Education World Writes an Article about the Positive Effects of Mindful Practices' Wellness Programs!

December 14, 2009

Mindful Practices is pleased to annouce that our flagship program Student Wellness in 8-10 Minutes Each Day has been featured in Education World's recently published article "School Adopts Yoga For Wellness, Behavior Management." The article, written by Ellen R. Delisio, covers the positive effects of using yoga to manage student behavior in high-risk school populations while taking an in-depth look into how yoga directly changed student behavior at Jefferson Elementary School in Berwyn, Illinois for the better. Specifically speaking, the number of disciplinary referrals at Jefferson Elementary dropped from 254 to 132 per year in a matter of only three school years.

A big thanks to Ellen R. Delisio and Education World for spreading the word about the positive effects yoga-centered wellness programs, all of us here at Mindful Practices are truly grateful. Be sure to read the full article at Educationworld.com!

Listen to Carla Tantillo's interview with Wired FM, Ireland!

October 2009

This past October traveled to Limirick, Ireland to provide professional development to the teachers of Mary Immaculate College. While in Ireland, Mary Immaculate College's radio station, Wired FM, invited Carla Tantillo to speak about her experiences providing professional development and implementing wellness programs in schools on-air. A warm thank you to the kind people overseas at Wired FM for enabling Mindful Practices the chance to rebroadcast the interview below.

Radio Segment #1:
Introductions & History of Mindful Practices

Click here to listen to all six segments of Carla Tantillo's interview with show Wired FM

Students Perform at Taste of Chicago

July 2, 2009

This past summer the city of Chicago invited Mindful Practices to be a participant at the Taste of Chicago. Over 50 Hip-HopYoga students from schools across Chicago came together to perform a routine inspired by the famous choregraphy in Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video. To prepare, the students spent the entire semester prior to the performance vigorously developing and rehearsing a routine fusing hip-hop dance with yoga. Check out an excerpt of the performance below:

Click here to learn more about Mindful Practices' experience at 2009's Taste of Chicago

Spring 2010 Teacher Retreat Just Announced!

May 1 & 2, 2010

Based upon the overwhelming success of the sold out 2009 Fall Teacher Retreat, Mindful Practices is proud to announce Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2 as the dates for the upcoming 2010 Spring Teacher Retreat! Join Mindful Practices' founder Carla Tantillo and senior staff members for an intensive weekend of training in the art of integrating wellness and yoga into the classroom.

Get Full Details on Mindful Practices' 2010 Spring Teacher Retreat

Founder of Mindful Practices to Hold Webinar on Positive Behavior & RtI Strategies!

October 2, 2009

On Tuesday, December 1, as a part of Illinois Principal's Association (IPA) webinar series Carla Tantillo, founder of Mindful Practices, will teach an Online Course Webinar titled "Positive Student Behaviors: RtI Strategies to Improve Academic Achievement." This interactive course will present participants with innovative tools to connect positive student behavior and improving academic achievement, learn effective RtI strategies to create a positive school culture and learn how to develop a collaborative wellness curriculum. Registered participants will receive a reading assignment to complete prior to the webinar.

Get Full Details on Mindful Practices' Webinar on Positive Behavior & RtI Strategies

Mindful Practices Goes to Europe!

July 15, 2009

This past summer our Founder, Carla Tantillo, was invited to speak with educators at the Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Conference in Athens, Greece and the International Association of Special Edcuation Conference in Alicante, Spain. As part of this exciting opportunity, Carla was able to share her methods of using yoga in the classroom to promote positive student behavior. By working with educators across the globe, Mindful Practices fulfills its mission of putting wellness in the hands of students and teachers from all walks of life.

View Photos from Mindful Practices Trip to Europe!

Featured on CLTV

March 22, 2009

Mindful Practices is excited to announce that we have been featured on CLTV. Last week CLTV's camera crew showed up at Jefferson Elementary and shot footage of teachers implementing Mindful Practices program Student Wellness in 8-10 Minutes Each Day.

Featured in US News & World Reports!

March 20, 2009

Mindful Practices is excited to announce that US News & World Reports featured our wellness programs at Jefferson Elementary in the article "Schools Battle Student Stress with Creative Strategies." Inside the article Eddy Ramírez writes "studies show that yoga and other stress-management methods, which generally don't include religious teachings, can produce many benefits. Mind-body relaxation, including yoga, can improve self-esteem and boost grades and test scores."

Read the Full Article!

Student Wellness in 8-10 Minutes Now Available!

March 12, 2009

Mindful Practices just published the second edition of Student Wellness in 8-10 Minutes Each Day. The book features 36 yoga poses in an easy cut & paste format that students can use to make Wellness Key Rings. The second edition also includes over 75 ISAT math terms and introduces Mindful Practices' new mascot Yo-Gi who demonstrates how to do each pose.

Get Your Copy of Student Wellness in 8-10 Minutes Each Day!

Hip-HopYoga…What? Article Published!

September 2007

Yoga Chicago has published Carla Tantillo's article Hip-HopYoga…What? in the September / October 2007 edition of Yoga Chicago's publication! In the article Carla Tantillo discusses how Mindful Practices' fused yoga with hip-hop to create, the now highly successful program, Hip-HopYoga. Despite students being skeptical at first, the Hip-HopYoga program gained considerable momentum and is now one of the most requested programs. Here's what one student had to say about the program, "At first, I thought it would be lame. And I was scared of what everyone would think about our performance. But when I started coming to practices, I enjoyed it so much. I think having programs like Hip-HopYoga is important because it is not only fun, but it gets kids off the streets and out of danger."

Read the Full Article!

Y is For Yoga Article Published!

March 2007

Yoga Chicago has published Carla Tantillo's article Y is For Yoga in the March / April 2007 edition of Yoga Chicago's publication! In the article Carla discusses how Mindful Practices' Yoga-Centered Wellness Curriculum (YCWC) is implemented at Jefferson Elementary in Berywn, IL. The article includes observations from the principal at Jeffereson who, among other things, noted, "Yoga develops appropriate student behavior. It works into classroom routines to create natural classroom management by practicing on a daily basis. It reduces disruptive behavior and brings back focus to learning. Children learn tools to act appropriately and to make conscious choices to respond in positive ways to challenges, improving children’s behavior."

Read the Full Article!

Mindful Yoga Practices for Urban Students Article Published!

February 2007

Yoga Chicago has published Carla Tantillo's article Mindful Yoga Practices for Urban Students in the January / February 2007 edition of Yoga Chicago's publication! In the article Carla discusses how Mindful Practices' Yoga-Centered Wellness Curriculum (YCWC) addresses academic, personal and emotional challenges students face. YCWC tackles these issues by reducing student levels of stress, providing successful anger management strategies and enhancing concentration.

Read the Full Article!