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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

Monster Baby

A curious romp through the worlds
of mindfulness and improvisation.

Monster Baby Podcast

Monster Baby: Live! Retreat
June 8-13 2018, Mere Point, ME

Monster Baby Mindfulness courses

Mindfulness in Schools Trainings

Mindfulness in Schools Trainings

For the flourishing of young minds.

Train to Teach .b courses

Long Island, NY
Aug 14-17

Atlanta, GA
Sep 7-10

.b Foundations courses

Growth Mindset

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

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

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

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 #30: Handling Heartbreak: A True Story

Monster Baby #30: Handling Heartbreak: A True Story

Coping with a wounded heart can be tough, but mindfulness and improvisation principles and practices can help. In this episode, Ted and Lisa process Ted’s meteoric rise-and-fall romantic connection (2:33), preparing with a little levity in an opening game of Three Things (6:28). Ted recounts the good times and the stunning news of reversal (9:56) [more…]

Monster Baby #29: It’s Not About You

Monster Baby #29: It’s Not About You

How does yielding at the right times serve creativity and collaboration? Ted and Lisa start with a game of Sound Ball (1:49) and catch back up after a summer apart (3:47) before jumping into this episode’s topic of “It’s Not You.” (11:02) They explore the connections between humility and humus (14:59) and delineate the difference [more…]

How I Fell in Love with Hamilton—and Why the Broadway Version Broke My Heart

How I Fell in Love with Hamilton—and Why the Broadway Version Broke My Heart

This blog post chronicles my infatuation obsession love for the Broadway musical, Hamilton, an affection which sprung directly from a rarefied experience of connected presence–one of ANIMA’s primary themes. Here’s hoping this story can help you find such an experience in your world. At first, I played hard to get. I stayed aloof. The Broadway [more…]

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