STEM Ed Announcement: Mindfulness Retreat for Teachers

[Morton Sternheim <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

This is not a UMass program.
Contact information is below.
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Attention Teachers:

A Mindfulness Retreat for Teachers will be offered Sunday, November 22, 2009
from 8:30 am  4:30 pm by Serious Fun Community Learning Center. The retreat
will be held at Woolman Hill Retreat and Conference Center in Deerfield, and
the fee is $80. (lunch included). To register, or for more information about
this and other professional development offerings for teachers, go to the
Serious Fun website at www.seriousfunclc.com. 

Friends can help reach interested teachers by forwarding this message, or
downloading a flier and posting it in their schools. Thanks!

 

What participants said about our August Mindfulness Retreat for Teachers:

Beautiful, peaceful, and inspiring place 
Mindfulness practices were enjoyable and easy to use in every day life 

As one of those people whose mind is always running in a hundred
different directions, it took me awhile to slow things down. I enjoyed the
gentle but steadfast reminders to slow down and stay in the moment

Unfortunately teaching can be very stressful at times and the
retreat helped to remember that I have tools for dealing with stress and
that I can use mindfulness. It also was fitting to have a day all for myself
before school began- so often I am doing a million things for others that I
don't take time just for me

Ideas shared by other teachers were interesting, and I would like to try to
implement some of them in my teaching 

Marilyn's workshop was presented in a well paced and thoughtful way with
ample time for the most essential ingredient of personal practice 
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