Our Team
Dedicated mindful movement practitioners, striving to promote the well-being of educators and students.
Our Mission
We help students and educators thrive in school, work, and life by integrating mind-body practices into everyday teaching and learning.
Looking Ahead
As Conscious Classroom grows, we are transitioning to nonprofit status to further our mission of supporting student and educator well-being through brain science-informed practices.
A Letter from our Founder
Stacy Hemingway
As the creator of Conscious Classroom, I aim to foster a culture of self-awareness that aids in understanding our life’s journey. Self-awareness teaches us to distinguish our patterns, behaviors, personality, and reality. By understanding how we use breathwork, mindfulness, meditation, and our senses, we learn to shape our experiences. This process leads us to heightened consciousness, making us more present and aware.
When we start noticing our thoughts and how we show up in the world, we can design a life that genuinely reflects who we are. We begin to live our dreams in the present rather than seeing them as distant aspirations. Our lives align with our truest selves—a life we imagine and manifest rather than one shaped by external expectations. This journey of self-discovery is a source of constant inspiration and motivation.
This authenticity allows us to feel a deep sense of belonging within ourselves. As lifelong learners, we continuously build a toolbox of breathing and mindfulness techniques that help us self-regulate, recalibrate, and thrive through life’s inevitable ups and downs. Lifelong learning, in this context, refers to the ongoing process of self-discovery and personal growth. Developing a trusting relationship with ourselves reveals that we are the source—that the true teacher resides within us.
I established Conscious Classroom to provide a platform for students, educators, administrators, families, and communities to tap into their inner wisdom, create a life aligned with their unique vision, and trust the intuition that guides us all. It’s a space for nurturing self-awareness and mindfulness, and understanding our brain and body systems and how they interact and influence our behaviors. Conscious Classroom offers a container to learn the art and science of self-awareness, self-management, and conscious choice. Our unique approach engages experiential learning, enabling mastery experience and lifelong learning.
Our Team
Stacy Hemingway
Founder, President
Stacy Hemingway has been teaching Yoga since 2003. She has over 2500 hours of training. She was Anusara certified in 2012. And was also certified to teach kids yoga with Yoga ED in 2015. In 2020 she trained in mental health and wellness and trauma informed yoga with Yoga Medicine. In 2023 she studied with Hala Khouri on trauma informed yoga. Yoga Alliance 500 EYRT CYT.
Stacy Hemingway
Founder, President
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Stacy Hemingway has been teaching Yoga since 2003. She has over 2500 hours of training. She was Anusara certified in 2012. And was also certified to teach kids yoga with Yoga ED in 2015. In 2020 she trained in mental health and wellness and trauma informed yoga with Yoga Medicine. In 2023 she studied with Hala Khouri on trauma informed yoga. Yoga Alliance 500 EYRT CYT.
Jen Suntrup
Executive Director
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Sharon Huntley-Land
IT, Design Director
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Anna Carson
Social Media Director
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Our Vision
We envision a world where mind–body practices form the foundation of education and nervous system regulation is prioritized as essential to human development and academic success. By cultivating internal strengths and positive habit formation, students and educators reach their full potential, well-being flourishes, and learning becomes a catalyst for a more conscious, connected, and purposeful society.
Our Board
Nina Davis, M.S., AMFT
Board Member
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Holly Hickman Janssen
Board Member
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Cole Graham
Board Member
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Stacy Hemingway
Board Member
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Our Advisors
Marliyn Price-Mitchell, PhD
Research Advisor
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A developmental psychologist with a gift for translating academic research into real world guidance, Price-Mitchell’s work has consistently bridged scholarship and practice. For fifteen years, as a fellow at the Institute for Social Innovation at Fielding Graduate University, she summarized, conducted, and published research on how parents, schools, and communities cultivate children’s internal strengths — strengths that help them learn to pilot their own lives.
She is the author of Tomorrow’s Change Makers: Reclaiming the Power of Citizenship for a New Generation; wrote widely for educational platforms including Edutopia and Psychology Today; and spoke on youth development to thousands of parents and educators across the United States. Her research suggests that a child’s internal strengths are more highly correlated with life satisfaction than grade point average — a topic that will continue to shape future research in child development and education.
