Stories from The Well

From Stacy Sims

True Body in Action

(Scroll through photos above by clicking on the arrows in yellow) The True Body Project was piloted in 2005 as a summer program with ArtWorks. Thirteen teen girls gathered five days...

Stories from The Well

In Gratitude

Have you ever been so consumed by an idea, a thought, an action that energizes you, motivates you and makes you feel alive. That is how I feel about gratitude. Hi...

Stories from The Well

After Alaska: Walking with Change, Minding the Names

By Julie York Coppens OK, this’ll be quick—judging from past experience, I’ve got about ten minutes of self-reflection time here before my next cataclysmic event. Also, the dog needs walking. Mindfulness,...

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Inspired Listening: Tristan Harris Fighting Skynet & Firewalling Attention

https://tim.blog/2019/09/19/tristan-harris/ Tristan Harris sits down with Tim Ferriss to share about his journey with mindfulness, understanding the brain and attention and what led him to start the Center for Humane Technology. What...

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Dealing with Digital Dependency

The wonder of our modern world is being able to connect locally and globally in a matter of seconds. Yet this growing web of information, complaint and scandal has, in...

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Weaving with Intention

“Being creative is not so much the desire to do something, as the listening that which wants to be done: the dictation of materials.” –Anni Albers, On Weaving, 1974 Hi, I'm...

Mindful Music Moments

Meaningful Arts Partnerships Make Beautiful Music

In our Cincinnati-cohort schools this week, some 30,000 students will listen to music created especially for Mindful Music. Mindful Music Moments is privileged to collaborate with creative artists of all types,...

Mindful Music Moments

Self Expression Lesson Plan with Napoleon Maddox's I Offer Me Still

Thanks to Indian Hill Middle School for inspiring this lesson plan using Napoleon Maddox's Spoken Word Guided Meditation, created for Mindful Music Moments in 2017. Learn to notice what a...

From Stacy Sims

Year in Review. Who Made It All Possible.

This has been an incredible year for City Silence and Mindful Music Moments. So many people have held space for silence and given of their time and energy to create...

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...