Mindful Minute Seminar: Barriers To Mindfulness

Mindfulness can sound simple—until we actually try to slow down and be still.

For dancers and educators who spend much of their time moving, performing, teaching, and striving, stillness can sometimes feel uncomfortable, unfamiliar, or difficult.

This free Mindful Minute Seminar explores some of the common barriers that can make mindfulness challenging and opens a conversation about what it really means to be present.

In This Seminar

We explore:

• Why slowing down can feel uncomfortable
• Common barriers to mindfulness
• Resistance to stillness
• Awareness of thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations
• What it means to notice without immediately judging or changing
• The difference between performing calmness and actually becoming aware
• Simple ways to begin approaching mindfulness with curiosity

Great For

• Dancers
• Dance teachers
• Studio owners
• Competitive teams
• Faculty education
• Dance wellness programming
• Anyone who has tried mindfulness and found it difficult

No Experience Required

You do not need to already have a mindfulness practice to participate.

This seminar is about creating space for conversation, normalizing the fact that mindfulness does not always feel easy, and exploring how awareness can begin with something as simple as noticing.

Part of the Mindful Minute Seminar Series

The Mindful Minute Seminar series offers short opportunities to explore ideas that support dancers as whole people—inside and outside the studio.

Free Seminar