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Tuesday was the beginning of something historic for our students, educators, entire school communities and beyond as we this week marked the kickoff of this year’s collaborative Peaceful Warrior Program, sponsored by the Golden State Warriors and Adobe! Our first week we featured two wonderful schools from Northern California, Costaño School of the Arts in Palo Alto and Starlight Elementary …
Mindful Life Project is excited to announce our new organizational video! Get insight into the programs and trainings we provide for schools across the country and the amazing youth, teachers and communities we work with. We’re always looking for new partnerships, so let us know if you are interested in working with us or finding out more about our organization!
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Mindful Life Project’s latest version of our organizational video 😎 Well… at least the first 20 seconds of it anyway… The past several weeks, our marketing team has spent countless, grueling hours writing, reviewing & editing the updated version of MLP’s organizational video. This newly revamped version will not only go into …
Collaborative piece with Dear Fathers Media; Article Written by Dr. April Bee This series highlights the unique and personal narratives of three black men and their relationships with fatherhood—both as a father and son. Terrence “Tyrie” Ivory, Malcolm Jackson, and Marcus Maxwell are all committed affiliated of the Mindful Life Project (MLP). Located in Richmond, MLP empowers underserved children through mindfulness and …
While academic learning loss is real, and something we should be trying to mitigate as much as possible, the biggest and most important focus in schools should be on “social-emotional learning loss”. We are facing what many mental health experts are expressing as the biggest mental health crisis since World War 2. The ripple effect (more like tidal waves) that …
With the heart-breaking scene our nation witnessed on Wednesday, it’s apparent there is a lot of deep healing our country is still in desperate need of… Regardless if you’re a conservative republican or democratic liberal, these are trying times for every single citizen in this country, and even beyond those boundaries. With that being said, our amazing lead trainer David …
Since inception, MLP has worked with Black, Latino and other under represented communities with the mission of using mindfulness as a support tool to combat generational stress and trauma…With that being said, we at MLP are proud to announce a new partnership with Dear Fathers Media, a media platform dedicated to uplifting, educating, and telling stories of black parenthood from …
Happy World Kindness Day! Hopefully you’ve been spending the day spreading heartfulness & love❤️ In honor of the holiday, we thought we’d send some kindness your way and provide you with a sit led by Lead Trainer David Flores! Show yourself some kindness with this mindfulness practice on Self-Care, Compassion and Kindess!
We at MLP are working diligently to support the mental and emotional needs of our youth, the school staffs, and the families both at our direct service partner schools in the Bay Area and our partners across the state of California and beyond. Please check out a short update from our founder and director!For information on bringing mindfulness to your …
Here at MLP we have ,for quite a while, imagined a time when we would be able to offer mindfulness based services to whole school communities including admin, teachers, all staff, parents, and of course students. We have finally arrived at this “dream” of ours and for the first time ever, we are excited to launch our Whole Community Initiative! …
