Why Aren't We Teaching You Mindfulness | AnneMarie Rossi | TEDxYouth@MileHigh

In this powerful talk, an instructor bringing mindfulness to shelters shares her research into how mindfulness can set us up for success and break cycles of transgenerational trauma.

AnneMarie Rossi is the founder and director of Be Mindful, a non-profit association of mindfulness instructors dedicated to making the practice accessible to all. They currently teach in Denver Public Schools, St. Vrain Public Schools, Urban Peak Youth Homeless Center, and through the Red Cross. While recently completing her undergraduate work at the University of Colorado Denver, she won the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant to complete
research on the impacts of mindfulness instruction on 4th grade students in a Denver Public School.

[ashlerodriguezpreciado]

We watched this in science and my science teacher does mindfulness everyday and makes us write what we are great full for, and we are doing ten times better than we would if we didn't do mindfulness. I will forever be greatfull for what he has taught us.

[thatguythere]

Ted talks literally made me a better human being

[blueheaven]

Dear Ann Marie, your advice is worth it's weight in gold. Beautiful advice for teenagers. Wish I had heard you 20 years ago. God Bless you.

[Andicus]

"The harsh truth is that it doesn't matter how righteous and justifiable your emotions may be. It's irrelevant. Because you will be judged based on your reactions and not your reasons."
I feel this quote sooo much. Many things make sense now, I had a notion that was similar to this but never exactly realized this specific phrase itself. "You will be judged based on your reactions and not your reasons." I have been in many situations where I experienced this. Because I have what I think is a completely logical reasons to me, but then angered and upset that no one understands me. It's because my reactions were bad despite my reasons being good or understandable.

[thatguythere]

the more I studied mindfulness the more I felt like mindfulness is natural, it feels so right

[The_Viscount]

It is my firm belief that mindfulness is the key to world peace, and global sustainability.

[yuh]

( this is my 10th grade Heath hw) Remote work on Mindfulness
What aren’t we teaching mindfulness in school?” Questions
 
1. What is mindfulness in your own words?
Taking time to feel and see whats around you
 Mindfulness is being aware but being relaxed at the same time
 
2. What are the benefits of mindfulness?
Being more aware, reduce stress
 
 Relieve stress and pain. Better overall mood.

 
3. How might you connect with your present moment?
Deep breahing
 Live in the moment.
Do one thing at a time.
 
4. List 5 main ideas from the video
Mindfulness is the foundation for all learning.
Mindfulness exercises are designed to train your brain to focus.
Focus requires practice.
Mindfulness isn’t about the ability to focus and pay attention. It’s also able to feel other emotions.
Stress effects everybody.

[gordonmunch]

I'm very grateful to TED TALKS. I'm very thankful.

[canalzahiratorres]

Fantastic! The best powerful talk among the best I have ever seen.
I am studying mindfulness and this will be my master's degree research. My focus is making the practice accessible to Brazilian organizations, but now, I loved your focus. Perhaps this is the contribution of my life: show the importance of the management of emotions. I always had the mindfulness in me, but it had no name or technique ... When I discovered it, I discovered much, much more about me. A life in HD, paraphrasing Vasco Gaspar, with whom I have been learning a lot. Thank you for your words. Excellent! You inspired me! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You are brilliant!

[mariaterrero]

Thank you for opportunity to watch this wonderful video, we have to take this information to all schools, specifically to this that not have the opportunity to get off the school. Wonderful job, thank you .

[duncanstuart]

Having completed my Master's degree in Education : Emotional Education (Atlow Mill Centre for Emotional Education in the UK and University ) and having just completed additional training in Youth Mindfulness I am, having watched this TEDx, in the present moment, feeling even more optimistic and enthusiastic to implement this process of teaching Mindfulness to children as it truly meets my needs for purpose and meaning in life not to mention developing a more peaceful world.
My engagment with Emotional Education and Mindfulness started with me recognising that I needed to take responsibility and do the work on myself first and for most.
I'm so pleased I did as I am so much happier ad a result :-)

[sumeetsharma]

This is the perhaps the Best, no BS talk like others do trying to rationalize it by decoding our brains.

[nicollelafleur]

Excellent talk! As a mindfulness teacher in a school, I appreciate your reinforcing messages. I'll share this widely. Thank you for putting together such an excellent talk!

[AmaroInnovision]

The Basics of Buddhist Meditation
Dr. C. George Boeree
Buddhism began by encouraging its practitioners to engage in smrti (sati) or mindfulness, that is, developing a full consciousness of all about you and within you -- whether seated in a special posture, or simply going about one’s life. This is the kind of meditation that Buddha himself engaged in under the bodhi tree, and is referred to in the seventh step of the eightfold path.

[michaelmike]

So powerful. I nearly cried. Mindfulness and Eckart Tolle have helped me so much, I can barely described how it has changed my life. The process was painful and I only managed it with help but: To leave my addictions behind me and become present and mindful is the greatest relief and freedom I have ever experienced.

[principalsteadele]

We purchased the MindUp curriculum and are implementing it school wide.... firm believers!

[eshabhatti]

RIP Kobe Bryant ;( Great talk, by the way!

[pvspeaks]

Change will happen one mind at a time. Awesome talk about Mindfulness. This is what our youth need.

[steakovercake]

Thanks so much for speaking out AnneMarie!

[louisamiles]

Annemarie you made me smile, think and take action last year after I saw your talk...I am going to teach Mindfulness, fast forward to today I have just finished Mindfulness Fundementals and I am loving my practice. I cannot wait to share with students / parents, Thank you.