorin Roche
Your Body knows the Answer: Using your Felt Sense to solve problems, Effect Change and Liberate Creativity - David Rome
Thoughts are not the Enemy: An Innovative Approach to Meditation Practice - Jason Siff
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy: Bringing the Body into Treatment - David Emerson
The little Book of Circle Processes: A New/Old Approach to Peacemaking - Kay Pranis
Preparing Youth to THRIVE: Promising Practices for Social & Emotional Learning: Charles Smith, Gina McGovern, et al
Trauma and Recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror - Judith Herman
Inherited Trauma: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who we Are and How we End the Cycle - Mark Wolynn
Yoga for Grief and Loss - Karla Helbert
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working through Grief - Martha Whitmore Hickman
Finding Joyful Life in the Heart of Pain - Darlene Cohen
Tapping In: A step-by-step guide to activating your healing resources through bilateral stimulation - Laurel Parnell
The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to reverse the course of depression one small step at a time - Alex Korr
The Places that Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times - Pema Chödrön
The Wisdom of no Escape - Pema Chödrön
Be Here Now - Ram Das
Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing and Dying - Ram Das
Tattoos on the Heart - Gregory Boyle
Real Love - Sharon Salzberg
Real Happiness - Sharon Salzberg
A year to Live - Stephen Levine
Refuge Recovery - Noah Levine
Radical Acceptance - Tara Brach
Braving the Wilderness - Brené Brown
The Gifts of Imperfection - Brené Brown
The Surrender Experiment - Michael Singer
Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda - Lauren Alderfer
I feel...DJ Corchin
I am Me: A book of Authenticity - Susan Verde
The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, The Cool Bean, The Smart Cookie, The Couch Potato - Jory John
