March 3, 2026 Important Announcement:
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Our Board has recently made the difficult decision to begin a Sunsetting process for our nonprofit which means our membership and micro-credential programs will be discontinuing effective June 30, 2026.
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Please know that this is not an ending, only a shift in access and approach. Our website and YouTube channel will remain active, and over the next few months, we will be making ALL of our resources available for FREE to the public, including:
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Our Book, Framework, Lesson Inspirations, Learncast, Equity Series, and Voices Blog
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Our Mindfulness-Based Learning Micro-Credential Program video modules
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Our Learning Library with hundreds of event recordings is now on our YouTube Channel
Our founder, Tracy Heilers, will be the steward of these resources for years to come and you can reach her at educatingmindfully at gmail dot com with any questions.
Our Mission
Educating Mindfully is dedicated to fostering the mental health and well-being of learning communities through mindfulness-based learning and leadership. We offer free learning experiences and resources to grow and advocate for embodied, sustainable systems of care–beginning with adult well-being.
Together, we cultivate a more equitable, mindful, and compassionate world.
"As a mindful community, we have been called to be changemakers within education. We support our learning communities in discovering ways to move our world into a brave space of equity, kindness, love, understanding, and presence. Together, we are making history and taking bold, heart-centered action to advocate that wellness belongs at the core of education for lasting transformation to happen."​
Lindsey Frank, President 2022-2026
Our Framework
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Our Educating Mindfully Mindfulness-Based Learning (MBL) Framework is leading the path forward in mindful education across domains. It provides guidance for educators and leaders of the essential components of mindful education, and is the foundation of our mission.
We envision an embodied and thriving educational ecosystem where mindfulness-based learning cultivates a world of mindful global citizens.
An Overview of Our Free Offerings
Educating Mindfully Book
With 40 chapters written by passionate educators representing all grades and roles in schools, and collaborating with 20+ resource organizations, our 355-page anthology utilizes inspiring storytelling to document the emergence of mindfulness in US education while also creating a comprehensive resource and field and implementation guide for school communities.
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MBL Self-Guided Program
Formerly our MBL Micro-Credential Program, we will soon be offering a free, self-guided version to help you to fully integrate Mindfulness-Based Learning within and beyond the classroom. Gain confidence in creating and facilitating framework-aligned experiences, while advocating your communities to become mindful global citizens.
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Educating Mindfully Learncast
Like a podcast, but with intentional integrative reflection questions to deepen your learning. Guests on our Educating Mindfully Learncast are leading experts and practitioners in mindful education and each episode is connected with our Educating Mindfully Mindfulness-Based Learning Framework.​ ​
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Lesson Inspirations
Resources to directly infuse the personal practices into your classroom and school. Coming soon to our website!
Equity Based Conversion Series
​Educating Mindfully values equity, belonging, and inclusion, and there is a direct link to being more authentic in these areas when we deliberately cultivate both a mindfulness practice and our equity work. To move our mission forward prioritizing equity work, past president Tovi C. Scruggs facilitated this series with a goal to learn from each other, circulate ideas, and share best practices we are using in our schools and classrooms.
Wellness Team & Administrator Academy
In this specially designed learning experience for educational leaders and wellness/SEL teams, participants will learn the benefits of mindfulness, supporting research, and research-based practices. They will learn effective ways to integrate mindfulness in schools and classrooms, how mindfulness supports stress reduction, the prevention of negative impacts of primary and secondary trauma, interrupts implicit bias, and cultivates empathy.
Conference Session Recordings
​We've hosted five Educating Mindfully Conferences (EMCON) with a goal of developing adult SEL competencies and diving deep into how students self-regulate and learn, using mindfulness to disrupt bias and increase self-awareness and equity, creating a school culture of compassion and inclusion, and educator self-care practices to build stress resiliency and prevent burnout. We'll be featuring many of the session recordings on our website and many more can be found on our YouTube Channel.
Member Event Recordings
We are proud to have hosted over one hundred member events! They included self-care and mentorship sessions led by members and professional learning events with mindfulness experts. We'll be featuring many of the event recordings on our website and many more can be found on our YouTube Channel.
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Resource Showcase
Our intention with hosting Resource Showcases was to create an opportunity for educators and leaders to learn about powerful MBL resources to invest in and support their journeys within education. Vendors participated by hosting sessions to share about their resource, curriculum, product, or service that was connected to mindfulness, SEL, or wellness within education, or for teacher/leader wellness.
Commit to 1% Campaign
Our goal with this campaign was to unite educators in prioritizing well-being in schools by encouraging educators to take the pledge, "We will commit to practicing mindfulness-based SEL with our students for 10 minutes each day." As part of our challenge, and to inspire others, we invited educators to share what committing to 1% looks like in their class or school. Check out a sampling of our most inspiring video submittals.​​
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Mindful Partners & MBL Resource Listing
Search additional resources and services to support your mindful goals. We are in the process of compiling a listing of mindful partners, supporters, and other resources that can support mindfulness-based skill development. Reach out to have your resource added.