Mindful Awareness Techniques
What is Mindfulness?
"Mindfulness is paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally." -- Jon Kabat Zinn
"Bringing awareness to one’s experience-mindfulness can be applied to our senses, thoughts, and emotions by using sustained attention and noticing our experience without over-identifying" --MIndfulschools.org, 2016
“Noticing what’s happening right now.” student definition
Resources
Mandala to Color
Videos
Room to Breathe
Dr. Dan Siegel - Mindfulness and the Brain
Apps
Insight timer
Headspace
Calm - Meditate, Sleep, Relax
Calm
Stop, Breathe & Think
OMG, I can meditate!
Buddhify
Sounds True
Websites
Mindful
Susan Kaiser Greenland
Rick Hanson
University of MN Center for Spirituality and Healing
University of WI-Madison Center for Healthy Minds
Books for Adults
"Personal Development before Professional Development. Adults need stress relief, well-being, focused attention, and the other benefits of mindfulness as much or more than students do. So when we integrate mindfulness into a school, we begin with the adults.", Daniel Rechtschaffen
Mindfulness, An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams and Danny Penman, Forward by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness for Teachers, Simple Skills for Peace and Productivity in the Classroom by Patricia A. Jennings, 2015
The Way of Mindful Education: Cultivating Well-Being in Teachers and Students by Daniel Rechtschaffen, Forward by Jon Kabat-Zinn, 2014
Happy Teachers Change the World by Thich That Hahn and Katherine Weare
Books for Children
Peaceful Piggy Meditation by Kerry Lee Maclean
What Does It Mean To Be Present? by Rana DiOrio
Take the Time: Mindfulness for Kids by Maud Roegiers
Silence by Lemniscates
Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents) by Eline Snel
Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth
Anh's Anger by Gail Silver Visiting Feelings by Lauren Rubenstein
Good Morning Yoga by Mariam Gates
I am Yoga by Susan Verdes
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain Stretch It, Shape It by JoAnn Deak, Ph.D.
Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda by Lauren Alderfer
Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children by Thich Nhat Hanh (The Movie Link)
A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles by Thich Nhat Hanh
Mandala to Color
Videos
Room to Breathe
Dr. Dan Siegel - Mindfulness and the Brain
Apps
Insight timer
Headspace
Calm - Meditate, Sleep, Relax
Calm
Stop, Breathe & Think
OMG, I can meditate!
Buddhify
Sounds True
Websites
Mindful
Susan Kaiser Greenland
Rick Hanson
University of MN Center for Spirituality and Healing
University of WI-Madison Center for Healthy Minds
Books for Adults
"Personal Development before Professional Development. Adults need stress relief, well-being, focused attention, and the other benefits of mindfulness as much or more than students do. So when we integrate mindfulness into a school, we begin with the adults.", Daniel Rechtschaffen
Mindfulness, An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams and Danny Penman, Forward by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness for Teachers, Simple Skills for Peace and Productivity in the Classroom by Patricia A. Jennings, 2015
The Way of Mindful Education: Cultivating Well-Being in Teachers and Students by Daniel Rechtschaffen, Forward by Jon Kabat-Zinn, 2014
Happy Teachers Change the World by Thich That Hahn and Katherine Weare
Books for Children
Peaceful Piggy Meditation by Kerry Lee Maclean
What Does It Mean To Be Present? by Rana DiOrio
Take the Time: Mindfulness for Kids by Maud Roegiers
Silence by Lemniscates
Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents) by Eline Snel
Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth
Anh's Anger by Gail Silver Visiting Feelings by Lauren Rubenstein
Good Morning Yoga by Mariam Gates
I am Yoga by Susan Verdes
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain Stretch It, Shape It by JoAnn Deak, Ph.D.
Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda by Lauren Alderfer
Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children by Thich Nhat Hanh (The Movie Link)
A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles by Thich Nhat Hanh
