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from kids "Mindfulness helps me to feel good about myself!!" – Middle school student "I will teach other people! I love mindfulness!" - 5th grader “Thank you for teaching me how to be mindful of my body, and I enjoyed your lessons.” – 1st grader “I think that you are a great teacher and I will teach others. I love mindfulness.” – 5th Grader “I learned that mindfulness can help you do many thing[s] easier in life... sleep better, calm down faster when upset.” – 5th Grader “I learned how to be kind and sweet.” – 3rd grader “This actually helped me and I thought it wouldn’t. Thanks very much.” – Middle school student “I like the bell. Mindfulness is new to me. Thank you for teaching me.” – 1st grader “Thank you for doing mindfulness lessons with us. I loved the glitter jar, the bell ding dong, and belly breaths.” – 2nd grader "[Mindfulness class] was my center of calm." – Middle school student “Mindfulness… has taught me to think before I speak.” – Middle school student “I really liked mindful breathing. It helped me to calm down.” – Middle school student “Thank you for coming and teaching us about mindfulness. I liked to watch the glitter jar and belly breaths. Thank you for teaching us about these things.” – 2nd grader "Mindfulness helps me to keep calm when I'm in arguments." - 3rd grader "There's a lot going on in my family, and mind-fulness helps me put it all to the side." – 4th grader "It helps when you're sad or angry." – 3rd grader "It helps me be patient about what's going on." – 3rd grader "I freaked out this morning and took a breath." – 4th grader "I liked it when we ring the bell. Everything was so quiet." – 2nd grader "I really liked mindfulness because when I had a problem with a friend, it helped me calm down. It was my favorite thing to look forward to on Monday." – 2nd grader "I used my mindful body to help me fall asleep because I was tired." – 2nd grader "Mindfulness helped me not flip my lid. It helped when I was angry at my brother and I didn't do it." – 2nd grader "It really clears my mind." – 2nd grader |
from staff "We are so thankful for the tools you share with [our] youth (and staff!). Their experience working with you has been life-changing!" – Staff, Community Center “We are so pleased to be working with Grace to provide students with this valuable instruction in mindfulness.” – 1st/2nd grade teacher, Hebrew Day School “We feel so lucky to have Grace volunteer with students in our after-school programs! Many kids who are involved with [our center] have dealt with traumatic experiences in their short lives. Whether working with a small or large group of students, Grace empowers [our] youth to feel in control of their bodies and their feelings. Through Grace’s support and trainings for our staff, we now feel comfortable encouraging students to be mindful at [the Center], school, and home.” – Staff, Community Center “Our program consists of many middle school students who struggle with focusing and paying attention. We have a pretty challenging group of youth. Grace did a good job of tuning them in and getting them to be mindful, sit and focus with no conversation.” – Staff, Community Center "Thank you for sharing and opening our eyes." – Professional Development Training participant
"I will recommend this to others." – Professional Development Training participant "Thanks so much. I could have listened all day." – Professional Development Training participant "My anticipation of this was a bit negative, but it quickly changed." – Professional Development Training participant "Excellent workshop!" – Professional Development Training participant "I went in skeptical and by the end had found myself using several techniques in my personal life as well as work.” – Business professional, 8-Week Mindfulness Class participant “Thank you for showing me a new step I can take home and share with my family.” – Teacher, Workshop participant “It was very interesting and enlightening. Thank you!” – Teacher, Workshop participant “I appreciated the versatility of the different exercises and choices that are available to complete mindful activities (not offered in past workshops). Thank you.” – Teacher, Workshop participant “I loved Grace’s demeanor – calm, confident, and knowledgeable.” – Teacher, Workshop participant “Would welcome you into my classroom anytime!” – Teacher, Workshop participant “This class helped me to calm down internally and to start to assess situations before reacting – with big and small things.” – Professional, 12-Week Mindfulness-Based Equity Class participant “This class helped me to reaffirm and grow in my empathy and patience with others.” “It's helped develop awareness & given some understanding of complicated emotions like anger.” – Parent, Mindful Me Class "Grace is a wonderful teacher. I have studied meditation for years and struggle with bringing it into our family life. She gave us wonderful simple tools. I really loved this." – Lisa, Healthy Family Habits Workshop |
from parents "My favorite class that I've done with my daughter." – Parent, Mindful Me Class "Grace is amazing!" – Parent, Mindful Me Class "My son wants to take the class again." – Candace, Mindful Me Class "It feels wonderful as a parent to give my child some tools to use when she is having difficulty... she now feels like she has more control over what is happening to her body." – Parent of 8-year-old in private lessons "Mindfulness has been great for my child to tap into her inner super powers and to develop a closer parent-child bond." – Parent, Mindful Me Class "Grace was an amazing leader and teacher who had such a beautiful way of holding the space for a roomful of kiddos (and caregivers) with such kindness, gentleness, clarity, acceptance, adaptability, humor, deep empathy, fun, and genuine caring. She listened to the children so deeply and respectfully." – Jen, Mindful Me Class "Grace is a wonderful teacher. I have studied meditation for years and struggle with bringing it into our family life. She gave us wonderful simple tools. I really loved this." – Lisa, Healthy Family Habits Workshop “It has begun to help [my daughter] work through the difficult emotions as she experienced them instead of freezing, wallowing, or stonewalling in them.” – Breanna, Mindful Me Class
“Mindful Me was wonderful and we’re signing up again... Thank you for this class.” – Parent, Mindful Me Class “We have gained so many concrete mindfulness skills that we use so frequently. They have given my daughter so many tools to empower her in her self-expression, coping, and acceptance of her emotions. The class has created, strengthened, and enhanced our language and practices around noticing the world, our bodies, and our emotions.” – Parent, Mindful Me Class “I love the reinforcement of acceptance of feelings, body awareness of feelings, noticing the present moment with the senses, and using the breath as a coping tool. It's really helped [my daughter] feel more empowered.” – Parent, Mindful Me Class “We have a common language and are able to help one another be present. When he is able/willing to access the strategies, mindfulness has been helpful in calming fears and recovering from outbursts.” – Cathy, Mindful Me Class “Grace really understands kids and it shows in how she runs her class. We've learned to pause and really reflect about what’s going on around us. We are also better at arguing now.” – Parent, Mindful Me Class "I was amazed at how well Grace was able to provide engaging exercises that taught mindfulness to young kids. It is a difficult subject and she made it fun." – Erica, Mindful Me Class "We noticed a difference between the beginning of the class and the last session for our high energy child. Some of the practices were easy to integrate into our daily lives." – Parent, Mindful Me Class |
