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Sanctuary. Re-Set. Mindfulness. Rooms
Do you remember walking through your high school hallway, feeling a little uneasy and exposed? Can you imagine what a difference it might have made if there was one dedicated place in the building that was a room of calm, curiosity, and care? Where you could go to be still, to reflect, to re-set . . . to "get yourself together" just when you needed it?
The more deeply Inner Strength embeds within any particular school, we find that administrators, teachers, and students all feel the need for a physical space that represents goodness and kindness. A space not used for punitive disciplinary measures, for raised voices, or for antagonism.
Just having a space dedicated to that, furnished just a little differently, creates a space in the consciousness of the school. Kids refer to it. Teachers want to use it. Mentors want to tutor in it. When you have a physical space, however small, whether it's tucked away in a corner of the little used fifth floor of the school, it serves as a marker and shows that you value these qualities and tools that promote them.
It does take time and energy to get these rooms established, we are just at the beginning in two schools . . . and we already have two more that want to implement.
If you are a school looking for assistance in creating a space like this and providing oversight and programming, contact us.
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