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Calming Tools

Find Inner Peace with This Breathing Technique

September 16, 2022 by Allison Morgan

We often think of peace as being part of our external experience. A peaceful garden, a peaceful home, going to a spa or retreat where everything is slow paced and soft music fills the background. While peaceful environments are wonderful, let’s face it, we don’t all get to experience them on a regular basis. Relying […]

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Reducing Pandemic-related Trauma for Educators and Students

June 29, 2021 by Allison Morgan

According to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, one in every three students in classrooms across the U.S. had been exposed to a traumatic event prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. While managing students’ mental health had been a concern for school districts long before then, the global health crisis has made these types of mental […]

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Calming Tools, Focusing Tools

Mindfulness and SEL for Educators

November 3, 2019 by Allison Morgan

As the evidence-based research is mounting that  children’s capacity to cope with emotions influences their ability to learn, there has been a national movement in education to integrate social and emotional learning into the classroom. Often times, the implementation of SEL curriculum is driven by the goal of supporting the attainment of specific skills for […]

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Calming Tools, parenting and caregiving, Self-care, Social-Emotional Learning, Trauma-informed teaching

Balancing the Nervous System

August 20, 2019 by Allison Morgan

For many children, their behavior is unintentional and unplanned. Their behavior while disruptive and difficult to manage, is most often motivated purely as an attempt at communicating a need and reflecting their internal state. Our most primary need? Safety. Their external behavior is communicating a loud resounding message of, “I do not feel safe right […]

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Calming Tools, parenting and caregiving, Social-Emotional Learning, Trauma-informed teaching Tagged With: autonomic nervous system, breathing techniques for calm, mindfulness, mindfulness in the classroom, self-awareness, self-care, self-management, self-regulation, social emotional learning, toxic stress

Simple Beginnings

November 12, 2018 by Allison Morgan

Sometimes we are afraid to start something new. Fear of the unknown. Fear of the commitment. Sometimes we are reluctant to start something new because we are not even sure it will be worth the time and effort. So “why bother?” In regards to mindfulness, the research is pretty clear. Improvement in behavior, mood, temperament, […]

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Calming Tools, Meditation for you, Ready to Learn, Self-care Tagged With: mindfulmicromoment, mindfulness in the classroom, self-regulation

5 Mindful, Trauma-Informed Tools to Increase Peace and Improve Behavior in the Classroom

April 12, 2018 by Allison Morgan

Recent media events and research have been highlighting the need for educators to become more aware of the prevalence of trauma in the lives of the children we serve. As the ACE’s study has revealed, the rates of trauma and causes of trauma are expansive. They not only impact the child’s life now, in the […]

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Calming Tools, Focusing Tools, Meditation for you, Self-care, Trauma-informed teaching Tagged With: ACE study, anxiety, behavior, classroom management, mindfulness, Oprah, Safe space, stress-reduction, trauma-informed

The Power of HOW You Use Your Words

March 10, 2018 by Allison Morgan

Every word we utter has the potential to grow a child, or shrink them. What is even more influential than what we say, is HOW we say it. The “what” is often obvious. The “how” is subtle and can be extraordinarily magical. As most of you know, I don’t believe in only teaching the tools of […]

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Calming Tools, Ready to Learn, Trauma-informed teaching, Uncategorized

Summer Relaxation

June 16, 2017 by Allison Morgan

Congratulations!!!! For many of you, the school year has ended and your summer vacation has begun. For others, hang in there. You must be close. As you prepare for your transition from caring for the 20+ students in your classrooms, to nurturing your family and yourself, I wanted to offer some suggestions of how to […]

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Calming Tools, Self-care Tagged With: mindfulness, nurturing you, relaxation

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