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Teaching Mindfulness to Teens as a Path of Empowerment is a teacher-level perspective on mindfulness instruction with systems-level implications. It lays the groundwork for a thriving, highly engaging, student-centered, antiracist mindfulness classroom that serves every student in realizing their full potential.
List of contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Mindfulness Definitions and Brain Science
Chapter 2: Building Community and Restorative Justice
Chapter 3: Why Nuanced Representation Matters in Mindfulness Classrooms and Beyond
Chapter 4: Instruction
Chapter 5: Making it Engaging
Chapter 6: Elevating Student Voice and Leadership
Chapter 7: Working with Resistance
Chapter 8: Mindfulness Instruction
Chapter 9: Trauma Sensitive Practice and Why Embodiment Matters
Chapter 10: Dealing with Difficult Emotions and Discomfort
Chapter 11: Right Emphasis and the Importance of Emphasizing Authenticity over Positivity
Chapter 12: Culturally Responsive and Antiracist Practice
Chapter 13: Creating Meaning with Ritual
Chapter 14: Engaging Families as Partners
Appendices
A: Meditation Techniques
B: Mindful Minute Student Script
C: Sample Mindfulness Scope
D: Sample Mindfulness Standards
E: Steps if Triggered During Practice
Bibliography
About the author
Meghan LeBorious is an author, artist, mindfulness coach, restorative justice facilitator, and New York City high school teacher. She holds BA, BFA, and MFA degrees; and an MS in Education; and is also a certified teacher of the 5Rhythms dance and movement meditation practice, and a graduate of the Mindful Schools teacher training program.
Summary
Teaching Mindfulness to Teens as a Path of Empowerment is a teacher-level perspective on mindfulness instruction with systems-level implications. It lays the groundwork for a thriving, highly engaging, student-centered, antiracist mindfulness classroom that serves every student in realizing their full potential.
