Connie Clotworthy

Connie Clotworthy is a meditation teacher based in Los Angeles who brings mindfulness and meditation to children, educators and adults through Worthy Beyond Purpose. In her words, meditation "didn't just change Connie's life—it softened it, slowed it down, and brought her back to herself," offering a more present and intentional way of living.

Her work took shape in 2018. After a school shooting, she wrote a Facebook post that began with the words "Who's ready to do something?" It described a program to bring mindfulness into the world, starting with kids. Worthy Beyond Purpose became a registered nonprofit in 2019. Connie has also taught at a summer camp in Jamaica, where she returned for five years, and the organization has visited a primary school in Tanzania.

Her flagship program is The Zone, a weekly mindfulness curriculum for elementary school students in Los Angeles. Trained facilitators lead the sessions through the school year. Each month has a different focus, such as gratitude, kindness, emotions and forgiveness, and every child builds a personal mindfulness toolkit to keep.

For adults, Connie leads the Midweek Meditation Break herself, a live guided meditation on Zoom. Sessions are recorded and archived. They cover subjects such as self-love, forgiveness, presence and breathwork. She keeps them free because she believes this work should be accessible to everyone. She also shares guided meditations for kids, teens and adults on SoundCloud and Insight Timer. Beyond schools, she offers private mindfulness sessions, group wellness events, and mindfulness playdates and parties for kids.