Mindfulness for Students: Embracing Now, Looking to the Future

by Natasha Kaufman

Overview

Life can be tough. With so many decisions to make at such a critical time, it’s easy to feel weighed down. What’s more, there is the pressure to gain good grades, to find a good job, to be a good person. Your mind may feel clogged up with no way to filter your circulating thoughts and pressures. From a young age we are taught the significance of a solid education and a fruitful career, yet with such an emphasis on academic and monetary success we often fail to prioritise a healthy mind and body. It is essential to know how to deal with life’s many challenges; Mindfulness for Students will help you.

Through insightful ideas and personal anecdotes, this book will introduce you to the many benefits and applications of mindfulness - from mindful breathing, eating, exercising, sleeping, studying and communicating. There will be opportunities within each chapter to have a go at mindful meditations ranging from three to twenty minutes. There is no right or wrong approach, just what works for you. Mindfulness is a way of being, and this book will help you lay the foundations for a mindful future. Choose to be mindful and live your life in the moment, living fully and wholeheartedly, aware of self and others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782408093
Publisher:	Leaping Hare Press
Publication date:	07/02/2019
Series:	Mindfulness series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Natasha Kaufman is a secondary school English and Drama teacher in a large London school. She also works as a tutor, debating coach and director, giving her a comprehensive understanding of the many pressures and challenges young adults face. Natasha uses meditation within her lessons to help her students cope with their studies and increasing stress levels. Her own journey of mindfulness began ten years ago through yoga during her travels around South East Asia and South America. Natasha has also worked as a journalist in Argentina and the UK, writing for websites, magazines and newspapers.

Table of Contents

Prelims  pp1–5

Introduction pp6-9
About the author, her journey and why this book is timely.

Chapter 1: A Way to Be  pp10-27
 
Chapter 2: Breathe  pp28-47 

Chapter 3: Thought for Food  pp48-67

Chapter 4: Switching Off  pp68-87

Chapter 5: Tuning In  pp88-105

Chapter 6: Know Yourself  pp106-125

Chapter 7: Stress-Less  pp126-141

Endmatter: Index, resources & acknowledgments  pp142-144
 

Editorial Reviews

05/27/2019

English secondary school teacher and debate coach Kaufman shares essential stress-reducing tips in her short, instructive debut guide for incorporating mindfulness practices into high school and college classes. Starting with descriptions of hormones and body changes that begin with puberty, Kaufman presents stress as a necessary but avoidable part of growing up. She offers a variety of ways to deal with stress, including breathing exercises, eating a healthy diet, and meditation practice. Throughout, she reminds readers of the deep connection between one’s physical and mental well-being (“if you are able to calm your body, you are able to calm your mind”) and encourages a regular digital detox in order to concentrate on mindful listening (paying close attention to one’s own thoughts). While targeted to students, her simple meditation exercises will be valuable to stressed-out readers of any age. In her conclusion, she advises trying to bring mindfulness practices into daily interactions: “By bringing consciousness to the manner in which we listen, we are able to stay open to the viewpoint of those who are speaking and to recognize personal judgements as they enter our minds.” General readers in need of stress relief and teachers interested in the benefits of meditation will find helpful guidance here. (July)

Publishers Weekly

"English secondary school teacher and debate coach Kaufman shares essential stress-reducing tips in her short, instructive debut guide for incorporating mindfulness practices into high school and college classes." —Publisher's Weekly

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