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Miami Mindfulness Collaborates with ‘Clearing The Stage’

 

STAY TUNED – for a new experience in mindfulness, guided meditation and music offered by New World Symphony violinist Carson Marshall and friends at Clearing the Stage, Miami Beach.

Join Carson, Umer Piracha, and Valerie for Episode 8, featuring ‘The Lighthouse,’ a soulful, classical Sufi folksong that crests into a powerful wave reaching for the heavens. Clearing The Stage Podcast, Episode 8.

Clearing the Stage is committed to being an anti-racist, multicultural community actively working to dismantle systemic racism and oppression against black, indigenous, people of color, women, LGBTQ+ and members of other marginalized communities.

“Be as passionate about listening as you are about wanting to be heard.” Brene’ Brown

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INTERNATIONAL MINDFULNESS INTEGRITY NETWORK 

MIAMI MINDFULNESS honors the integrity of MBSR and Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn’s pioneering work by following and advocating for “A Framework for the Integrity of Mindfulness-Based Programs,” May 2020, A Living Document, authored by the IMI Network.  View at https://iminetwork.org/

Valerie York-Zimmerman is a current member of the IMI Network Working Party which is tasked to inform the ethics and standards of teaching for mindfulness-based teachers, trainers, teaching centers and organizations:

Inspiring inclusivity – transparency – warmheartedness – collaboration – connection – clarity – generosity – authenticity – integrity. 

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In Memory of Len Zimmerman, M.D.

Len Zimmerman M.D.
Len Zimmerman M.D.

MY BELOVED LEN, husband and partner, was honored in a heartfelt community “Celebration of Life” on Sept. 9, 2023 at Coral Gables Congregational Church.

Special guest speakers and friends included: Rev. Dr. Laurie Hafner, Senior Pastor; Ramon Leon, M.D.; Robert Gordon, M.D.; Len Zwerling, M.D.; Joseph Rosenfeld; and the Honorable Steve Leifman, Founder, Miami Center for Mental Health & Recovery.

Carson Marshall, a gifted, classically trained violinist offered moments of Music & Mindfulness practice (visit: Clearing the Stage) and performed J.S. Bach’s Chaconne, Partito No. 2 in D Minor for Solo Violin, written after the death of Bach’s first wife.

YouTube: Watch the Celebration
of Life for Leonard Zimmerman M.D.

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Congressman Tim Ryan Visits Miami-Dade Schools (The Miami Herald)

CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN, D-OHIO

Published May 1, 2018 Copyright  (c) 2018 The Miami Herald

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan
Rep. Tim Ryan

Congressman Tim Ryan, an Ohio Democrat, recently visited several inner city schools in Miami-Dade to raise awareness on the importance of using the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Program as a tool to combat stress, aggression, bullying and school violence.

Ryan visited the Academy for International Education in Miami Springs, Mater Academy of International Studies in Miami, and Arcola Lakes Elementary School in Liberty City. His visit was organized by Valerie York-Zimmerman, founder of Miami Mindfulness, which provides professional training of the program to teachers and counselors, who then teach students in the classroom. The training aims to increase attention and academic achievement, reduce stress and increase performance, improve impulse control and increase teaching time in classrooms, develop emotional regulation and teach students to respond instead of reacting, and build empathy and compassion.

“For a very small investment, we can prevent tragic future costs and heartaches in our communities. How much will we save in preventing substance abuse? How much will we save in preventing suicides and mass shootings because children feel isolated and alone? My goal is to get us to focus more on mental health and well-being in the most important asset we have in America — well-functioning human beings,” Ryan said.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article210238134.html#