Mindfulness Practices: Cultivating Heart Centered Communities Where Students Focus and Flourish

by Christine Mason, Michele M. Rivers Murphy, Yvette Jackson

With foreword by Paul Liabenow Build compassionate classroom environments and mindful schools that prioritize high levels of achievement and high levels of well-being. Based on the latest neuroscience research, Mindfulness Practices details how mindfulness in schools can lead to new, improved ways of educating, learning, and living. The book's mindful education exercises are easily adaptable across grade levels -- from prekindergarten through high school -- as well as across urban, suburban, and rural school settings. Mindfulness exercises and trauma-informed practices for a positive learning
Foreword by Paul Liabenow
Introduction Part The Urgency of Now
Chapter 1: The Need to Care
Chapter 2: The Journey--Healing Along the Way
Chapter 3: Our Brain and the Mind-Body Connection Part Mindfulness Practices--Getting Practical
Chapter 4: A Deep Breath
Chapter 5: Move and Stretch--Yoga and Meditation Basics
Chapter 6: Mindful Sensation, Presence, and Emotion Part Mindful and Compassionate Classrooms and School Communities
Chapter 7: Mindful Instruction--Paying Attention to Your Students
Chapter 8: Executive Functioning
Chapter 9: Mindful Leadership From Within--A New Mindset Epilogue
References and Resources
Index

208 pages, Paperback

Published October 19, 2018

Reviews

[Suzan Mullane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book from Chris Mason and Michele Rivers Murphy. At last, here are practical tools to help children and youth "ground" their emotions and experience feelings of hope. Emotional regulation is key and mindfulness centers the heart mind/mind connection...essential for peaceful relaxation and problem solving.

[Belle Meade School]

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