The MINDFUL Educator: Recent Episodes
Mary Bengel
The Mindful Educator offers Mindfulness concepts, meditations, and self care tips for school staff. Interviews and hot topics focused on current issues that cause stress and anxiety for staff and students. Offering alternatives, fresh perspectives, and always an open heart
Eighth episode in a new sub-series: Teacher Life. Interview with Meghan Pafumi, Theatre teacher and director with 25 years of experience, who is currently teaching at Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly, VA.
Meghan's middle school recently switched from online learning to "concurrent" or hybrid model.
Listen as Meghan's shares what's working and what's not. Why health, wellness, and connecting is taking precedence over academics, and much more.
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Seventh episode in a new sub-series: Teacher Life. Interview with Heather Meiring, Science and engineering teacher teaching AP Physics, Engineering and Design, and advisor to the award winning robotics club at Beaverton High School.
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Sixth episode in a new sub-series: Teacher Life. Interview with Jewely Sandoz, University Supervisor: Education at two private universities. She works as the liaison and mentor for student teachers and their schools.
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Fifth episode in a new sub-series: Teacher Life. Interview with Shannon Dery, the drama teacher at Beaverton High School in Beaverton, OR.
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Fourth episode in a new sub-series: Teacher Life. Interview with Diana Jimenez, a counselor at Lennox Middle School in Los Angeles, CA.
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Third episode in a new sub-series: Teacher Life. Interview with Fonda Black, a K-Adult Practical Arts Teacher at the Waldorf School in Austin, Texas
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Contact Fonda Black at:
Twilight Bungalow on YouTube - lessons in practical arts for kids
Instagram: @twilight_bungalow
twilightbungalow.com - resources, lesson plans, and mentorship [under construction]
Second episode in a new sub-series: Teacher Life. Interview with Mandi Larson, the principal of Otto Shortell Middle School in the Oneida City School District in New York.
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First episode in a new sub-series: Teacher Life. Interview with Geeta Jain, a middle school Humanities and Global History teacher at Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
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Awareness and acknowledgement of difficult emotions leads to the path of healing and resiliency.
Relax, enjoy, and set an intention during this meditation using colors as a means of focusing the mind and relaxing the body.
My district starts in service Monday. How do you maintain self-care and a better balanced family life with the uncertainty of working? It is more important than ever!
ELD teacher, TEDx Speaker, author, and blogger Kristine Napper enlightens us about writing her new book: A Book For Kids About Disabilities and her TEDx talk about Techquity.
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A Mindful teacher, coach, and musician talks about living and moving forward during unusual times.
Months ago I was inspired to make chaplets, smaller versions of the traditional rosary beads. I have never made them nor used a rosary in years and years. However, I have always been fascinated with Mother Mary in the bible. Then I discovered a book entitled, The Way of the Rose, by Clark Strand and Perdita Finn.
In the book as on their Facebook page, by the same name, they tell the stories of how they went from a more secular life to a spiritual life. Neither author was raised Catholic nor do they see the rosary as belonging only to the Catholics but to anyone of any or no faith seeking connection.
I started using the chaplets during part of my meditation practice including saying the rosary at the beginning or at the end.
Sometimes it is nice to have several different ways to meditate or pray. I offer up this personal example as just an offering for you to ponder.
Gratefully,
Mary
The first time I interviewed my good friend Roosevelt we focused on his life as a Broadway star, professional opera singer, choral conductor, and educator.
in this interview I wanted his perspective as a Black American man about the current protests, his life before and now during the BLM movement, and what he hopes for as we move forward during this immense time of change.
Expect love, laughter, thoughtfulness, honesty, and kindness.
An uplifting interview between 2 friends of different colors, genders, opposite sides of the country, but both mindful musicians and warriors of the heart.
Leslie is an inspiration. Professional athlete, musician, and Mindfulness teacher he leads both his students and concert goers in the power of the breath. A life of service and sending love out into the world. (We had connection issues so thank you for your patience,)
Can't sleep? Up early? What do you do besides worry? Having a variety of ways to bring us back to center to send light out into the world can be a form of prayer. Even if you are not a church goer there are ways to be faithful, spiritual, and just a good person.
When difficult emotions come out of no where what does that mean? Going deeper takes courage, but the outcome will ultimately lead to emotional freedom and growth.
Tony award winning Broadway singer, Roosevelt Credit, is multi-talented! Joyful & hopeful we chat about music as healing, a global community, and living through COVID19.
In this interview Campbell Stuart and I chat about Educator and Student Wellness before, during, & after COVID-19. How can we care for each other during uncertainty. What changes in educational systems might serve us well.
Carrie Matsuo is an expert in her field of education. Carrie currently works at our high school in more roles than her title can express. She is a Graduation Mentor, College Career Center advocate, and the Community Partnership Liason.
Carrie specializes in uncovering and honoring individual students needs and gifts. She is on a mission of equity and compassionate honoring of our students and teachers.
This IS the time to reevaluate what is truly important to you. How do you want to come out of this cocoon? Do you want to spend more time doing things that truly make you happy? Do you want to exercise more, finally learn to play that guitar sitting in your room? Learn to cook, or change your career? Let's chat about these possibilities and end with a short meditation to help get you started.
Making each day our best day may seem harder than it sounds. What is the right thing to do these days? Listen in for some ideas that may help you find a way.
Decrease stress and increase your ability to shape your day. Breathing into a body scan and imagery can help you handle what comes at you in a more stable way.
How can we be compassionate and kind when we are so anxious? It is not as hard as you think. The benefits are many including improving your own attitude and health.
How do we maintain our normalcy while living in extraordinary mes? Finding peace of mind in our normal routine. Practicing more gratitude for the basics of life. And sending positive thoughts to others and ourselves. We finish up with a power meditation sending good health, happiness, peace, and safety to everyone.
Panic made everything worse. Facts, logic, and Mindfulness prevent hysteria. Adding a body scan for stress can help you to be grounded during times like these.
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You are not your thoughts. This concept can be a bit tricky to grasp. The tape loop in our minds must be heard, turned off, and pondered. This practice is freeing, liberating, and deep.
Train your brain to come back to your breath. Put your thoughts into a box. Come back to your thoughts when you want to.
We react to stressful events differently. Feeling sad, mad, or fearful is normal. Use gratitude for the small things to move you to a more stable place of being.
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This episode speaks directly to students. Play it in class prior to final exams or stressful tests.
Assessing your physical and emotional state before going back to school and during the school day. Suggestions dor regulating your well-being.
A spontaneous interview with Jay Bengel. Dealing with disappoontment.
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Suggestions and offerings prior to our meditation. How do we relax and be peaceful on limited sleep? Feeling behind with your holiday todo list? Give yourself permission for some self care 1st. You deserve it.
A honest conversation with a student about what makes school stressful for students and school staff. We discuss how Mindfulness and meditation could and can decrease anxiety and open our minds to brave and honest conversations around finding a better way to look at educational systems.
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Suggestions and examples of a morning meditation for educators. Including where, when, and how. Self care inorder to restore and serve.
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A brief upbeat intro to the Mindful Educator and host Mary Bengel. 32 year educator, musician, wife, mother, equestrian, Mindful Studies teacher, and passionate advocate for healing our educators, students, and schools through honest discussion, Mindfulness concepts, meditation and self care.
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