Wake Up Schools | Cultivating Mindfulness in Education

In March this year, we held our first Happy Teachers retreat in Ireland. About 35 people arrived at Creagh Castle, Co. Cork to practice mindfulness together for four days. Some were seasoned practitioners and others were experiencing the practice for...

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 pink Dunkin’ Donuts logo greets you as you exit the Intervale Avenue...

Daily practices like breathing, walking, body scans and circle sharing with a bus driver, math teacher and university lecturer.
Daily practices with Rose Dombrow, Bus Driver for American School Bus Company and Janitor in Orland Park, Illinois (US).
I used to teach Montessori, but now I drive a school bus for special needs children, and I work as a janitor....

This practice is inspired by Thich Nhat Hand 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...