Happy Teachers Change the World: A Guide for Cultivating Mindfulness in Education
Happy Teachers Change the World: A Guide for Cultivating Mindfulness in Education
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Overview
Beginning firmly with teachers and all those working with students, including administrators and counselors, the Plum Village approach stresses that educators must first establish their own mindfulness practice since everything they do in the classroom will be based on that foundation. The book includes easy-to-follow, step-by-step techniques perfected by educators to teach themselves and to apply to their work with students and colleagues, along with inspirational stories of the ways in which teachers have made mindfulness practice alive and relevant for themselves and their students across the school and out into the community.
The instructions in Happy Teachers Change the World are offered as basic practices taught by Thich Nhat Hanh, followed by guidance from educators using these practices in their classrooms, with ample in-class interpretations, activities, tips, and instructions.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781665207522 |
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Publisher: | Tantor |
Publication date: | 03/01/2021 |
Product dimensions: | 5.30(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.00(d) |
About the Author
Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most revered Zen teachers in the world today. His bestselling books include Be Free Where You Are and Peace of Mind. He lives in Plum Village in southwest France. Nhat Hanh has been teaching the art of mindful living for more than seventy years.
Paul Brion has a passion for storytelling. He believes that audiobooksour most current form of the oral traditionare the purest of the interactive and co-creative arts. An autodidact with eclectic interests, he enjoys learning about a wide variety of subjects, as he has an avaricious hunger for knowledge.
Rachael Beresford is a British classically trained actress and voice talent. With a precise, engaging, and entertaining voice, Rachael enjoys working with authors to convey their story and enhance their tale, breathe life into a character, and make the world of a narration come alive. As an audiobook narrator, she has recorded bestselling books, including titles nominated for the International Man Booker Prize and Waterstones Children's Book of the Year 2017.
A member of Equity and The Voice Over Network, Rachael is a passionate believer in continuous professional development and consistently attends training courses and networking events. With two beautiful daughters and one handsome husband, Rachael lives in West Sussex, England. When she isn't reading a book out loud for work, she can be found reading one for pleasure.
Katherine Weare is professor of education at the University of Southampton and the University of Exeter. She is internationally known for her writing, speaking, research, and development work on mindfulness and compassion for children and young people and those who care for them. Since 2000 she has advised the English government's Department for Children, Schools, and Families on policy in the area of social and emotional learning. She is an honorary member of the Society of Public Health Medicine, and a board member of the international network INTERCAMHS (International Alliance for Child and Mental Health in Schools). She also serves on the editorial boards of several mental health journals.
Table of Contents
Foreword Jon Kabat-Zinn xiii
Letter to a young teacher thich nhat hanh xvii
Preface: A vision for education the plum village community xxvi
Preface: The plum village contribution to the field of mindfulness in education Katherine Weare xxxii
Part 1 Core practices
1 The breath 2
Breathe, you are alive! thich nhat hanh 3
Teaching notes on getting in touch with our breath 6
Core practice: getting in touch with our breath 8
Mindful breathing in our lives and our teaching 12
2 The bell of mindfulness 20
An ambassador for peace and happiness thich nhat hanh 21
Teaching notes on the bell of mindfulness 24
Core practice: inviting the bell 27
Core practice: listening to the bell 28
The bell of mindfulness in our lives and our teaching 30
3 Sitting 40
Sitting like a mountain thich nhat hanh 41
Teaching notes on sitting mindfully 44
Core practice: short sitting practice 47
Teaching notes on finding the best sitting position 52
Sitting mindfully in our lives and our teaching 53
4 Walking 58
Walking just to walk thich nhat hanh 59
Teaching notes on mindful walking 61
Core practice: mindful walking in a circle 63
Core practice: longer mindful walk 66
Mindful walking in our lives and our teaching 69
5 The body 81
Body and mind united thich nhat hanh 82
Teaching notes on the body practices 84
Teaching notes on awareness of body and breath 85
Core practice: awareness of the body and the breath 86
Teaching notes on ten mindful movements 88
Core practice: ten mindful movements 89
Teaching notes on deep relaxation 96
Core practice: deep relaxation 98
Teaching notes on lying down in the classroom 102
Awareness of the body and body practices, in our lives and our teaching 104
6 Eating 110
The cosmos in a carrot thich nhat hanh 111
A food contemplation 112
Teaching notes on mindful eating 113
Core practice: tangerine meditation 116
Core practice: eating a snack mindfully 119
Core practice: eating a whole meal mindfully 121
Mindful eating in our lives and our teaching 122
7 Taking care of our emotions 130
No mud, no lotus thich nhat hanh 131
Teaching notes on taking care of our emotions 136
Teaching notes on using our breath to get in touch with our emotions 138
Core practice: using our breath to get in touch with our emotions 139
Teaching notes on tree in a storm 142
Core practice: tree in a storm 143
Teaching notes on pebble meditation 145
Core practice: pebble meditation 147
Taking care of emotions in our lives and in our teaching 151
8 Being together 160
Deep listening and loving speech thich nhat hanh 161
Teaching notes on being together 165
Core practice: sharing in a circle with deep listening and loving speech 168
Teaching notes on beginning anew 173
Core practice: beginning anew 178
Being together in our lives and in our teaching 180
Part 2 Bringing it all together
9 Cultivating mindfulness in ourselves 194
Mindfulness begins with ourselves 195
What do teachers gain from practicing mindfulness? 196
Becoming more mindful ourselves: first steps 201
Deepening our practice: going on a retreat 206
Building a local community 209
Cultivating mindfulness in our everyday lives 210
10 Cultivating mindfulness in our students and classrooms 214
Cultivating mindfulness in our students 215
Relating skillfully to student behavior 215
Preparing to teach students mindfulness 218
Methods and approaches for teaching mindfulness 221
Mindfulness and learning 224
Integrating mindfulness within an ethical and social and emotional curriculum 227
Mindfulness and the mainstream subject-based curriculum 238
When mindfulness is difficult to teach 256
11 Cultivating mindfulness across school and university communities 260
Cultivating a sense of family 261
Sharing mindfulness with our colleagues 262
Reaching out to students' families 271
A whole-school, comprehensive approach 279
Happy teachers change the world 285
Appendices
A Summaries of the core practices 289
Getting in touch with our breath 290
Inviting and listening to the bell 292
Mindful sitting 294
Mindful walking 296
Awareness of the body and the breath 298
Ten mindful movements 299
Deep relaxation 302
Mindful eating (tangerine meditation) 304
Using our breath to get in touch with our emotions 306
Tree in a storm 308
Pebble meditation 310
Circle sharing 312
Beginning anew 314
B The five mindfulness trainings 316
C The five contemplations before eating 319
D What next? resources to develop your personal practice and your teaching of mindfulness 320
Notes 330
Acknowledgments 334
Contributors to this book 336