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The Conscious Classroom

Amy Edelstein

87 episodes

3 weeks ago

Send us a text What if the most powerful classroom tool isn’t another strategy, but a deeper way of seeing? In this episode, Amy Edelstein explore show purpose, presence, and philosophical clarity can reshape teaching from the inside out—so young people feel safe to grow, wonder, and lead with heart. As Amy reflects on the quiet force of Jane Goodall’s life—her translucent presence, her unflinching observation of beauty and brutality, and her devotion to conservation—and translates those less...

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Send us a text What if the most powerful classroom tool isn’t another strategy, but a deeper way of seeing? In this episode, Amy Edelstein explore show purpose, presence, and philosophical clarity can reshape teaching from the inside out—so young people feel safe to grow, wonder, and lead with heart. As Amy reflects on the quiet force of Jane Goodall’s life—her translucent presence, her unflinching observation of beauty and brutality, and her devotion to conservation—and translates those less...

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Self-Improvement,

Health & Fitness,

Episodes (20/87)

The Conscious Classroom

Teaching Wonder: Jane Goodall inspires a Conscious Generation

Send us a text What if the most powerful classroom tool isn’t another strategy, but a deeper way of seeing? In this episode, Amy Edelstein explore show purpose, presence, and philosophical clarity can reshape teaching from the inside out—so young people feel safe to grow, wonder, and lead with heart. As Amy reflects on the quiet force of Jane Goodall’s life—her translucent presence, her unflinching observation of beauty and brutality, and her devotion to conservation—and translates those less...

4 weeks ago

29 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Middle School Mindfulness, Made Practical

Send us a text In this episode, Amy Edelstein shares a practical, developmentally appropriate guidance on teaching mindfulness to middle schoolers. She describes how to adjust practices to this age group, with a focus on structure, repetition, and emotional intelligence. Paying attention to their emerging selfhood, a teacher can guide that emergence while recognizing that students are still very group oriented. Short, tactile practices, playful competition, and thoughtful repeated...

1 month ago

24 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Letting Go & Creating Safe Spaces: Rituals for the Conscious Classroom

Send us a text For teachers feeling overwhelmed by global challenges and classroom responsibilities, this episode offers a lifeline of wisdom. Amy Edelstein delves into the transformative power of letting go—not as abandonment of responsibility, but as a profound acceptance that creates space for growth. Just as great trees stand witness through storms and seasons, we can bear witness, standing still, mindfully being with emotions without trying to fix them. We can practice being present wit...

2 months ago

20 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Mindful Interconnectedness: Seeing Beyond Personal Stress

Send us a text In this episode, Amy Edelstein explains why she included the lessons on systems thinking in the Inner Strength Teen Mindfulness Program. Teaching students how to understand their experiences within larger systems, helps them manage stress by seeing interconnections across time and society rather than taking challenges personally. You'll learn why: • Teaching teens to think in context allows them to see how their current stressors connect to broader historical developmen...

4 months ago

24 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Closing the School Year with Purpose: Mindful Rites of Passage

Send us a text We explore how to end the school year with mindful intention and purpose by creating powerful rites of passage that help students recognize their growth, learn from challenges, and prepare for summer with confidence. • Experiential mindfulness activity for you, the listener, to help all teachers acknowledge their own accomplishments, learn from challenges, and recognize personal growth • Creating conscious endings for students that transform an academic year closing into a mea...

5 months ago

28 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

True North: The Key to Navigating Change in Education

Send us a text In this episode Amy Edelstein explores what it can meet to root in our True North, our deepest values, when we lean into how education needs to transform. The questions surrounding education's future form an intricate web: How do we pause and reflect while simultaneously responding to the immediate needs of our students? Who funds it and why? What outcomes do we desire? How do we serve students with vastly different backgrounds and trajectories? When confronting co...

6 months ago

27 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Brave New Learning: Sal Khan, AI Tutors, & the Future of Mindfulness Education

Send us a text The educational landscape is undergoing a profound transformation through artificial intelligence, and mindfulness education stands at this exciting frontier. In this thought-provoking exploration, Amy Edelstein reviews Sal Khan's new book "Brave New Words" and unpacks the potential and challenge of AI tutors to support students' inner development, while maintaining crucial human connections. Amy examines Khan's great success with Khan Academy and the AI Khanmigo, looking speci...

7 months ago

34 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Returning to Analog

Send us a textIn this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein questions the use of the popular idiom "returning to analog." While agreeing with the sentiment that we reconnect with the preciousness of our humanity as technology continues to advance rapidly, she questions placing that sentiment within in technical context. Amy discusses the balance between digital experiences and the visceral richness of our awareness and connections and looks at some of the questions surroundi...

9 months ago

25 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Inspiration, Illumination & Sacred Intention: A New Year's Day Contemplation

Send us a textThis episode of The Conscious Classroom with Amy Edelstein invites us to explore the power of setting meaningful intentions and to learn how to let go of will-based resolutions as the most effective means to create lasting transformation. By uncovering our deepest values and nurturing inspiration from within, we can align our actions with what truly matters to us and engage in positive change, both personally and collectively.Amy will delve into:• Identifying the value of ...

10 months ago

41 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Being with What Is During the Holidays

Send us a textHolidays are awe-filled and also can bring about feelings of sadness, grief and loneliness for ourselves and our students. Join Amy Edelstein in this episode of The Conscious Classroom Podcast as we explore how to let go into the present moment and find the posture that allows us to be with what is with grace, strength, and presence. The holiday season can be a challenging time, filled with mixed emotions and societal expectations. As educators, we have the unique opportun...

10 months ago

28 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Dedication, Transformation & the Arts

Send us a textExperience the essence of creativity and dedication with Amy Edelstein as we journey with her to CoSM, the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in the Catskills. This episode celebrates Alex and Alison Gray, the visionary artists who have devoted decades to the transformative power of art. For their entire adult life, they have been expressing their own adventures in consciousness through their unique for of art, becoming leaders and pillars of the psychedelic art movement. They exemplify h...

11 months ago

31 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Creating Positive Spaces with a Grateful Mindset

Send us a textCreating Positive Spaces with a Grateful MindsetIt's so simple, could it really change our outlook, experience and classrooms? In this episode of the Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein looks at ways that gratitude can transform our experience and deepen our understanding of presence, interconnectedness, and awe. You will see how we can shift our perspectives, working with everyday events like traffic irritation, and cultivate a very different mindset. It's not lightwe...

1 year ago

22 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Authenticity: the elusive quality that ignites classrooms

Send us a textDo you feel like you're authentic in your teaching and in your life? How does we "become" more authentic? Can mindfulness bring authenticity or is it more than that?In this episode, Amy unpacks the elusive quality of authenticity. We all think we know it when we see it but how do we develop it? Authenticity brings integrity and stability into our classrooms. Embracing vulnerability and aligning with our core values revolutionizes our teaching and enables our stude...

1 year ago

34 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Contentment in Times of Stress

Send us a textDiscover the secret to finding profound contentment even in the most stressful times. What if you could cultivate a deeper sense of fulfillment through mindful awareness and systems thinking? On today's Conscious Classroom podcast, Amy Edelstein guides you through transformative insights that will help you create spaces for rejuvenation. You'll learn how to harness the power of meditation to develop an inner sense of wholeness and simplicity, empowering you to mainta...

1 year ago

30 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Plato Knew It All Along - Teachers, Transmission & Trustworthy Impact

Send us a textCan shifting the focus for teachers from content to connection be the key to lifting adolescent loneliness? Journey with Amy Edelstein on this episode of the Conscious Classroom podcast as she unpacks the role of teachers as moral exemplars, following the principles laid out by Plato. You'll explore how transmission occurs and why teachers impact not just academic success, but also ethics, values, and personal connection that can make a real difference in students' lives.A...

1 year ago

1 hour 4 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Loneliness or Connection in the Classroom?

Send us a textWhat happens when a student fails to show up for a crucial presentation? Explore the profound lessons on commitment and responsibility in this episode of the Conscious Classroom podcast. Join me as we unpack the culture of individualism and what that means when we try to instill a sense of commitment and purpose in our youth. In this episode we also delve into the impact of feelings of loneliness and alienation that students experience, how the pandemic exacerbated this, an...

1 year ago

25 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Education Design that Works: Blending Visionary Ideas with Classroom Realities

Send us a textIn this episode we pack two levels of insight that are mostly at odds with one another when it comes to improving educational design. We examine the dual landscape of educational innovation, where grand visions and data analysis for systemic change clash with the hands-on challenges of classroom application. Working with systems thinking, the fact that we are all innovating around the same core issue, Amy Edelstein illuminates what can become synergy between high-level des...

1 year ago

29 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Jim Crow's Pink Slip - Dismantling the Education Gap

Send us a textJim Crow's Pink Slip - Dismantling the Education Gap with Amy EdelsteinIn this episode of The conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein helps illuminate the little-known history and ongoing influence of resistance to de-segregation within America's education system - and how mindfulness, being conscious and aware of our biases, is an important part of our work to redress inequity. Leslie Fenwick's seminal work, Jim Crow's Pink Slip, serves as a guide and compass, unveiling the long sha...

1 year ago

32 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Awareness & Innovation: The Wings of Tomorrow's Education

Send us a textUnlock the synergy between mindfulness and innovation as Amy Edelstein explores the relationship between these two orientations in this episode of the Conscious Classroom. Imagine a learning environment where the air is alive with creativity, and students and teachers alike are inspired to view the world through a lens of fresh possibilities. This discussion unearths the possibilities that contemplative practice can reveal, and shows how marrying innovation and inner exploration...

1 year ago

30 minutes

The Conscious Classroom

Mindful Joy: The Secret Sauce in Educational Leadership

Send us a textIn this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein unpacks the importance of teacher happiness and how to use mindful awareness and perspectives to improve teacher wellbeing and sense of possibility prior to making practical changes, which undoubtedly also need to occur. Amy explores the impact of educators who tap into their passion, setting the classroom tone and invigorating their students with a love for learning. In this insightful episode, she dissects how a te...

1 year ago

25 minutes