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 we will be making ALL of our resources available for FREE to the public. Scroll down for details on each free resource.
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 implementation guide for school communities.
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MBL Self-Guided Program
Formerly our Mindfulness-Based Learning (MBL) Micro-Credential Program, we are now offering a free, self-guided version to help you to fully integrate MBL 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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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 a mindfulness practice. 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, prevents negative impacts of primary and secondary trauma, interrupts implicit bias, and cultivates empathy.
Conference Session Recordings
​We've hosted five Educating Mindfully Conferences (EMCON) and feature many of the session recordings on our website and many more can be found on our YouTube Channel. Our goals were developing adult MBL competencies, 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 learning educator self-care practices to build stress resiliency and prevent burnout.
Member Event Recordings
We are proud to have hosted over one hundred events for our Member Community can now be freely viewed by everyone. They ranged from member-led mentorship and self-care sessions to professional learning events with authors and mindfulness experts. We feature many recordings on our website and many more can be found on our YouTube Channel.
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Resource Showcase
Our Resource Showcase created 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, wellness within education, or for teacher/leader wellness.
Commit to 1% Campaign
This campaign was a fun way to unite educators in prioritizing well-being in schools by encouraging educators to take the pledge, "We will commit to practicing mindfulness-based learning 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.