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Book Study: Happy Teachers Change the World
A fellow colleague recently shared her copy of Happy Teachers Change the World by Thich Nhat Hanh and Katherine Weare. I am completely drawn in by Thich Nhat Hanh’s “Letter to a Young Teacher.” His letter gets to the heart of why I created this blog which is to establish a community of teachers dedicated…
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Mindfulness Monday: Vision Board
Mindfulness Monday is when I highlight a particular mindfulness activity with my class. I’ve been doing it for the past three yeas and I have received a lot of positive feedback from students. I decided start blogging about them to share ideas with other teachers and hopefully receive useful feedback. Today’s activity is creating a…
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What does SEL mean to you?
My mission is to help teachers become more comfortable with incorporating Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) into their classrooms. For me, mindfulness activities helped me embrace SEL. I think it is important to point out the distinction between SEL and mindfulness. According to Teaching Mindfulness to Adolescents , “In mindfulness practice -as an exercise- there…
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My Story
So you are a teacher, want to become a teacher, or are trying to figure out why you ever decided to become a teacher in the first place. I started this blog after a long journey of trying to figure out who I was as a teacher and how I could make my life more…
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Hello world!
Welcome to A Mindful Akashian. Since I returned to the classroom after the 2020 pandemic, I have been incorporating mindfulness activities into my grade 11 ELA classroom. I have received a lot valuable feedback from students over the years so I decided to create a place where I could collect ideas to share with other…