Mindful Life Project
Transforming schools from the inside
out with mindfulness-based
social-emotional learning
Our mission
Mindful Life Project is an educational nonprofit that partners with schools nationwide to strengthen the mental and emotional well-being of students, educators, and school communities. Through comprehensive mindfulness-based social-emotional learning programming, we support schools in creating a culture where every child and adult feels empowered to thrive.
Our work is rooted in community, built on student voice, and guided by the belief that well-being is the foundation of learning. By integrating mindfulness and SEL into daily school life, we help transform educational environments from the inside out.
Join us in supporting the mental and emotional wellness of students and educators. Every contribution helps create safer, more connected classrooms.
What We Do
Direct Services
MLP is a pioneer in direct service mindfulness-based social emotional learning programming. We offer two student-centric programs known as Mindful Community and Rise Up. To deliver these programs, our mindfulness coaches are on campus full time for the entire school year. In addition to supporting the mental wellness of students, coaches deliver mindfulness programming to school staff and families. In total, MLP's approach supports the mental and emotional wellbeing of all individuals in the school ecosystem.
Mindfulness 360
Available to schools across the country, Mindfulness 360 brings engaging mindfulness programming for students and educators in-person and virtually, creating a highly customizable program that features assemblies, live-weekly virtual mindfulness programming for the whole school, teacher and family mindfulness sessions, and professional developments!
Professional Development & Trainings
MLP offers a wide array of customizable professional development trainings. Topics include, but are not limited to: how to integrate mindfulness into educators' personal and professional lives to enhance wellbeing; trauma-informed practices while interacting with students; ways to be culturally conscious; methods to promote the social-emotional development of students; and how to cultivate school cultures of wellness .