Latest Posts on Engaged Mindfulness & Teaching Mindfulness

I.V. came to the Engaged Mindfulness Institute teacher training not as a beginner, but as someone already doing the work — teaching mindfulness in Charlotte's school system and serving as both a teacher and operations manager at the Charlotte Center for Mindfulness. But even with that experience, she knew something was missing.

There was a class where no one could land. People kept adjusting their posture. Someone cleared their throat every thirty seconds. When the silence stretched even a little, eyes opened, hands moved, and a few people looked around the room like they were checking for an exit. When we shifted into dialogue, the words came fast and scattered, jumping from topic to topic without much pause.

Struggling with low energy in your mindfulness classes? Explore how naming "sloth and torpor" can transform a flat room into a space of honest connection and renewed presence.

Aversion shows up like this all the time in mindfulness teaching. A student who talks too long. A group that feels disengaged. A tone in the room that’s heavy, angry, or flat. Sometimes the aversion is obvious in students. Sometimes it’s quietly living in us. Either way, when it’s unacknowledged, it starts running the show.