to heal and transform their communities through mindfulness.
Cultivating equity in under-resourced schools with mindfulness-based resilience and leadership curriculum. Together, we can close the achievement gap from the inside out.
WHAT WE’RE FACING
Schools are the frontlines of the future, yet their systems of support are outdated. Educators rarely receive the resources they need to meet the mounting stress, anxiety, and trauma of their students (let alone take care of themselves!). From high dropout rates and teacher turnover to low test scores and staff morale, even the most well-intentioned schools are struggling.
We believe that mental health is a right, not a privilege.
A school’s success depends on the wellbeing of its students, staff, and administrators. Together, we can support them all. Mind Body Awareness Project offers research-backed, mindfulness-based training to help you realize your school’s potential.
EDUCATION System Trainings
foundational training
Our foundational training is professional development for educators, administrators, and youth-serving staff who want to build their own mindfulness practice, strengthen their capacity to respond to stress and trauma, and bring greater presence to the students and colleagues in their care. This track is designed to change the practitioner — to equip each person with the self-awareness, regulation skills, and a trauma-informed lens that allows them to show up differently in their classroom, their team, and their school community.
Read MoreThe foundational track includes:
- Stress management — practical tools for sustaining wellbeing under the weight of the work
- Trauma-informed practice — a clinical lens on the young people and colleagues we serve
- Holistic wellness and personal accountability — grounding self-care as the foundation for showing up for others
- Attunement and co-regulation — the micro-skills that build trust and settle activated rooms
- Trauma-informed mentoring — bringing these tools to the people you lead
- A developmental lens across K–12 — meeting young people at the stage they’re actually in
- Team dynamics, psychological safety, and a culture of trust — for leaders building the environments their staff work inside
Our culturally responsive approach draws on the frameworks of developmental trauma disorder (DTD), Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to examine the intergenerational, historical, and systemic forms of trauma impacting students and staff every day — and coaches participants through practical, mindfulness-based techniques to respond with compassion and understanding.
ADVANCED Certification
Our advanced certification is for educators and leaders who are ready to go beyond their own practice and bring trauma-informed mindfulness to their broader school community. Where the foundational training changes the practitioner, the certification track is designed to change the culture — equipping participants to lead this work with colleagues, integrate it into their site, and build a community of practice that sustains it over time.
Read More The certification track goes deeper into MBA’s core material, grounded in 25 years of practice. It is not about adding new content; it is about going far enough into the foundations that participants can carry the work, model it, and pass it on. Certification content includes: Certification candidates build on the foundations with deeper practice, supervised application, and facilitation skills. Participants receive individualized feedback as they put trauma-informed mindfulness interventions into practice in a practicum group, alongside one-on-one coaching from MBA’s experts. The goal is not simply a calmer classroom — it is a school community where mindfulness, emotional regulation, and healing-centered engagement become part of how the work is done.
BENEFITS OF OUR TRAINING
Reduce turnover
and burnout
Practical mental health tools for teachers to sustainably care for themselves and inspire their students.
Foster emotional resiliencE and wellness
Engaging learning environments that boost student’s academic performance and build an empathy-based culture.
Respond to
stress and trauma
Culturally responsive curriculum designed to understand the impact of toxic stress and to develop resilience.
How Do I Get Started?
STEP 1
Fill out an INQUIRY
Tell us why you want to work with Mind Body Awareness Project.
STEP 2
Schedule a Call
We’ll schedule a call and discuss the problems you are looking to solve.
STEP 3
Create training plan
We’ll work with you to create a training system that fits your needs
OUR TRAINING IS:
- Comprehensive mindfulness training program designed to address stress and trauma.
- Research-backed methodology to create lasting behavioral change and emotional resilience.
- Proven method of improving school culture through compassion-based communication.
- Community learning pods
- One-on-one coaching with MBA’s experts
- Certification credential
THE NUMBERS
After completing our program, our participants reported:
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Have learned specific skills to enhance my work/life
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