Trina Markusson has been practicing and studying stress reduction for over 15 years.  Trina uses her life experiences and professional trainings in Mindful Teaching and Mindful-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to help you “be” present for each precious moment and help you to deal with daily stress more effectively!   She has taught Mindfulness strategies to many people and looks forward to sharing these life-changing tools with you! She currently resides in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Having Trina join me last week was such an honour.  The woman has the most calming demeanour.  Simply being in her presence made me feel calm.  The way she speaks, and her passion about spreading mindfulness is truly inspiring.  During this live episode, Trina talks about how she began her mindfulness journey. She speaks about incorporating her mindful practices into her and her students’ daily lives and answers questions about how to incorporate mindfulness into the classroom! I strongly encourage you to take the time to watch the video even if you’re not a teacher.  There are so many strategies that both adults and children can use to manage stress!

Having Trina in to speak as a guest on my Teacher Talk Tuesday was especially fitting as she is also a teacher.  So, when she talks about incorporating mindfulness tools into your classroom, she really does know what she’s talking about.  She is in the classrooms and understands what teaching is REALLY like.  She has what some of us like to call, “street cred”

On top of being a teacher, Trina hosts mindfulness sessions for people of all ages and walks of life.  Classrooms, offices, and even sports teams. Trina feels living in the present moment should be a part of anyone’s life and I agree!  Looking to get Trina in as a guest?  Contact her here!

Last, I will be giving away one copy of Trina’s book Good Morning, Sunshine!

Here’s how to enter:

1.) Follow Trina on Instagram –> here

2.) Follow Trina on Facebook –>here

3.) Follow me on Instagram –> here

4.) Leave a comment on this blog post!  Any comment will do, if you have a question for Trina I will make sure she answers it for you!

That’s it!

Winner will be announced next Tuesday! Thanks SO much for tuning in!!

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I am not a huge fan of bulletin boards, I typically keep my one in the hall the same all year and just update it with weekly writing.  However, there is one I do every single year- the kids love it and it goes along with my science unit on plants.

It’s BEAN a Great Year! Cute… right?! Haha, okay it gets better.  We start by sprouting bean seeds in plastic baggies.  The students fold a square piece of paper towel in half twice, then they place the bean seed in between the layers, water it, and then hang it up.  Luckily, my bulletin board gets enough sunlight that the kids can watch the seeds sprout.  Once a few have sprouted we take them down and put them under the document camera to investigate- the kids LOVE this! It’s a great time to talk to review terms such as seed coat, sprout, roots, stem, etc!

Once almost all of the seeds have sprouted we plant them!  We keep them in the plastic baggies but just add the dirt. This way you can still hang the baggies on the bulletin board and the beans will grow up and out of the bag.  The board looks adorable and once the beans get a little too big to manage in the bags, I send them home with the kids so they can add them to their parents garden.  SO MUCH FUN!

I dropped the ball and forgot to take a picture for this post but I will make sure to update you via my Instagram stories! If you’re not following me yet, you probably should you can do that here–> instagram.com/teachme_style

Happy Teaching!

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Last year, I found one little gem that changed this all.  You may remember me posting about it back in the fall but I just have to share it again because it is that good.  My denim vest (shop here!) I scored this Aritzia one at a thrift store in Portland and it been a lifesaver.  I cannot tell you how many times I have thrown it on a dress only to realize the straps are not wide enough to fit the dress code of my school.  By throwing on my denim vest I am able to wear almost all of my dresses!  *A blazer can do the same thing I just find I still get hot… I prefer a vest so my arms are bare!

Vacation look…

Teaching look…

The vest, belt, and sandal heels completely change this look! Take a look in your closet, I bet you have a tonne of dresses that could be worn to work if only you could cover those straps!  A denim vest might be exactly what you need to transform those looks!

I’ve done the work for you and found a few pieces that would work well for the classroom!

Happy Shopping

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