Tag: Mindfulness

Mindfulness and Critical Friendship A New Perspective on Professional Development for Educators


Free Download Karen Ragoonaden, "Mindfulness and Critical Friendship: A New Perspective on Professional Development for Educators"
English | ISBN: 1498529577 | 2016 | 150 pages | EPUB | 1397 KB
Mindfulness and Critical Friendship: A New Perspective on Professional Development for Educators assembles an international community of scholar-practitioners from multiple disciplines who utilize different methodologies and ideological perspectives to reflect on and interrogate contexts that situate mindfulness and critical friendship as constructs which support professional development for educators. Mindfulness and critical friendship connect critically and creatively like-minded colleagues and enable the facilitation and promotion of transformative pedagogy and practice. Supported by a robust set of evidence-based research, the contributors to this collection consider the ways in which educators can develop habits of mind and courses of action which will support them as they cultivate their ability to thrive and cope with the modern demands of their personal and professional lives. This edited collection is recommended for educators of all disciplines and for scholars of education, social science, and psychology.

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MINDFlow, the Path to Mindfulness-in-flow in Relationships, Work and Home Life


Free Download Ron Cacioppe, "MINDFlow, the Path to Mindfulness-in-flow in Relationships, Work and Home Life"
English | ISBN: 1527529398 | 2019 | 420 pages | PDF | 11 MB
This innovative book combines two very special states of awarenessmindfulness and flowinto a new and unique state called mindflow. The practice of mindflow leads to a stress-free, healthy, fulfilling and effective life in todays complex and challenging environment. It brings together current understanding and research of mindfulness and flow with ancient practices of meditation and mindfulness, to describe the extra-ordinary state of mindfulness-in-flow. It is both a how-to-do and a how-to-be book. It considers the states and practices of mindfulness, meditation and flow, and a process that leads to the experience of mindfulness-in-flow, where a person completely engages in an activity, yet is mindful and aware of the surrounding environment. Mindflow leads to positive outcomes in daily life, relationships, work, and for the world. Over 50 practical techniques and applications are described here so the reader can experience mindflow in every part of life.

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Unshakeable Trauma-Informed Mindfulness for Collective Awakening


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English | 2023 | ISBN: 1952692571 | 333 Pages | EPUB | 6 MB
With three decades working in marginalized communities in the US, Israel, and the West Bank, mindfulness teacher and psychotherapist Jo-ann Rosen offers a wealth of wisdom and gentle humor in supporting people to access their inner strength and stability-even amidst outer chaos and catastrophe. Rosen draws on the example and practices of her teacher, the peace activist and Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, who founded Plum Village mindfulness practice centers worldwide as places of healing and restoration, to show how meditation can aid collective awakening.

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7 Treasures of Awakening The Benefits of Mindfulness


Free Download Joseph Goldstein, "7 Treasures of Awakening: The Benefits of Mindfulness"
English | 2014 | pages: 57 | ASIN: B00KC5CQAK | EPUB | 2,5 mb
Among the Buddha’s many teachings, his instruction on the Seven Factors of Awakening stands alone for the cumulative benefits it makes available to us. When we are firmly established in mindfulness, the Buddha explained, these seven "treasures" serve to steer the mind away from delusion and the causes of suffering, guiding us to the realization of freedom. In 7 Treasures of Awakening, Insight Meditation Society cofounder Joseph Goldstein reveals how each one of these qualities of enlightenment sequentially develop and support each other as our practice of mindfulness matures.

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