Cynthia O’Connell is a retired professor from the Educational Counseling Department at Monmouth University where she taught graduate courses and was the clinical coordinator for counseling interns. She has worked as a Health and Physical Education teacher, gymnastics and track coach, gymnastics judge, school counselor and Director of Counseling Services K-12 in New Jersey for over 30 years. She is a certified Yoga Calm® Trainer, an RYT200 Yoga Instructor, and received training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at Jefferson-Myrna Brind Integrative Medicine Center in Philadelphia. She has trained educators and students in school districts all over New Jersey, and in Iceland.

 

Cynthia has run marathons and was an avid race runner. She currently practices yoga, and weight training daily, along with her daily meditation practice of over 35 years. Presentations include workshops for The National Athletic Trainer’s Conference 2023, The Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide, Brookdale Community College Athletes, School of Nursing Monmouth University, NASAP, NJSCA, the National Alliance for Grieving Children and the New Jersey Bar Association facilitating a Mindfulness Lounge at their conference and workshops on meditation. She was the keynote speaker for the Monmouth County School Counselors Association in 2018. She has developed a course in Mindfulness Meditation for adults, which she teaches at Monmouth University and locally in Monmouth County.

 

Her mission is to educate, encourage and connect youth through adults to develop a more mindful, compassionate, healing attitude through movement, meditation, and acceptance. She has co-authored with Jennifer Clearwaters a book, The Elevation Principles, and is also the co-host of the Mindset Connection podcast.

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Website: www.mindfulnessconnection.com

Social media: @mindfulnessconnection_

YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@TheElevationPrinciples

Podcast: Mindset Connection on Spotify and Apple