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"Mindfulness - how's that going to get me into my dream school?"

Commencement Speech to the Class of 2015, Shining Mountain Waldorf High School

What signs are you following or ignoring? And what does one do when the signs are not in neon flashing lights, showing us clearly the way?

The phrase 'get out of your own way' has popped up multiple times in the past few days, and thus given rise to thought and insight around it.

One of the many glorious aspects of Waldorf education is the teaching of the whole and its parts, and the parts integrating into the whole. In 'non-Waldorf speak', this is often termed 'big picture and little picture thinking'.

May arrives and life is a-buzz!  And we all – teachers, students, parents – are reminded to stay present in the mix of the buzzing, thriving ‘hive’ around us.

Choices - every day they present themselves to us to be made. Our mind buzzes around the choices and options...

"Ask and you shall receive." Most likely, we have all heard this quote many a time. But how often do we indeed ask for help?

As students and families return from their respective Spring Break getaways, I am struck by the moving parts that make up a community - the inhaling while others exhale, the moving, shifting and dancing we all do in order to balance and maintain.