This practice will combine elements from the CALM (Community Approach to Learning Mindfully) for Educators program and the Compassionate Schools Project. Participants will breathe, engage in gentle chair-based movement, and engage in mindful reflection with visualization and intention-setting.

This guided practice is one of three sessions offered by Alexis Harris in the Contemplation By Design Summit. You are welcome to join one or all three sessions. The other sessions include a lecture titled A Decade of Cultivating Compassionate Schools and an interactive workshop co-taught with Joan Bryant titled Strategies for Educators from Flourish, the Curriculum of the Compassionate Schools Project also on October 25th. 

Alexis Harris, PhD is the Health and Wellness teacher at Cane Run Elementary School in Virginia and directs the Compassionate Schools Project (CSP) in Jefferson County Public Schools in Virginia. She received her PhD in 2014 from the Pennsylvania State University, where she developed a contemplative wellness-promotion intervention for educators, the CALM (Community Approach to Learning Mindfully) for Educators program. Alexis co-authored, Flourish, the CSP curriculum for elementary schools and its accompanying teacher resources, practice guides, and student workbooks. She leads training and implementation support for Flourish teachers and schools, professional development for educators’ SEL capacities and wellbeing, and an annual retreat for teachers in Jefferson County to support educator flourishing.

This session is part of the FREE Contemplation by Design Summit, Oct. 15-27, 2025.

The full summit schedule is posted at: https://med.stanford.edu/contemplation/summit.html.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stanford-contemplation-by-design-summit-2025-online-oct-15-27-registration-1520413249959