What Makes Inquisitive Minds Different?

 We incorporate several activities for children to connect with their mind and body including yoga, breathing, dance, and an outdoor classroom. These practices help children manage stress, enhance mindfulness, increase concentration, and build a positive self-image. We do not incorporate any religious or spiritual practices.

 “If every 8 year old is taught meditation, we will eliminate
violence from the world within one generation” 

-Dalai Lama

 Our school implements a tech-free environment for our students.  Because children are being introduced to electronics at a very young age and have access to them at home, we created our environment to direct their attention towards hands-on learning, socialization, and connecting with nature. Studies have shown the negative impact that technology has on children under the age of 5 and we are here to support a natural environment to ensure their brain development is off to the best possible start. 

 We teach intuitive eating where children are able to listen to their bodies and their own hunger/fullness cues. If they are not hungry during the scheduled meal and snack times, they are not forced or coerced to eat. We will have fresh fruits and vegetables available to students throughout the day in between meal and snack times. We strive to instill healthy eating habits and teach children to have a healthy relationship with food at a young age.

 The soles of our feet are sensory organs and each foot contains up to 200,000 nerve endings. We absorb free electrons, which act as antioxidants, from the ground; these substances may prevent or stop cell damage in the body. 

Going barefoot provides additional benefits such as:

• improving sleep 
• normalizing levels of stress hormones
• reducing pain
• reducing stress 
• increasing heart rate variability 
• decreasing inflammation