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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September 24, 2019
Posted in Mindfulness in Schools

Today’s teens face ever-increasing stress, anxiety, and pressure. With the digital world creating a fractured, image-based field that vies for so much of our attention, it is harder than ever for teens to navigate their inner worlds and social relationships. Mindfulness in schools offers one solution. Mindfulness Director Initiative (MDI) is a groundbreaking model for […]
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July 1, 2019
Posted in Mindfulness Community, Mindfulness in Schools, Mindfulness Leaders, Mindfulness, General

“We are in a historical intersection and support and empowerment of communities of color needs to be more than a trend, it has to be foundational in all systems and structures. I am so grateful that iBme can be here to facilitate youth and young-adult programming. It’s definitely the right time and the right action.” […]
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June 18, 2019
Posted in Mindfulness in Schools, Mindfulness Leaders, Mindfulness Profile, Mindfulness Research, Mindfulness, General

Through her work and studies, Andrea Poile has had the opportunity to evaluate, research, and teach a number of mindfulness-based curriculum and interventions for youth. “Of all of them,” she says definitively, “iBme is the best. It’s the most developmentally appropriate, it’s the most transformative, the most effective, and it’s evidence-based.” Andrea graduated from McGill […]
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April 1, 2019
Posted in Mindfulness in Schools, Mindfulness Leaders

Each of the dedicated participants in the iBme Mindfulness Teacher Training comes with a unique background and motivation for wanting to empower young people. We asked one of the graduates from our first Teacher Training some questions about what brought them to mindfulness and why they do what they do. Q&A with iBme Teacher Training […]
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March 5, 2019
Posted in Mindfulness in Schools, Mindfulness Leaders, Mindfulness Profile, Mindfulness, General

How do great leaders develop their leadership capacity? How do you inspire confidence and develop motivated teams? These are a couple of the questions driving Todd Iarussi’s Rhinomind Coaching podcast. To find out, Todd connects with top leaders and performers, executive coaches, researchers, and mindfulness teachers to hear their stories. On the first episode, Todd […]
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November 15, 2018
Posted in Mindfulness Community, Mindfulness in Schools, Mindfulness Leaders

Do you work with teens? Have you dreamt of bringing the benefits of meditation and mindfulness to younger generations? Or perhaps you are the parent of a teen seeking solutions — and ready to galvanize a community? iBme’s Mindfulness Teacher Training prepares professionals working with adolescents to implement an in-depth mindfulness curriculum in high schools, […]
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August 30, 2018
Posted in Mindfulness in Schools

Around the country, more and more schools and colleges are bringing mindfulness to their students. While programs vary in how they are offered, they all contribute to equipping young people with invaluable skills and creating a more mindful and compassionate world. In 2009, Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, made a commitment to mindfulness, beginning with […]
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February 11, 2018
Posted in Mindfulness in Schools

By Eric Michael B. In January 2018, more than 50 students from across Harvard University gathered in North Andover, Massachusetts for three days of silent retreat, community building, and mindfulness meditation. The retreat was led by iBme teachers Kaira Jewel, Rod Owens, and Cara Lai FitzGibbon and was supported by several dedicated iBme mentors. The […]
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