Stories from The Well

Mindful Music Moments

Take a breath, say thank you, live better.

We love this simple graphic from the Huffington Post and its partners on how practicing gratitude affects both mind and body for better living. Mindful Music helps our students have a...

Mindful Music Moments

Donors to our School Support Fund, 2017

We are so thankful to generous donors who have enabled us to fund schools who need extra support. This year, we have been able to provide full or partial funds to...

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"The best part of their day": Mindful Music Moments at Wilcox Primary School

Mindful Music Moments school partner Wilcox Primary School (Twinsburg, Ohio) kicked off its MMM programming earlier this year, and they provided this happy update: Wilcox Primary School began Mindful Music Moments...

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Mindful Music Moments receives attention from the Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland Plain Dealer arts writer Zachary Lewis highlighted Mindful Music Moments in its roundup of outreach and educational events recently announced by The Cleveland Orchestra. Mindful Music Moments is proud to...

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Musical momentum: How one school brought music back into the classroom and engineered an incredible turnaround

The Guardian (U.K.) profiled the surprising turnaround of Feversham Primary Academy (located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire), a once-struggling institution that embraced an unconventional approach to academic improvement. The...

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Cleveland-area students see benefits of Mindful Music Moments

Mindful Music Moments has been delighted to launch a new partnership this school year with Berea City Schools near Cleveland, Ohio. Administrators, families, and students have enthusiastically embraced the program...

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Blink, and Don't Miss It

Mindful Music Moments Joins Cincinnati's BLINK Festival, in Partnership with Composer Peter Adams and UpSpring From October 12 through 15, Cincinnati will be enlightened by BLINK, a free and open community...

From Stacy Sims

Mindful Music Grows 2000% in One Year

We are so excited to share an infographic that helps illustrate the growth of our program. Want to participate? Contact stacy@citysilence.org.

From Stacy Sims

We all break.

I had the honor of conducting the first workshop for MotherLOVE - an important new organization with a mission to empower grieving mothers to move beyond survival to living well...

From Stacy Sims

Mindful Music Moments: A moment with Caelyn Harper

Today I got to spend a little time with Caelyn Harper at the Academy of World Languages for Mindful Music Moments, our mindful music pilot (daily mindfulness meditation with classical...

From Stacy Sims

Field of dreams. What kind of season are you going to have?

Is there enough magic out there in the moonlight to make this dream come true? Dr. Archibald Graham, Field of Dreams. When I was a kid, I listened to the Reds...

Why I Sit. By Marcie Warrington.

Marcie Warrington is the founder of MotherLOVE and a City Silence partner. We asked her to share why meditation is important to her. Here is what she wrote. Why do I...