What if the real work of education isn’t preparing children- but preparing adults?
Sometimes we focus so intently on where we’re getting students, on outcomes and benchmarks, that we forget to ask: what do we (the adults) need to serve human development? When we shift our attention from the child’s future to our own preparation, everything changes.
In this contemplative conversation with Marie Crutcher—a Montessori educator, yoga practitioner, forest bathing guide, and curriculum creator with over 20 years of classroom experience—we explore the quiet, revolutionary work of attuning ourselves to the moment.
How do we prepare ourselves to live in what the child might need, rather than preparing for an end goal?
What shifts when we understand that Montessori is truly the education of the adult, not the child?
Through practices like forest bathing and present-moment awareness, Marie invites us to see education as a form of spiritual preparation, one that asks us to constantly reflect, to communicate with honesty about our own capacity, and to meet each child exactly where they are.
This conversation isn’t about techniques or curriculum design—it’s about the inner transformation required to truly see the young person in front of you.
All these paradigm-breaking insights on attunement, adult preparation, and being an aid to life, in this episode of Breaking the Paradigm.
Thanks, Marie, for a great conversation!
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