The Most Powerful Tool In Movement Teaching: Mindful Breathing

The power of mindful breathing is an important topic to explore for Mindful Movement Teaching. There is so much we can learn from the practice of paying attention to the breath and making our movement a mindfulness practice.
Wondering what Mindful Movement Teacher Training is like? This is a short excerpt from one of our online training sessions in the MMTT program in 2023. Here you'll meet lead trainer Addie deHilster as shares about the roots of mindful breathing techniques and why it's important for mindful movement teaching.
0:10 - Roots of mindful breathing in the Buddhist tradition
2:06 - Mindfulness is not a "breathing exercise"
2:30 - When we practice observational mindful breathing vs. changing the breath
3:30 - The breath is a link to the present moment
4:19 - Learning to be with things just as they are and how this skill transfers to being with thoughts and emotions
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The Mindful Movement Teacher Training is designed for meditation teachers, yoga and movement teachers, therapists, coaches, educators, and others who wish to incorporate simple movement-based mindfulness practices in their work. This training was created by Addie deHilster, who is both a Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and experienced teacher of Yoga, Qigong, and Somatic movement. The program is online and runs from October - March each year.
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