Deborah Schoeberlein David, MEd, has more than twenty-five years' experience teaching youth and adults, developing interactive curriculum, training teachers, providing parent education seminars and implementing sensitive programming, both in K-12 and professional settings. She is the author of Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness: A Guide for Anyone Who Teaches Anything.
Suki Sheth, PhD, received her doctorate from Columbia University in 1999. While pursuing her studies, she worked as a teaching assistant with undergraduate and graduate school students. Since returning to her home in Mumbai, India, Suki has tutored teenagers in physics and math. In her spare time, she takes adult education classes in philosophy and hikes in the Himalayas, exploring the mountains of India, Nepal, and Tibet.
"A gift for educators, helpful in any classroom, for any teacher
and with every student."--Goldie Hawn, children's advocate and
founder of the Hawn Foundation
"A rich resource for teachers, school counselors, and faculty
involved in preparing the next generation of educators. I can't
wait to share this book with my colleagues and students."--Susan
Theberge, Ed.D., professor of education at Keene State College
"A terrific contribution to understanding why mindfulness belongs
in the classroom and a gentle guide on how to weave it into
activities."--Gianni Faedda, M.D., author of Parenting a Bipolar
Child
"A treasure-trove of practical strategies, and an exceptionally
important contribution to the field!"--Richard C. Brown, chair of
the Contemplative Education Department, Naropa University
"A wise and sensible guide, a generous gift to teachers and
students alike."--Ara Guzelimian, provost and dean of The Juilliard
School
"Education is an area that has been crying out for mindfulness.
Schoeberlein's book makes a helpful contribution to a growing body
of literature and curricula on how to bring secular contemplative
practices, including cultivating kindness, into school systems.
It's replete with techniques to help teachers ground themselves
amid the chaos and tension of the classroom, and related techniques
that teachers can use to guide students--helping them enjoy being
at school, learn better, and get along well with others."--
"Shambhala Sun"
"Many teachers often sense there is a mysterious element to their
teaching, something that impacted their effectiveness even more
than the material they were offering. This book reveals that
element, and offers many specific ways to cultivate, harness, and
incorporate it. A must-read for those interested in the potential
of education."--Soren Gordhamer, author of Wisdom 2.0
"Offers hands-on tools, exercises, and insights tempered by the
voice of experience that help to build relationships with students
and engage them in learning, and that will renew teachers' own
energy, passion, and commitment."--Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, vice
president of the Search Institute
"Reflection can become the new basic "R" of education, promoting
social and emotional learning while cultivating resilience and
resourcefulness in students of all ages. In this wonderful book,
the authors have provided a user-friendly guide to developing a
teacher's own way of reflecting on the nature of the mind and on
becoming open to present experience--of being "mindful"--that can
help develop reflection as a way of living and of teaching.
Consider this book an invitation to try on a research-proven focus
of attention that nurtures emotional balance, promotes bodily
health, supports empathic relationships, and even strengthens the
brain. What more could we ask for ourselves as teachers and for our
students who deserve to be taught in a way the prepares them for
life from the inside out?"--Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. author,
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation &The
Mindful Brain: Reflection & Attunement in the Cultivation of
Well-Being
"This timely volume brings the teaching of mindfulness from the
sphere of spiritual traditions into the purview of general
education. Devoid of jargon and deeply enriching to students and
teachers alike, this contemplative approach promotes new skills
that lead to gaining focus, balance, and enjoyment."--Dalia
Judovitz, Ph.D., Contemplative Practice Fellow and NEH Professor at
Emory University
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