Teaching from the Heart of Mindfulness

Teaching from the Heart of Mindfulness

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Publisher's Synopsis

Teaching from the Heart of Mindfulness approaches life as a laboratory for practicing mindfulness as a way of being-from the heart, in presence and as a teacher. When this is magnified for teachers it becomes a mindfulness-based teaching approach. This approach is exemplified in ten real-life classroom vignettes through the lens of a Mindful Teacher Lesson Design. This practical design can be adapted to any subject, curriculum or school setting.

Each chapter begins with a mindfulness practice because, above all, mindfulness is heart-centered and Teaching from the Heart of Mindfulnessinvites teachers into its warm-hearted nature. In the West wisdom is thought to rest in the mind, which is considered to be in the head. While in India, where the author has lived many years, the seat of wisdom is considered to be in the heart rather than the head. In Sanskrit, the word describing the energy of the heart is anahata-literally, "unstuck." For at the very heart of our lives, including typical teaching days, beyond limiting thoughts and emotions, there is an inner dwelling of the heart. It brings with it a feeling of expansion that is always unstuck, always whole. The practice of mindfulness cultivates this unfolding process. By teaching from the heart of mindfulness, teachers-and, by direct consequence, their students-are welcomed into this spaciousness of heart.In touching our student's lives from this warm-hearted core of who we are, we become true peacemakers.

Book information

ISBN: 9780996087278
Publisher: Green Writers Press
Imprint: Green Writers Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 371.102
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 298g
Height: 143mm
Width: 218mm
Spine width: 16mm