January 24, 2021
Posted in Mindfulness Community

The work of white anti-racism starts with how we experience whiteness, our own whiteness, how it acts through us, and how we might begin to interrupt our conditioning. The goal is to cause less harm and create more healing, to bring benefit to the world. —Khalila Archer At the height of racial tensions in 2020, […]
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December 16, 2020
Posted in Mindfulness Community, Mindfulness Leaders, Mindfulness, General

You’re standing in front of a class full of students and your hands are shaking. You love mindfulness practice. You’ve been meditating for years. But it’s so dang hard to get up there and teach! Part of you wants to crawl back under your meditation blanket and hide – but the bigger part of you […]
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December 7, 2020
Posted in General Updates, Mindfulness Community, Mindfulness Profile

iBme is proud to welcome Tonya Jones to the Collaborative Leadership team. We look forward to evolving forward with Tonya in meeting the needs of young people and communities through mindfulness and in deepening our personal and organizational commitment to equity in all forms. Tonya Jones is a mindfulness meditator of many years, a teaching […]
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September 29, 2020
Posted in Mindfulness Community, Mindfulness for Parents

Need support as a parent? Two moms and Ibme mindfulness teachers share insights, stories, and practices on mindfulness in parenting. In this podcast, Charisse Minerva Spencer and Corinne Coppola clarify what mindfulness is and how they use it in their daily lives, for their own development and to make better choices as a parent— to […]
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June 12, 2020
Posted in General Updates, Mindfulness Community

We are proud of the work we do to advance justice and equity in the world through mindfulness education. Please take a moment to stand proud with us by looking through our combined 2018–2019 iBme Annual Report below, a creative and engaging collaborative effort that we want to share more broadly. iBme’s primary focus has […]
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April 8, 2020
Posted in Mindfulness Community, Mindfulness in Schools, Mindfulness, General

Experiencing big changes in life as you knew it? The team at Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme) wants you to have tools you can use RIGHT NOW to navigate school-from-home, social distancing, and all of the radical changes going on around and inside us. iBme has been working with teens from all walks of life […]
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April 3, 2020
Posted in Mindfulness Community, Mindfulness, General

How do we learn not to contract — mentally, physically, emotionally — in the face of fear? In this Wisdom Talk, iBme lead teacher Jessica Morey weaves together classical teachings, stories, personal experience, and reflection to explore 4 ways of working with fear. Drawing on timeless Buddhist teachings, Jessica shares four qualities of heart and […]
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April 3, 2020
Posted in Mindfulness Community, Mindfulness, General

We offer this Wisdom Talk and Guided Meditation for a Time of Uncertainty to support your journey through this unprecedented time caused by the Corona virus. Do you think there’s something wrong with you if you are having a hard time right now? Do you think there’s something wrong with you if you are NOT […]
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July 31, 2019
Posted in Mindfulness Community, Mindfulness, General

Attachment theory is a popular topic in psychology these days. It posits that children who have strong and healthy attachment bonds grow up with an inner sense of stability and security that allows them to explore the world and develop their unique, authentic personalities. We call these people “securely attached.” Their basic worldview is “I’m […]
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