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As a teacher, I tend to take too much to heart, obsessing on everything that happens in the classroom and allowing my emotions to control me. Through practicing with Ms. Bean, I have found mindfulness to be a powerful tool for my own self-care. It’s not about just clearing my mind. It’s about intentionally and systematically peeling back the mental layers of how I want to feel and replacing them with the awareness of what is happening in the present. Now, I start class feeling much less anxious.

Encouragement to express this way. The second I saw writing on the wall, I wanted to walk away because writing has always scared me. I’m thrilled I stayed.

I found Ms. Bean’s embodiment of the practices to be highly effective in demonstrating how to incorporate mindfulness into my daily life and work.

Excellent workshop. Looking forward to implementing the concepts in therapy. I’m a clinical therapist.

We really enjoyed the Mindful Literacy Curriculum…Our students looked forward to being outside for their weekly lesson, and were very engaged in the heartfullness practice Laura shared with us. We will use the skills she shared throughout the year in our community.

Having Laura Bean in my classroom helped me to provide more depth, direction, and purpose to my existing mindfulness program. She taught me a plethora of child-friendly mindfulness activities and set the tone that helped me open up a more sincere, vulnerable dialogue with my students.

Everything we learned at this retreat can be applied to the human existence — no matter what your profession is. But as a teacher, I can apply it all to the classroom — breathing, stretching, eating, listening, sharing, writing, EVERYTHING!

I’m going to use this with teachers I teach in a Master’s program! Teachers need self-reflection with love and self-compassion! So wonderfully and mindfully presented. I loved every moment. You’re an awesome presenter!

Encouragement to express this way. The second I saw writing on the wall, I wanted to walk away because writing has always scared me. I’m thrilled I stayed.

Reminded me of the power of this practice in my own life. These activities are excellent. More, more, more!

Having Laura Bean in my classroom helped me to provide more depth, direction, and purpose to my existing mindfulness program. She taught me a plethora of child-friendly mindfulness activities and set the tone that helped me open up a more sincere, vulnerable dialogue with my students.

We really enjoyed the Mindful Literacy Curriculum…Our students looked forward to being outside for their weekly lesson, and were very engaged in the heartfullness practice Laura shared with us. We will use the skills she shared throughout the year in our community.

Mindfulness is when you take a deep breath and you close your eyes and relax…It helps me concentrate. I would recommend it a lot. I practice mindfulness at home, even on the weekends.

Ms. Bean would open our English Language Development Department meetings with a “Mindful Minute.” Beginning in this way helped us to release any lingering tensions from the day and prepared us to focus our full attention on one another…In the anthology she published
at the end of this school year entitled “Same Boat,” the depth and vulnerability in her students’ work truly speaks for itself…“Same Boat” demonstrates Ms. Bean’s ability to inspire students to give voice to their struggles and trauma and, in so doing, begin
to cope with them.”

You gave me things I can take back and implement right away with my students.

I’m going to use this with teachers I teach in a Master’s program! Teachers need self-reflection with love and self-compassion! So wonderfully and mindfully presented. I loved every moment. You’re an awesome presenter!