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Dynamic and collaborative experiences to develop connected presence and response-ability.

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  • The waters of wisdom run deep within you. Draw from the well.

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  • What would you learn if you knew you could not fail?

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  • A moment’s pause, a ‘yes’ to invitation, the angle in a gesture—one small shift can release a cascade of positive change.

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  • Within you lie great powers. Find them. Feed them. Free them.

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  • A spark. A breath. An intention.
    Something brought you into being. Will you honor its call?

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  • Anima, n. (Latin): the breath, vital energy, or creative principle; the soul.

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Monster Baby

A curious romp through the worlds
of mindfulness and improvisation.

Monster Baby Podcast

Mindful Play, Playful Mind Retreat (next dates TBD)

Playful Mindfulness courses

Playful Mindfulness

For confidence, calm, connection and joy.

The Playful Mindfulness Book!

Intro to Playful Mindfulness: a joyful journey to everyday confidence, calm, and connection (next offered Summer 2023)

Playful Mindfulness 2: The Joy of Expanded Awareness (next course TBD)

The Right To Speak: Finding and Freeing Your Natural Voice
(online through Stanford, May – July, 2023)

Mindful Communication: The Power of Relational Practice (next course offering TBD)

Growth Mindset

How we think about learning directly determines what we can learn. Challenge, effort and even failure can become friends. Change your mindset. Change what’s possible.

Contemplative Practice

Every moment contains the wisdom we need. Stop. Take a breath. Come back to your body, your knowing, and your ability to connect with others. Take your learning deeper.

Applied Improvisation

The same skills that make great on-stage improvisors — spontaneity, courage, focus, humility, and playfulness — make for resilient and creative teachers and learners as well.

Positive Reinforcement

“Reward movement toward the behavior you want—and ignore the rest.” It’s a simple principle with profound implications for how we best approach any learning relationship.

Recent ANIMA Blog Posts

Monster Baby #107 Getting Engaged

What does it mean to be engaged? Big news from Monster Baby land: Lisa got engaged! For Episode, #107 she and Ted take the opportunity to explore just what that means—both in a marital sense and in an improv and mindfulness sense. They start by playfully acknowledging some technical difficulties (2:03) before Lisa tells the [more…]

Monster Baby #106 The Eyes Have It

How often do YOU hold eye contact? Why or why not? If you’re like Ted and Lisa of the Monster Baby Podcast, there’s a lot there—for both mindfulness and improv—within the world and practice of eye contact. After a short improvisational riff on raccoons (1:32), Ted introduces his reasons for wanting to explore the topic [more…]

Monster Baby #105 Kickin’ It Back Up!

What’s been cooking in Ted and Lisa’s improv and mindfulness kitchen over this last while? It’s been a few months since the Monster Baby crew gathered for an episode so it’s time to get caught up! Ted starts the conversation off by sharing “Wordle Haiku,” a new creative delight that he and a loyal Monster [more…]

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