In chaotic times, a deep breath can bring calm to your classroom.
As the pandemic recedes and the world gradually returns to “normal, ” it’s more important than ever to make your classroom a place that supports mental health and improves overall wellness. In this book, you’ll discover the why and the how of using techniques to reduce stress, improve executive function, and set the stage for increased memory and attention, better self-regulation, and improved cognition and academic learning.
With this practical, research-based guide, you’ll incorporate age- and grade-appropriate meditation, breathing, mindfulness, and secular yoga activities into your teaching, in ways that work for in-person as well as virtual and hybrid settings. Features include
- Adaptations for special populations, including those who have experienced trauma
- Recommendations for family involvement in social emotional learning
- Guidance on self-care for teachers and school staff
- Data from successfully implemented programs
- Dozens of illustrations, QR codes, and reflective questions
Mindfulness isn’t just a buzzword-it’s a time-tested, teacher-tested technique for reducing anxiety and improving you students’ outcomes. Incorporate it into your classroom and see for yourself how much good a deep breath can do.
Innehållsförteckning
Foreword by Ruschelle Reuben
Preface
Resiliency and Healing in the Moment: Mindfulness
How to Use Cultivating Happiness, Resiliency, and Well-Being
Glossary
Cultivating Happiness, Resiliency, and Well-Being – The Book
Key principles
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
List of Online Resources
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Research Support for Mindful Breath Work, Meditation, and Yoga Movements
Reaching for Stars
Research Base Supporting Mindfulness, Yoga, and Meditation with Children
Alleviating Stress
Anatomy and Body Alignment
Start with Breath
Impact of Yoga-Mindfulness-Meditation on the Endocrine System
Yoga Postures and Alignment
Heart Centered Meditation
Principles for Success
Mindful Reflection
Chapter 2: A Few Basics
Strengthening Our Own Metacognition Through Mindfulness Practice
Heart Centered Connections
Mindfulness Games
Restorative Practices – Building Resiliency, Building Community
Who Can Teach Yoga-Mindfulness-Meditation in Schools?
Teaching Mindfulness and Meditation
Mindful Reflection
Chapter 3: Teacher Stress and Teacher Practice
Teacher Stress and Burnout Were Alarmingly High Before COVID
Your Own Daily Practice
Where Are You?
Observing Your Progress
Creating a Yoga-Meditation-Mindfulness Practice
Using Your Practice to Plan for Teaching Students
Mindful Reflection
Chapter 4: Organizing Space, Materials, and Instruction
I. Preparing to Teach: Yoga Space and Materials
Places to Access Yoga Supplies and Materials for Schools
Resources to Guide Yoga Instruction
II. Components of Yoga-Mindfulness-Meditation Instruction
Yoga-Mindfulness-Meditation Instruction
Your Presence and Your Voice
When You Teach
Teaching Meditation
Students as Co-Leaders
III. Integrating Yoga, Meditation, and Mindfulness with Academic Instruction
A Mindfulness Intervention Room
Developmental Stages and Appropriateness
Adaptations for Younger Students
Yoga Before or After School
Progress and Impact
Mindful Reflection
Part II: Heart Centered Learning – the Five Cs
Mindful Reflection
Chapter 5: Overview of the 5 Cs
Practices for Life
The 5 Cs Chapters
Curricular Context
Student Motivation and Accommodations
A Few More Yoga-Mindfulness-Meditation Basics
As You Teach – Timing and Pacing
Infusing Practices throughout Classrooms and Schools
Are You Ready?
Mindful Reflection
Chapter 6: Consciousness
Teacher Notes
Consciousness and Self-Awareness
Curricular Context
Consciousness Warm-Up
Breath Work
Yoga Set: Posture and Movement
Meditations
Consciousness Curriculum Integration Planner
Consciousness Opens Us to Compassion
Mindful Reflection
Chapter 7: Compassion
Teacher Notes
Curricular Context
Compassion Warm-Ups
Breath Work
Yoga Set: Posture and Movement
Meditations
Compassion Curriculum Integration Planner
Mindful Reflection
Chapter 8: Confidence
Teacher Notes
Confidence Fosters Mental Health, Well-Being, and Happiness
Curricular Context
Confidence Warm-Ups
Breath Work
Yoga Set: Posture and Movement
Meditations
Confidence Curriculum Integration Planner
Mindful Reflection
Chapter 9: Courage
Teacher Notes
Finding Our Voice, Living in the Present, and Co-Creating
Curricular Context
Confidence Warm-Ups
Breath Work
Yoga Set: Posture and Movement
Meditations
Courage Curriculum Integration Planner
Mindful Reflection
Chapter 10: Community
Teacher Notes
Warm, Supportive Environments for Learning
Expanding our Community Consciousness, Creating Transformative Change
Curricular Context
Community Includes Families
Community Warm-Ups
Breath Work
Yoga Set: Posture and Movement
Meditations
Community Curriculum Integration Planner
Mindful Reflection
Part III: Leadership
Mindful Reflection
Chapter 11: Mindful Educational Leadership: Practices to Transform You and Your Leadership
The Inner Life of Leaders Linked to Outer Life of Leadership
Leadership and Emotional Intelligence
Mindfulness Practices for Educational Leaders
Mindful Reflection
Chapter 12: Being a Mindfulness Coordinator
Mindful Leadership
Montgomery County Public Schools Mindfulness Program
Accomplishments
The Coalition for the Future of Education
Mindful Reflection
Sources for Yoga Breathe Work, Kriyas and Meditations
References
Om författaren
Valerie Brown, JD, MA, PCC, transformed her high-pressure, twenty-year career as a lawyer lobbyist, representing educational institutions and nonprofits, to human-scale work with leaders and teams to foster trustworthy, compassionate, and authentic connections. She is an accredited leadership coach, international retreat leader, writer, and Chief Mindfulness Officer of Lead Smart Coaching, LLC (www.leadsmartcoaching.com), specializing in application and integration of mindfulness and leadership, and is a Co-Director of Georgetown’s Institute for Transformational Leadership. She holds the following degrees: Juris Doctorate, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Arts.Her books include The Road that Teaches: Lessons in Transformation through Travel (Quaker Bridge Media, 2012) and the highly acclaimed, The Mindful School Leader: Practices to Transform Your Leadership and School (Corwin, 2014). Valerie’s received extensive training from the Center for Courage & Renewal and Parker J. Palmer; the Institute for Transformational Leadership at Georgetown University; the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, & Society; the Center for Compassion Focused Therapy; the Ojai Foundation; the C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology (NYC); Chestnut Hill College (PA) Certificate in Holistic Spirituality; The Leadership Circle Profile™; and Transformational Educational Leadership. Valerie is an ordained Dharma Teacher in the Plum Village tradition founded by Thich Nhat Hanh and a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). As a certified kundalini yoga teacher, she helps leaders discover the wisdom of the body. She leads an annual transformational pilgrimage to El Camino de Santiago, Spain, to celebrate the power of sacred places.
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