Dates, Times & Locations

August

PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME

Friday, August 19, 2022

4:30 - 7:30 AM 

USD 120

CHINA STANDARD TIME

Friday, August 19, 2022

7:30 PM - 10:30 PM

RMB 812

November

PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME

Friday, November 25, 2022

6:00 - 9:00 PM 

USD 120

CHINA STANDARD TIME

Saturday, November 26, 2022

9:00 - 12:00 PM

RMB 812

LOCATION

Zoom Platform

Course Description

 This course will introduce participants to mindfulness to teachers, as well as expose them to the fundamental sitting, movement, and communication practices of this approach to managing this approach in one's life and classroom. 

Objectives

  • Learn what mindfulness is, is not, and it's benefits
  • Understand how mindfulness integrates into adult wellness
  • Gain exposure to the elements of mindful teaching and how they relate to social and emotional learning in the classroom
  • Practice mindful sitting, mindful walking, mindful stretching, and mindful listening
  • Reflect on personal wellness goals and make a plan to progress on them


Instructor(s)

Facilitator Jill Stansbury

Jill Stansbury is a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction facilitator qualified by the Brown University Center for Mindfulness that has been running parenting and meditation groups for fifteen years. She has been a co-parent, extended family member caretaker, and classroom educator / school administrator for almost thirty years. Meditation has been a daily part of her life for over twenty-five years, and she looks forward to practicing with you. Her goal has always been to guide people to look at their strengths and learn additional tools to increase wellness. This course is part of her vision to share that approach with as many individuals, educators and parents as possible so that the world becomes a place that welcomes and cares for us all.