Stress Solutions for Educators: New Wellness Series
We know educators are dealing with a lot right now, and we hope these sessions will provide some respite and useful tools.
To help cope with another challenging school year, Share My Lesson is hosting a new series of free wellness workshops so attendees can experience some immediate stress relief through guided relaxation, mini meditations and breathing exercises to help you reset.
Join Catherine Zack, a meditation teacher and mindfulness coach, for stress solutions for educators in an experiential workshop series designed to give you both a better understanding of the science of stress and its impact on your body and real tools that you can use right now to manage stress, avoid feeling overwhelmed and create resiliency-building daily habits. You’ll leave with the foundations of a daily meditation practice and learn the building-block basics of mindfulness-based stress reduction.
Note: Sign up for one or all and be sure to tell a colleague and friend! All sessions are now available on demand for free. You can watch them in any order.
Stress Solutions for Educators Series:
Exploring Mindfulness, Part 1
Available on Demand (Air date: Jan. 11, 2022) | Register
In session 1, you’ll learn why mindfulness is a powerful tool for managing stress; three simple mindfulness meditation techniques; and how to create a mindfulness meditation practice in your everyday life, including how to sit for meditation, how to work with your thoughts to create space in your mind, and relaxing breathing techniques.
Mindfully Manage Stress, Part 2
Available On Demand (Air date: Jan. 25, 2022) | Register
In this session, you’ll learn how the nervous system works under stress, how to recognize the signs and symptoms of stress in your body and how to recognize your own unique stress triggers to better manage stress.
Transforming Stress Reactivity into Mindful Response, Part 3
Available On Demand (air date: Feb. 8, 2022) | Register
In this session, you’ll learn how to work with your thoughts and storylines that keep us stuck in our habitual stress reactions; how to intentionally shift our stress habits and reactions and replace them with mindful, thoughtful responses instead; and how to practice one key resiliency-building habit that will help you better manage your stress on the day to day.
Restorative Yoga for Burnout Recovery Workshop
Available on Demand (Air date: Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 6 p.m. EST) | Register
We’re all a little collectively exhausted. So let’s get some rest and recovery together. A restorative yoga practice is an extended, guided relaxation experience with soothing meditation and restorative yoga shapes that help you release tension and stress in all the places where we need it most: jaw, neck, shoulders, back, chest, hips, hamstrings and glutes. Come ready to experience immediate relief in your body, mind and spirit. No yoga experience or mat required. Please wear comfortable clothes that you can move in and bring extra pillows, blankets and cushions that you already have on hand to support you in your practice.
Guided Relaxation and Deep Rest Workshop
Tuesday, April 12, at 6 p.m. EDT | Register
Carve out an entire hour for yourself, just to relax. This guided relaxation experience is grounded in yoga nidra (or “yogic sleep”), which is designed to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system’s rest and relax response. It’s recommended that you experience this practice lying down or in a comfortable reclined position on your floor, bed or couch. Please have on hand blankets to keep you warm and pillows for extra support. All you have to do is show up and listen. If you fall asleep, that’s perfectly OK! Expect to leave the session more refreshed and relaxed than when you started.
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