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Imagine an entire school – students, teachers, and administrators – taking time each morning to turn inward together, and listen to a brief mindfulness prompt and world-class music.
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Do I Know How I Look Without a Mirror?
I want to open this writing with John O’Donohue's words: “I think the beauty of being human is that we are incredibly, intimately near each other, we know about each...
March 15, 2022
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Discovering Inner Meaning
Have you ever felt reborn after a long death? You may interpret my question literally or not. My birthday, on December 31st, 2020, was my resurrection time after many things—things...
February 10, 2022
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Soul Teacher
I first heard of the term “soul sister” from my Cuban-American friend during my time studying for my peace education masters at UPEACE, Costa Rica. I never knew that “soul"...
January 27, 2022
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Meet our 2022 Wellspring Fellow: Isti Toq'ah
This winter we are delighted to welcome Isti Toq’ah as our next Wellspring Fellow. Isti is a peace educator based in Jakarta, Indonesia and a graduate of UPEACE (University for...
January 06, 2022
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The Sky is the Limit for Lindsay McIntosh: How a Principal Oboist is Creating a World-Class "Art Town" in the Sierra Nevadas
Lindsay McIntosh is a historical oboist who had a bustling routine in New York City where she completed her graduate studies at the Juilliard School of Music in the Historical...
December 08, 2021
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Finding Mindfulness After Burnout and Moral Injury: Being Sustained with Jenny Andrews
Jenny Andrews has a long list of notable achievements to her resume. Andrews graduated from Cornell University followed by Harvard Law School before pursuing her career as a public defender....
October 27, 2021
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Sit, Breathe, Connect: Integrating Mind, Body, and Soul to Heal Trauma
By: Mary Curran Hackett Most of us live in dark caves of our own making. Not intentionally. It happens imperceptibly over time. We carve out a nice groove for ourselves, rubbing...
September 22, 2021
Mindful Music Moments
Hispanic Heritage Month With Adriana Prieto Quintero
Adriana Prieto Quintero is a writer and teacher. She is from Venezuela where she studied Education and received her Master’s Degree in Literature. She is incredibly passionate about teaching children...
September 10, 2021
Mindful Music Moments
'Mindful Music Moments' Spends an Afternoon at the Cincinnati Zoo for Field Recordings Project
Thanks to the Ohio Arts Council, The Well received an ArtStart grant to commission Ohio-based musicians to create 6 new Mindful Music pieces and accompanying videos for the upcoming school...
August 12, 2021
Stories from The Well
We cannot change what we cannot see.
“You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it. Unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it.” -Grace Lee Boggs This spring I participated...
July 19, 2021
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GROUNDED: Uno Lady’s Experimental Album and Film Series Offers Guided Meditations for a Busy Mind
by Christa Ebert aka UnoLady For years, I have meditated and assumed that I was bad at it. I couldn’t pay attention for long stretches and assumed I didn’t have time...
April 16, 2021
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Moving through the Pandemic with Poetry
by: Sarah Pinho Two and a half weeks after Los Angeles went into lockdown, a poet passed away. Félix had welded machines in a factory, he had taught children guitar...
April 08, 2021
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