Seven Ways Mindfulness Can Help Teachers

Most teacher training focuses primarily on content and pedagogy, overlooking the very real social, emotional, and cognitive demands of teaching itself. Luckily, learning and cultivating skills of mindfulness—the ability to stay focused on one’s present experience with nonjudgmental awareness—can help educators promote the calm, relaxed, but enlivened classroom environment that children need to learn. For more tips on cultivating staff well-being, visit: http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/