Wow! Yoga is fun! Even I Might become a yoga teacher. First, I taught my cousin tree pose and she was relaxed.

- Karina, Grade 3

About Mindful Practices

Using Wellness to Promote Positve Behavior

Belief Statement

When teachers and students experience a sense of physical and mental well-being and come to love who they are, they

  • Live healthier lives
  • Become more invested learners
  • Develop stronger connections to the people and world around them
  • Become more responsible, compassionate citizens of the world

Mission

Mindful Practices improves the health and wellness of students and teachers by

  • Providing skills to proactively cope with internal and external stressors
  • Cultivating compassion for self and others through awareness-based exercises
  • Modeling healthy life-style choices
  • Teaching physical fitness activities

Neighborhoods Serviced By Mindful Practices

Chicago Neighborhoods Serviced by Mindful Practices, 2006 – 2013

Vision

All teachers and students have the knowledge, resources and opportunities to be physically and mentally well and to achieve their highest potential.

  • Mindful Practices Instructors Practicing Chair Pose at Team Retreat 2012: Love, Learning & Community
  • Employees having fun with Tree Pose outdoors at Mindful Practices Team Retreat 2012: Love, Learning & Community
  • Employees learning how to play and run recess games at Mindful Practices Team Retreat 2012: Love, Learning & Community
  • Carla with her mother and Shannon Johnson, both valued team members
  • Mindful Practices' instructor, Precious, teaching Bridge Pose to children attending a class at Millennium Park.
  • Mindful Practices' staff having fun with yoga at Nature Yoga
  • Wellness Students Doing Their Favorite Yoga Poses
  • Happy Students = A Productive Classroom Environment and a Smiling Teacher!
  • Happy Students
  • Happy teachers having a good time at a Mindful Practices Professional Development Session.
  • Hip-HopYoga student practicing yoga poses before their performance at Taste of Chicago
  • Smiling Student showing off his Wellness Key Ring