(Manhattan Beach Unified discontinued its MindUP program this year.) Locally, the training was provided to a behavioral health coordinator with the Beach Cities Health District, who in turn has trained teachers in the Hermosa and Redondo Beach school districts. It has since expanded to the older grades in Hermosa, as well as to Redondo Beach’s eight elementary schools and a middle school, Parras.īilled as a research-based program, MindUP is a an initiative of the Goldie Hawn Foundation, which trains teachers in the methodology. The MindUP program has had a presence in Hermosa Beach’s elementary schools since 2011, when a pilot version was launched for grades kindergarten through second grade. “But it’s when we practice in times that it’s difficult that it really makes us get better at that focus - on ourselves, rather than external distractions.” “We sort of know that they are watching us, they’re taking pictures, and so it’s very hard to not let all of our thoughts totally take over,” she said.
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For two full minutes, the students sat still and focused on their breathing.ĭuring this exercise, the room grew so silent that the click of the shutter on a photographer’s camera was conspicuous.Īfterward, Infusio led the students on a matter-of-fact discussion of how it felt to do the exercise with two visitors present - all for the purpose of gaining an awareness of their own thoughts and feelings.
On Friday, Erin Infusio’s class at Hermosa Valley School began as it always does - with the ding of a digital chime that gradually faded into silence. In many ways, it is about trying to get kids to think about the present in an environment where everybody else is telling them to think about the future.
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