Mindfulness and the Stress of a New School Year

Image by bibigeek. Retrieved from Flickr. Used under Creative Commons' licensing.
Image by bibigeek. Retrieved from Flickr. Used under Creative Commons’ licensing.

With the start of school comes stress and anxious students, but that stress isn’t limited to just students. Teachers, and all school staff, can be affected too. MPR’s Cathy Wurzer recently spoke with assistant scientist Lisa Flook of The University of Wisconsin’s Center for Investigating Healthy Minds. They discussed a study of mindfulness and meditation as tools for teachers to keep their stress in check.

Last year, CMLE had several blog posts about mindfulness. In case you missed them, or if you want to re-visit them, you can find them below.