E-Book Overview
Written by an experienced school and meditation teacher, this book is packed with tried and tested mindfulness exercises and relevant follow-up wellbeing, pastoral and academic activities for anyone working with young people. It includes discussions about education and wellbeing, anecdotes from real life experience and numerous testimonies from students and teachers, as well as easy to follow instructions and plenty of useful in-depth explanations. All activities in this book link to variety of school subjects, including science, maths, philosophy, music, art and sport.
Divided into two parts, the book explores:
What mindfulness and grounding are
How mindfulness and grounding works at home, in daily life and in education
How teachers can use mindfulness and grounding in the classroom and how parents can support mindfulness and grounding at home
What effects can be expected from mindfulness meditation
This book is an invaluable resource for secondary teachers, youth workers, therapists and parents and can be used in classrooms, pastoral offices, youth clubs or at home.
E-Book Content
‘This is an applied book concerned with promoting mental wellbeing and emotional health in the classroom, for teachers as well as for students. This is an applied book rooted in ancient and timeless wisdom, refined in the caves and on the mountains of antiquity, and honed in busy and noisy urban environments and in the real life of contemporary classrooms. This is a book about mindfulness that could make a real difference to the way in which teachers and students experience life in the classroom.’ - Leslie J Francis, Professor of Religions and Education, University of Warwick ‘I totally endorse and support inspiration for children about which Billie writes, which is so needed in this world with so many machines that children are attracted to. We need to help to balance through being in nature, meditations, simple conversations around the dining room table with family, and everything that removes us from the electronic age for a time so that we can be. We need to balance with simple living and simple learning. Billie’s book will help many parents and teachers, and is an important read.’ - Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, teacher of Kundalini Yoga and a pioneer in the field of pre-natal yoga ‘A passionate call to remember what education should be: a journey where each child as a unique person is valued and allowed to find their path of development: where they can flourish and find joy. A reminder of educators’ responsibility to see education as more than facts and exam preparation – to see education as beauty, as the tools each child needs to guide their own learning. This book is a treasure box of ideas about the person, about education, and it generously shares with us dozens of meditation exercises that can help us and our children learn about ourselves and develop the empathy our world so desperately needs.’ - Karem Roitman, lecturer, international development consultant and Director of Thinkers Meet Up ‘This magnificent teacher’s handbook that instructs young people how to “BE” rather than how to “DO” is revolutionary to the educational system. The importance of this book cannot be overemphasized. With just enough personal story to make it relatable and easy to understand, one finds here the exact key to unlock the skills required of the next generation, as it is only in the stillness of meditation that one finds one’s muse. Creativity will be the principal power needed by our descendants to solve the problems of the future. This book by Billie Krstovic is an indispensable teaching tool.’ - Elizabeth B. Jenkins, writer, spiritual teacher and author of The Return of the Inka
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