Five Seeds: Bringing Mind-Body Awareness to Health Care and Education

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
—Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kimberly Post Rowe, M.Ed. is the founder of Five Seeds, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to reducing the impact of stress on individuals and communities through education and awareness.

Kimberly maintains a private practice, assisting individuals with chronic conditions to develop personal stress management programs through mindfulness training and contemplative development.

She is also a writing instructor in the Arts and Humanities departments of several colleges in Maine, and specializes in Integrative Teaching and Learning. To read her article titled Integrative Learning for Underprepared Students, click here.

To read her recent article titled Teaching Compassion (and a follow-up to the 2009 Educating World Citizens for the 21st Century), click here.

Go to Kimberly's occasionally-updated blog by clicking here.

Current programs include:

Stress accounts for two-thirds of family doctor visits and half the deaths of Americans under the age of 65, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The American Medical Association concurs, saying that stress is a factor in more than 75 percent of all illness and disease today. Click here to learn more.

Stress Reduction for the Classroom and Beyond

A Settled Mind is a program designed to teach both educators and students how the regular use of mind-body practices can improve self-esteem, confidence, learning ability, and performance, thus creating an overall sense of well-being both in and out of the classroom. Click here to learn more.

Designed to address the complexities of student stress, Teen Zen™ provides a safe and supportive atmosphere for adolescents to practice mindfulness, breathing, and awareness as healthy coping mechanisms. Click here to learn more.