Mindfulness Day

Join the Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher Preparation Program (YMTP²) in celebrating World Mindfulness Day on Friday, September 12, 2025.

Link for the livestream can be found HERE

  • Utilize the Yoga & Mindfulness Wellness Guide, created by the Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Preparation Program (YMTP²) to support monthly and ongoing, and meaningful integration of yoga and mindfulness into your school community.

  • Share a 30 day Yoga and Mindfulness Challenge to get staff, students, and family excited about engaging in these practices.

  • Highlight a Mindful Breath Practice for the month, empowering teachers to teach this strategy in their classrooms.

  • Create a student designed and led yoga and mindfulness experience that the whole school can participate in as a mindful way to start the day and set a peaceful tone.

YMTP² 2025-2026 Yoga and Mindfulness Wellness Guide

The Yoga & Mindfulness Wellness Guide, created by the Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Preparation Program (YMTP²) is a tool that you can use to help ensure that yoga and mindfulness are an active and authentic part of your school community. Meaningful integration of yoga and mindfulness into your day has the ability to transform the school experience in a vast array of positive ways. These outcomes can impact students, staff and families alike.

The Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Preparation Program (YMTP²)is pleased to announce the Mindful Breathing series of Professional Development for NCYDOE educators. This training is a 5 part (10 hour total) series that presents 10 distinct mindful Breathing practices with time for practice, giving and receiving feedback, and implementation support across the school community.

Students from Vista Academy practicing yoga at the Day of Mindfulness in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall, 2019

Cohort 3 Graduate

Cohort 1 Graduate

Cohort 2 Graduate

YMTP² is rooted in the advancement of equity and is committed to continually providing resources to our communities.  In these very trying times, we offer these supports to engage educators, families, and children in deepening their commitment to anti-racist education & advocacy. 
--Beverly and Steven