Breathwork for Trauma-informed Teaching Ft. Nichole Fuller w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

In a special series devoted to empathy in education with leaders and fellows of Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL), watch this episode to learn why mindfulness practices—especially breathwork—are transformational, especially within educational settings.

Nichole Fuller, an art educator in New York who curates and facilitates wellness experiences for students, educators, families and communities, shares how she discovered the healing power of breathwork through her own personal healing journey. She also explains why somatic work offers a gateway to greater health and well-being.

00:00 Preview

01:03 Introduction 

01:37 About Nichole Fuller

03:44 Nichole’s backstory

06:40 The power of breathwork

12:48 How does breathwork regulate our nervous system?

17:05 How breathwork builds self-awareness and deepens empathy

24:55 Why did breathwork save Nichole’s life?

28:54 Nichole’s art: a reflection of healing and growth

31:24 Bringing trauma-informed teaching and breathwork into the classroom

33:55 Supporting teachers through group breathwork and self-care sessions

36:04 How can schools better support teachers’ well-being?

40:18 The role of empathy in education

43:13 Nichole Fuller’s Purposeful Empathy story

CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com 

✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com

✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/

✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram

✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast

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CONNECT WITH NICHOLE

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/fuller-nichole-3b861580/

✩ FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/nichole.fuller.12

SHOW NOTES

✩ Transformative Educational leadership https://www.teleadership.org/

Video edited by Green Horizon Studio