Tag: meditation
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Growth Mindset in Education
How do we ensure our children will succeed in life. The key to unlocking this mystery starts with asking, what is the difference between a stone and a plant? Stop and consider that for a moment. A stone is inert and has no will of its own. It makes no choices, has no ability to…
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Fourth Week of Advent: Human Being – Wisdom
In the fourth week of Advent, we honor the human being, a being of wisdom. We humans are said to have the other three kingdoms of nature within us. We share a mineral body with the stones. With the plants, we share the ability to grow, respirate, and heal. Together with the animals, we have…
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Secular vs. Spiritual Education
In this post, we discuss secular vs. spiritual education and what matters most in this conversation. First of all, Enkindle Academy offers a secular curriculum. That means different things to different people. What we mean by “secular” here is a non-religious, non-sectarian, curriculum inclusive of diverse worldviews. In other words, it does not pressure students…
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The Meaning of Advent + Week 1: Stones, and Week 2: Plants
Advent refers to the four weeks leading up to Christmas. In this post we’ll explore the meaning of Advent. However, this is not intended for Christians only because the principles herein are universally applicable. I use the symbolism of Advent as useful imagery to make important points, but my intention is to speak beyond the…
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The Science of Gratitude
The science of gratitude is getting much research attention these days. In an era where increasing many are plagued by a meaning crisis, this is a blessing. In this post, we’ll explore the demonstrated benefits of a gratitude practice and what it means for your children. Herein, what we mean by “gratitude” is doing a…
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What is Educating for Freedom?
All parents want their children to become free human beings. Before we consider educating for freedom, however, we have to distinguish what human freedom is and is not. There are different definitions of freedom, some more outer and others more inner. (Although outer freedom from exploitation, racism, etc. is vitally important, it’s not the focus…
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How to Cultivate Creative Thinking in Our Students
In this post, we’ll continue last week’s thread by discussing the right approach for cultivating creative thinking in our students. The basis of creative thinking is intuition. New creation comes from what is unseen in the realm of new potential, possibility, and connections that have not previously been made. Intuition is exactly that which gives…
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Michaelmas, 2025
Today is Michaelmas, otherwise known as the Day of Courage. It is the time in the year when the cooling forces of autumn sober the party of summertime growth. It is also the harvest time. In most Waldorf schools, stories are told, songs are sung, and a pageant features the Archangel Michael taming the terrible…
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Teen Mental Health
The world has never experienced a mental dis-ease epidemic like the meaning crisis we currently face. There are many reasons for this, materialism being the most pernicious. Like a deeply rooted weed, it infests the garden of society’s soul. We have grown accustomed to looking at everything from the outside in and trying to remedy…
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Artistic Science
Whatever your worldview, nobody can deny the ubiquitous impact of modern science on our culture. Through it, we have come to cure diseases, master the art of transportation, and produce goods faster and cheaper than ever before, among other benefits. Some people even hail science as the great expression of human achievement. Yet, we have…