Parent Mindfulness Group

Eric Mellgren is a licensed healer using effective and accessible techniques to help people reduce stress, get healthy and achieve maximum well-being. Eric will lead you on a hour long sound guided meditation using crystal singing bowls to produce healing vibrations. You will need to bring a yoga mat or blanket, wear comfy clothes and be ready to relax! “Sound baths or as I call them, sound guided mediations, is another form of meditation and are amazing for stress, anxiety, and better sleep.”

For the last 14 years, Catherine Siphron Singer has been teaching at Campbell Hall. She currently teaches Mindfulness and high school English. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley in both English and Art History and her MA in English from Middlebury College. She also received her Certification in Mindfulness Facilitation through UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center. She has completed additional trainings, including but not limited to the following: Inner Kids Professional Training with Susan Kaiser Greenland, Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), Mindful Schools’ Mindfulness Fundamentals, and Mindful Schools’ Educator Essentials. Using her knowledge and passion for the education of our youth, she created The Science of Mindfulness, a UC approved elective for teens, which is the first of its kind. At Campbell Hall, she also leads the middle school mindfulness club, sponsors the high school mindfulness club, and staffs and leads guided practice for students before and during final exams.

With the goal of being a calm mom with a sense of humor, Robin decided to take the 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course offered by InsightLA. MBSR gave Robin a different perspective on life and sparked a daily meditation practice. Excited to share her new insights, Robin started a meditation group for parents at her children’s elementary school, and even taught mindfulness meditation to her daughter’s 5th grade class. Another big part of Robin’s life has been the parenting group she started 16 years ago led by Ruth Beaglehole, founder of Echo Parenting. Her group is committed to raising their children in an environment that encourages empathy, fosters emotional intelligence and discourages punishment. Robin is constantly moved by the parallels between the practice of mindfulness and parenting with these values. She feels that her meditation practice has deepened her experience as a mother and given her a greater appreciation for everything around her.

With more than twenty-five years of formal and informal meditation practice, Lara Plutte now leads parents in the practice of Mindfulness. It was when Lara became a mom, 15 years ago, that mindfulness meditation became her poignant practice. Lara has steeped herself since in mindfulness meditation to support the deep desire to be present for, accept, even embrace the wild ride of parenthood. Lara now combines her experience as a social worker, a mom and mindfulness teacher to lead parents in support of being present. Lara has a Masters in Social Work and the Arts, is a graduate of the InsightLA Facilitator Training Program, and a wife and mom to two boys, two cats and one crazy love fest of a dog.

We come together weekly from 8:45-10:00 am on Tuesday mornings 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, 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.

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