Here are two links that document the Identity of Interbeing: Recognizing Differences and Seeing Ourselves collaboration April 10 – 25, 2006 from the Packer Collegiate Institute In downtown Brooklyn New York. The first link is from the school’s web site that thoughtfully and concisely documents the project; the second is a web link from a [...]

Minding Your Life Newsletter
Number 4
In this issue…

The conditions are perfect
Upcoming Events:
NAIS three-hour and one-hour workshops

Several years ago, after a particularly challenging fall semester, I spent the week after Christmas at Thich Nhat Hanh’s Maple Forest Monastery perched in the snow covered hills of Vermont. Even in that beautiful, peaceful place it took me several [...]

In response to the concerns of educators and parents about the harmful consequences of the current method of educating young children in this country, we are planning a conference A Solution: Mindfulness in Education. The conference will be in 2006 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The conference will further a conversation among experts in Mindfulness [...]

Friends in the Pacific Northwest, please join us for:
Learning & the Inner Life
A Conference for Educators and Parents
April 29-30
Fri 7-9pm, Sat 8:30-4:30
Seattle University
College of Education

Education is more than a transmission of facts and skills. To truly educate is to draw forth the qualities of heart and intellect that make for excellence in both human development [...]

A gentle reminder:  There is still room and your are welcome to join us for our third Bay Area Mindfulness in Education wrokshop this Saturday, January 22, 2005 from 1-5 pm in Oakland,  CA.  Read below for more details.  Attached is a flyer to post and distribute to interested people.  Just reply to this email [...]

Mindfulness: Skills for Powerful Learning & Inner Peace
January 26-28, 2005 (Philadelphia Area)
Register online at the Friends Council web page.
This workshop develops a series of skills that cultivate inner awareness, observation capacity, concentration power, relaxation for stress reduction, and physical and emotional well-being. Participants will learn mindfulness meditation skills, research and classroom application for promoting stillness, [...]

Mindfulness in Education
Nurturing Peace in Our Hearts and in Our Educational Settings
With Lyn Fine and Jenn Biehn
Saturday, January 22, 2005
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
(please come at 12:45 pm for registration)
Location: 3897 Whittle Ave, Oakland
(at Wilbur, one block north of Lincoln.
Exit off Rte 13 or 580)
How can we approach education
from a place of joy, [...]

Call for Proposals
Holistic Learning: Breaking New Ground
OISE/UT
Toronto, Canada
October 28 – 30, 2005
Download the Call Here.
The fifth international conference on “Holistic Learning: Breaking New Ground” explores learning as a process that engages body, mind, emotions and spirit. The theme of the conference is Journey of the Spirit. The keynote speakers include [...]

Mindfulness in Education: Nurturing Peace in our Hearts and in our Educational Settings
with Lyn Fine, Jenn Biehn, and Cassie Scott
Date: Sunday, October 24, 2004
(United Nations Day)
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
(9:45 a.m. registration)
Location: 3897 Whittle Ave., Oakland
(at Wilbur, one block north of Lincoln. Exit off Rte 13 or 580)
How can we approach education from a [...]

The Garrison Institute and the Fetzer Institute are currently conducting a project to map the status of school-based programs that utilize contemplative practices (such as meditation, yoga or periods of silence) and/or help foster love and forgiveness with students in grades k-12. Please contact Deborah at if you know of any such programs. [...]