Mission
Dedicated to promoting personal and collective well-being through the practice and teaching of meditation, mindfulness, and related holistic health practices and tools.
Vision
Create safe and soothing environments that nurture our youngest community members – our children – while supporting the well-being and resilience of the dedicated staff and teachers who guide and inspire them – fostering a ripple effect into our community.
Our Values
Care
We believe that caring for ourselves is the foundation for caring for others. By prioritizing our
own well-being, we cultivate the compassion, energy, and resilience needed to nurture those around us
with intention and empathy.
Connection
We believe that true connection begins within. By nurturing self-awareness, we create a
foundation for authentic, meaningful relationships with others.
Peace
We believe that by cultivating care and connection within ourselves, and extending that support to others, we create a nurturing environment where peace can thrive.
Support
We believe by supporting nervous system regulation, we create a foundation for
strengthening emotional intelligence and enhancing social skills, empowering individuals to connect,
communicate, and thrive with greater resilience and empathy.
This shared foundation of mutual care fosters understanding, compassion, and harmony, providing a space where peace can be nurtured and sustained for all.
Where We're Making a Difference
Over the last year, we’ve been volunteering our time three days a week at Lakeland
Elementary School hosting and teaching mindfulness to teachers/staff and participating kids
enrolled in grades 2-5. Our current space in the school is called the Zen Den – it’s currently more Den
than Zen.
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Our special project this year is the renovation of the current Zen Den – creating a more
permanent, soothing, safe space for the staff, teachers, and kids to use. This room will not only
be used for our mindfulness sessions – but, it will offer a place to reset and escape from the
classroom setting – bringing in natural light, plush seating, soft rugs, and even essential oil
diffusers to aid in calming the nervous system, imagine having a small day spa for your brain in
the middle of the elementary school.
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Our two mindfulness teachers, Co-Founders Alice Rubert and Melissa Knoll, are enrolled in a Mindfulness Kids Certification program and will be providing a 9-month program, offering mindfulness tools and sessions to participating kids enrolled in grades 2-5 as well as teachers and staff. This program is a voluntary, not mandatory program.
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We are projected to start construction during the summer while school is out of session and are
hoping to have everything completed before the start of the 2025/2026 school year.
Our goal is to eventually offer this program district-wide.
“Every one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and in the process, care for ourselves.” ​​
– Princess Diana
