Learning to Breathe Instructor Training

Training Dates & Times:

Dec 11: 8:30am - 4:00pm MT

Dec 12, 13, 16, 17: 9:00am - 1:00pm MT

Learning to BREATHE (L2B) is a mindfulness-based curriculum created for classroom or group settings. Mindfulness is the practice of becoming aware of one’s present-moment experience with compassion and openness as a basis for wise action. This curriculum is intended to strengthen attention and emotion regulation, cultivate wholesome emotions like gratitude and compassion, expand the repertoire of stress management skills, and help participants integrate mindfulness into daily life. Each lesson includes age-appropriate discussion, activities, and opportunities to practice mindfulness in a group setting. L2B has been researched in many setting and used with adolescents and adults. L2B has been recognized in the 2015 CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning) Guide as meeting research criteria for effective SEL programs.

Learning to BREATHE:

• Universal prevention which may also be used for targeted groups
• Includes multiple practice opportunities to cultivate mindfulness, compassion and gratitude
• Cost-effective
• May be linked to state, local, and professional standards for various content areas in schools
• Research-based
• Includes sample outcome assessments, sample teacher narrative, practice audio files, posters, wallet cards, etc.
• Includes workbook pages for program versions that may be downloaded and personalized
• Comprised of 6 themes that may be delivered in 6, 12, 18 or more sessions built around the acronym BREATHE

L earn more at learning2breathe.org

Host or Publisher Anna Smyth