Get to Know Master Teacher Cheryl Jones
/Who are the people who teach the programs at Copper Beech Institute? Master teacher Cheryl Jones cues us in to a little about her silly and serious sides:
- The first thing I do each morning is stretch in bed. Then I feel both feet connect with the ground. I follow my breath in and out three times, and set an intention for the day.
- I started practicing mindfulness 20 years ago when I read Jon Kabat-Zinn’s book, "Whenever You Go, There You Are."
- Three things I can’t live without are physical activity, loving relationships, and cheese.
- I teach mindfulness because I believe it is the key to well-being for individuals, businesses, and communities.
- My quirkiest habit is color coding my notes at work.
- My guilty pleasure is watching "House of Cards."
- The strangest thing I’ve ever eaten is octopus.
- The best advice I ever got was from Jackie O. She told me, “CJ, sometimes we just have to rise above things."
- The most important item on my bucket list is to grow a garden that my grandchildren will one day come to play in.
- The last thing I do at night is lie down on the floor in my bedroom. I do some gentle stretches to quiet my mind and let go of tension in my body.