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Social and Emotional Learning

Self-Care Resources: Finding Strength, Resiliency, and the Ability to Flourish

February 23, 2021
Join Miriam Bowen as she shares best practices for teacher self-care: prompts for self-reflection, a list of restorative practices, and book suggestions for studying teacher resilience.
Miriam Bowen

Forest Bathing: Being Outside, Mindfully

December 1, 2020
Nora Ballantyne, a nature lover and BYU ARTS Partnership editor, invites each of us on a journey into the meaning of shinrin-yoku, the Japanese practice of forest bathing. Read ways to practice soaking in the atmosphere of nature through our senses and to breathe and take note of our environment.
Nora Ballantyne

Bridging the Gap: Mindful Arts Inspiration from Across the Globe

October 28, 2020
Nora Ballantyne encourages creating a few minutes of space in your day to consider how viewing artwork can help bridge the gap between time, distance, and privilege. This blog features global artists and the materials they use in mindful ways to reflect their environment, culture, and life experience.
Nora Ballantyne

Including the Arts in Classroom Rituals

October 5, 2020
Rituals are an important part of building a physically and emotionally safe classroom environment. Cally Flox and Heather Francis share arts activities that can be used as rituals to help students and teachers feel connected as a classroom community.
Cally Flox, Heather Francis

Therapeutic Dance and Dance Movement Therapy

September 22, 2020
Ariel Hortin, a dance educator and mom of three from Vineyard, Utah, shares the goals, benefits, and misconceptions about dance movement therapy.
Ariel Horton, BYU ARTS Partnership

Full Body Feelings: A Movement Activity to Support Emotional Intelligence In a Masked Classroom

September 15, 2020
Ariel Hortin, a movement and dance therapist, shares how using movement and body awareness can help students use and notice physical cues to express their feelings and notice those cues in others.
Ariel Horton

Using Visual Art to Express What Can’t be Spoken

September 1, 2020
Engaging in visual art can support trauma-informed classroom practice. Nora Ballantyne shares grounding visual arts activities designed to integrate neurophysiology, support hand-eye coordination, encourage mindful awareness, and facilitate a safe space for breathing and calm.
Nora Ballantyne

Mindfulness through Music

August 25, 2020
Mindfulness activities and playlists that help you become aware of your thoughts and feelings and create a healthy space for big emotions are some key methods that Jennifer Purdy emphasizes in her article about practicing mindfulness through music.
Jennifer Purdy

Movement and Mindfulness

August 18, 2020
Heather Francis introduces four mindful movement practices (with videos) designed for children but also benefit teachers. These activities include the Brain Dance, movement for young learners, yoga, and a mirroring activity.
Heather Francis

Recruiting the Body for Mindfulness Practices

August 11, 2020
Cally Flox shares how the wisdom of the body is accessed by interpreting not only what your senses tell you but also what you feel when your body is moving through space. She explains the principles of balance, proprioception, kinesthesia, and how to achieve greater balance and coordination physically and metaphorically in our lives.
Cally Flox

 

 
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