Richard Brady reflects on the role of mindfulness in teacher resilience. Teachers who practice mindfulness experience it as more than sitting on a cushion, following the breath, and clearing the mind of thoughts.
Read More“Transforming Me to We: Growing Community in the Learning Garden ” was just published in the online Holistic Education Review. The article begins: At the beginning of an August 16, 2001 […]
Read MoreIn the latest edition of The Mindfulness Bell, Dzung Vo interviews Dharma teacher Richard Brady about his book of stories on mindfulness, education, and touching our bodhicitta.
Read MoreArriving at Morning Sun I not only realized that I was welcome but that I was home. I was at home with myself and I was at home with a […]
Read MoreUpper Hamlet, 28 December 2019 – 4 December 2020 The community of Upper Hamlet invited teachers from around the world to join them at New Year for a week’s retreat. […]
Read MoreOn 28th and 29th April 2019, Wake Up Schools offered two Days of Mindfulness (DOM) for Educators in Japan. They were held at Waseda University and Kaetsu Ariake Middle School. […]
Read More📙 Our book ‘Happy Teachers Change the World: A guide for cultivating mindfulness in education’ is filled with practical mindfulness exercises and sharings from teachers around the world. 📙 We’ll be offering […]
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In March 2018, we held our first Happy Teachers retreat in Ireland. About 35 people arrived at Creagh Castle, Co. Cork to practice together for four days. Some were seasoned practitioners and others were experiencing the practice for the very first time. Br Phap Lai, with the support of Br. Dai Dung and Br. Duc Han, opened a space of such kindness and authenticity. It was very easy to come home to ourselves.
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To reach the Morris Educational Campus from downtown Manhattan, it’s an hour-long subway trip and then a twenty-minute walk through the ethnically mixed streets of the South Bronx. The […]
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This practice is inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village Community’s teachings on getting in touch with our breath. Through her personal practice and five years with the children’s sangha in Dublin, Orlaith O’Sullivan narrates this variation called ‘Starfish’.
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