Parent Mindfulness Group

Kelly Barron brings 25 years of mindfulness practice and teaching experience to her work, creating supportive environments for managing life's challenges with greater ease. As a founding member of the Inner Kids Collaborative and senior teacher for Inner Kids, she has implemented mindfulness programs for children and caregivers in schools throughout California, including nearly a decade at Wildwood School. Kelly has worked with students, teachers, administrators, and parents, and delivered workshops for school heads through CAIS. Drawing on her experience as both a mindfulness teacher and grief group facilitator for Our House, she creates spaces where people feel deeply heard. For seven years she taught at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center. She’s also taught for eMindful and delivered mindfulness programming for corporations and institutions ranging from The City of Hope, TMobile and the University of Virginia among others. Her professional certifications and trainings include UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, trauma-informed mindfulness for chronic pain management from the University of Toronto, Mindfulness-based Cancer Recovery and multiple trainings from Unified Mindfulness, an organization based on the teachings of Shinzen Young. Kelly holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the College of William & Mary and an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Missouri.

We come together weekly on Tuesday mornings (please see calendar for specific dates and times) to meditate together and create real and lasting connections with others. It’s a beautiful way to build community and new friendships, as well as, develop a healthy routine. To optimize the experience, it’s best to arrive a few minutes before the opening meditation begins. If you arrive during meditation for one of our in-person meetings, feel free to use the seats near the door. Latecomers will be invited into the group after the first practice concludes. Our time together is precious and sacred and everything shared is confidential. Please do your best to remain with us the whole time. We look forward to sharing this journey with you.

IbME: Inward Bound Mindfulness Education Teen Retreats

Westside

Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA
Unplug Meditation
Insight LA
Inner Kids

Apps and Links for Guided Meditations

Insight Timer
Smiling Minds (for kids)
Calm (for kids, too)
No Drama Discipline blog by Dr. Dan Siegel
New to Meditation

Meeting for the past 10 years, the Parent Mindfulness Group is a safe, confidential place where parents connect with one another, share experiences, engage in mindfulness practice, and express the complete range of human emotions. For many, it is our campus home, a place where we have made community, and our Tuesday morning ritual.

Meditation calls us to our truest and best selves, bringing us inner peace, health, good habits, improved memory, and greater kindness. Through regular practice, we develop tools that support us on our parenting journey.
 

All levels of practice are welcome! This group is open to all Campbell Hall parents and parents of alumni. It is a great way for parents to get to know one another and form meaningful and lasting connections.

"As a new member to the Campbell Hall community, the Parent Mindfulness Group has been such an unexpected gift and an integral part of my Campbell Hall experience this past year. The entire group has been so incredibly welcoming and supportive and with the help of Laurie Cousin's insight and guidance, I've acquired so many invaluable tools that have helped me to become a better parent, partner, friend, and overall human being." - CH Parent