Mindful Life Project

EMPOWER UNDERSERVED STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS THROUGH MINDFULNESS AND OTHER TRANSFORMATIVE SKILLS.

MINDFUL COMMUNITY: MINDFUL COMMUNITY WHOLE-SCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDED OVER 17,000 STUDENTS WITH MINDFULNESS BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL PROGRAMMING WEEKLY DURING THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR. THE 25 MINUTE SESSIONS HELP CULTIVATE A WHOLE-SCHOOL FOUNDATION OF MENTAL WELLNESS AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE THROUGH LESSONS DELIVERED WEEKLY DURING THE REGULAR SCHOOL DAY. MINDFUL COMMUNITY IS PARTICULARLY IMPACTFUL AS ITS SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROGRAMMING IS DELIVERED TO EVERY STUDENT ON A SCHOOL CAMPUS, EMPHASIZING THE SCHOOL'S CULTURAL FOCUS ON WELLNESS. MINDFUL COMMUNITY HELPED SCHOOLS CULTIVATE ECOSYSTEMS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS, WHICH CAN LEAD TO THRIVING SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS. IN THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR, 93% OF STUDENTS STATED THAT MINDFULNESS WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM. ADDITIONALLY, TEACHERS RATED MINDFUL COMMUNITY AN 8.3/10 FOR HELPING CREATE HEALTHIER LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN THE CLASSROOM, WITH A REPORTED GAIN OF 21 MINUTES OF AVERAGE QUALITY TEACHING TIME PER DAY AS A DIRECT RESULT OF MLP'S PROGRAMMING! OVERALL, 89% OF TEACHERS REPORTED THAT THEY SAW IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR STUDENTS' SELF AWARENESS, AND 85% OF TEACHERS SAW IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR STUDENT'S ABILITY TO RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER. IN ALL, MINDFUL COMMUNITY BETTERS SCHOOLS' CLIMATES TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH BY PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH MINDFULNESS BASED TOOLS.

RISE UP: IN THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR, MLP'S RISE UP PROGRAM PROVIDED OVER 1,400 STUDENTS IN 270 COHORTS WITH CURATED MINDFULNESS-BASED SUPPORT. RISE UP'S SIGNATURE PROGRAMS FEATURE A WIDE ARRAY OF MEANS TO HELP HIGH-NEED STUDENTS AND STUDENTS IMPACTED BY TRAUMA TO EXPLORE LIVED EXPERIENCES IN AN EMOTIONALLY SAFE COMMUNITY ALONGSIDE THEIR PEERS. USING ACCESSIBLE AVENUES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART, DANCE, POETRY, YOGA, AND PERFORMING ARTS, ALL INTERWOVEN WITH MINDFULNESS, STUDENTS CAN EXPLORE DIFFERENT METHODS FOR HEALTHY EMOTIONAL RELEASE AND INNER EXPLORATION. RISE UP IS AN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL PROGRAM, WITH TEACHERS RATING IT AN 8/10 FOR HELPING STUDENTS IMPROVE THEIR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING, AND A 7.9/10 FOR HELPING STUDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO MANAGE AND IDENTIFY THEIR EMOTIONS. TO QUOTE A TEACHER FROM A PARTNER SCHOOL, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM MINDFUL LIFE PROJECT'S PROGRAMMING WAS "SEEING THE RISE UP GROUPS LEARNING TO SELF-REGULATE, USE MINDFUL BREATHING, AND SPEAK SO CLEARLY ABOUT THEIR EMOTIONS."

TRAINING: MLP ALSO LEADS TRAININGS, ASSEMBLIES, AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING FOR SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE OUR DIRECT SERVICE. OUR TRAINING PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDE THEM WITH TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO CREATE HEALTHY THRIVING SCHOOL ECOSYSTEMS. MANY SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATE IN OUR TRAININGS ULTIMATELY SIGN UP FOR OUR DIRECT SERVICES OR CONTINUE TRAINING OFFERINGS FOR YEARS TO COME.