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Note from Stacy

I often reflect on how quickly time passes and how much can grow from a single idea. When I think back to 2014, when I first began dreaming about yoga in schools, I am amazed by what Conscious Classroom has become today. After pouring ourselves into development, we now offer a Student Well-Being Curriculum that empowers educators to foster a supportive environment where students can develop essential social skills, emotional intelligence, and physical well-being.

Our curriculum includes lesson plans, video, audio, and graphic libraries that support breathwork, movement, and meditation, plus educational training to help educators gain the confidence and competence to not only teach these skills but embody them.

Along the way, I’ve learned that the details matter. The more we define what we envision, the more our brains intentionally focus our attention, help us make aligned choices, and take positive action toward creating our dreams. What once was a vision is now a thriving platform touching the lives of students and teachers in very real ways.

Conscious Connections was created to bring you along on our journey—to share success stories, applied knowledge, discoveries, lessons, and practical tools from our work with schools, educators, students, and communities. Together, we’ll continue exploring self-awareness, self-regulation, resilience, breath, and mindful movement as foundations for learning and well-being.

Thank you for being here and saying yes to learning and practicing with us. When we deliberately weave self-awareness and self-regulation into our daily practices, we build more Conscious Classrooms.

With gratitude,

Conscious Check-Ins

Small practices, meaningful impact!

Conscious Check-Ins are our weekly offering of practical, easy-to-use tools designed for the classroom, and really, any environment. Each practice draws from the Conscious Classroom curriculum, exploring topics from breathwork and mindful movement to self-awareness, self-regulation, brain science, resilience, focus, and more.

These short learning resources are designed to help you expand your knowledge, regulate and reset, and bring meaningful practices into everyday life. In just three to five minutes, you can pause, connect, and prepare yourself and your students for what comes next.

Conscious Check-Ins are always free. A new practice is shared through our weekly email every Monday, or you can benefit from our growing collection anytime in the OER Hub under the Resources tab on our website.

We have a continually expanding library of topics, tools, and activities, and we’re excited to help you begin your week and your day with mindful movement that supports you and your students in the classroom.

Check in. Reset. Connect. Practice.

CC News & Events

With a sense of pride and grit, we proudly introduce ourselves as a Washington State nonprofit and have submitted our application for federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, which is currently pending. Once granted, our federal tax-exempt status is expected to apply retroactively to eligible donations made during the pending period. Thank you for believing in our mission and helping us create lasting impact.

Where We’re Teaching This Month

  • Oct 2-4 – Islandwood, Circle of Friends: Morning Yoga and 2hr Design Your Life workshop
  • Oct 9-10 – Oregon Shape Conference: Breathwork Educational Development
  • Oct 12,14 – Dept of Health and Human Development: Breathwork, Mindfulness, Meditation and Movement Educational Development
  • Oct 16-17 – Washington Shape Conference: The Whole Athlete Educational Development

Teacher Spotlight

Meet Tori Bates, SHAPE Montana’s 2026 Rookie Teacher of the Year!

Tori has been an important part of Conscious Classroom for the past three years, bringing our curriculum and practices directly to her students. She teaches middle and high school in Montana’s Manhattan School District and coaches volleyball and basketball.

With training in yoga and a deep passion for sports, Tori understands the powerful connection between movement, well-being, and learning. She brings that passion into her classroom and coaching, helping students build skills that support both their physical and mental well-being.

We are incredibly grateful to have Tori representing Conscious Classroom and sharing these practices with the next generation.
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