About Us

Minding Your Life is a consulting firm that has helped educators and schools develop personal and corporate mindfulness practice since 2000.

Our Mission

  • Introduce educators and students to practices for mindful living
  • Help educators find means of incorporating mindfulness practices in their lives at work and at home
  • Help educators develop mindfulness based curricula
  • Support continuing mindfulness programs for students and educators

About Richard Brady

Richard Brady is a practicing meditator and certified Mindfulness teacher. In 2001 he was recognized by Thich Nhat Hanh as a teacher in his tradition with a special focus on cultivating mindfulness in young people. Since then he has regularly presented workshops for educators and consulted with schools.

Richard has been a mathematics teacher in Washington, DC: at Woodrow Wilson High School form 1970 to 1973 and at Sidwell Friends School from 1973 to 2007.

Richard founded the Washington Mindfulness Community in 1989. He has led mindfulness workshops under the auspices of the Friends Council on Education and Pendle Hill Quaker Center and at the NAIS and AIMS annual conferences.

Richard has taught mindfulness at Sidwell Friends School. He has also taught mindfulness to teachers and students at other schools including Holton-Arms School and Montgomery Blair High School.

He is a founder of the Mindfulness in Education Network (MiEN) and is on the advisory board of the Mindfulness Bell journal.