Mindfulness for Youth: The Emerging of a Unified Field

In the spring of 2010, when I spoke at the Mindfulness in Education Conference at Lesley University, I found myself repeatedly forming circles with both hands and moving them toward one another. Over and over, I spoke of circles beginning to converge. As a mindfulness educator, I continue to see a coalescing or “coming together” of this field’s previously “separate” parts, perspectives, approaches, and philosophies into a more unified and spacious whole. Below is a summary of my 2014 closing keynote for the Bridging and Minds of Youth Conference in San Diego describing of some of the many circles that are now converging as the field blossoms. For clarity and ease, the term “teachers” will refer to classroom teachers, and the term “educators” will refer to all of us involved in the shared work of bringing mindfulness into education. Read full article