About
Kelly Bulk, is a mother of two boys and is the founder of the Mindful Heart Project. She has an advanced degree in school building leadership, and a dual Master's of Science in elementary and special education. She holds a Director of Special Education endorsement in the state of Vermont and is a RYT certified yoga instructor. Her unique background and experiences have given her the opportunity to bring conscious movement, mindful awareness and regulation skills into a variety of educational settings including higher ed., K-12 schools and nonprofit organizations. ​Kelly is a contributing author to Emory University’s SEE Learning Curriculum and Mission Be’s Mindfulness Curriculum. Recently, she was selected to present as a panelist at the “SEE Learning: Worldwide Initiative for Educating the Heart and Mind” hosted by the Dalai Lama Trust and Emory University in Dharamshala, India. ​​
In 2006, Kelly began working as a special educator for the New York City Public Schools. During her time in NYC, Kelly focused on incorporating yoga and mindful awareness techniques into her classroom routines and culture. She saw an increase in stamina and students were focusing and concentrating for longer periods of time. Attendance and engagement levels proved that the students were happy and eager to come to school and their standardized test scores improved. She saw that in order for a child to receive a quality education; social and emotional learning must be integrated into an engaging and challenging academic program. This experience became the foundation for Kelly’s life’s work. Her unique experiences and opportunities include working directly with students, freelancing as a contributing author to social emotional learning and mindful awareness curriculums (SEE Learning and Mission Be), facilitating professional learning, developing SEL/mindful awareness training modules and supporting the implementation process. Kelly lives in Jeffersonville with her family and is a mother of two boys (third and eighth grade). She is committed to a path of conscious parenting and places emphasis on her children's autonomy, nurturing their creativity, supporting their accountability and modeling self-awareness, regulation skills and self-compassion (because we all make mistakes). She is a dedicated yoga instructor for her community and loves to partake in outdoor recreation including skiing, hiking, biking, running and sitting by the water’s edge with her loved ones.
