Introducing Mindfulness-Based Wellbeing Enhancement: Cultural Adaptation and an 8-week Path to Wellbeing and Happiness

Cover
Endorsements
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Part I
	1 Foundations of Mindfulness
		1 Defining Mindfulness
		2 Mechanisms of Mindfulness
		3 Pedagogy of Mindfulness
		4 Are Mindfulness and Meditation the Same?
		5 Distinguishing Features of Mindfulness Meditation
		6 Secular Mindfulness and Its Appeal
		7 Difference between Secular and Religious Mindfulness
		8 State and Trait Mindfulness
	2 Mindfulness and Wellbeing
		1 Positive Psychology and Wellbeing
		2 Limitations of Wellbeing Interventions and the Mindfulness Response
		3 The Happiness Experience
		4 The Happiness Paradigm
		5 Insights into Wellbeing and Happiness
		6 Mindfulness and Happiness Myths
		7 Socially Engaged Mindfulness or Social Mindfulness
	3 The Mindfulness-Based Wellbeing Enhancement (MBWE) Curriculum
		1 Defining a Mindfulness-Based Program (MBP)
		2 Two Types of MBPs: Restorative and Appreciative
		3 The Mindfulness-Based Wellbeing Enhancement (MBWE)
		4 Distinctive Features of MBWE
		5 MBWE Teacher Competencies
		6 Preparing for the MBWE Sessions
		7 The MBWE Session Plans
		8 Program Adaptations for One-on-One MBWE
		9 Teaching the MBWE Online
	4 Facilitating the MBWE Program
		1 Facilitating Mindfulness Practices
		2 Inquiry
		3 Didactic Components
		4 Competencies and Attitude of a Mindfulness Teacher
		5 Tools for a Mindfulness Teacher
		6 Postures for Mindfulness Practices
		7 Mindfulness Practices
		8 Metaphors
		9 Poems
		10 Exercises
	5 Inquiry and the Generation of Insights
		1 Knowledge
		2 Attitude
		3 Skills
Part II
	6 Enhancing Group Learning in Mindfulness-Based Programs
		1 The Group
		2 Pros and Cons of Group Learning
		3 Group Typology
		4 Group Developmental Stages
		5 Group Leadership Style and Embodiment  of the Teacher
		6 Therapeutic Factors of MBPs
		7 Working with a Group
		8 Exceptions to Group Settings
	7 Cultural Adaptations
		1 Culture
		2 Original Cultures of the MBPs
		3 Considerations for Adaptation
		4 Hofstede’s Six Dimensions of Culture
		5 Cross-Cultural Sensitivity
	8 Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Programs
		1 Effectiveness of MBPs
		2 Outcomes and Evidence
		3 Measuring Mindfulness
		4 The Brain and Mindfulness
		5 Adverse Effects of Mindfulness
		6 Popular Criticisms of MBPs
		7 Ethics of Teaching Mindfulness
	9 The Untold History of Mindfulness
		1 Mindfulness in Indic Religions
		2 Meditation and Mindfulness in the Abrahamic Religions
		3 Roots of Secular Mindfulness
		4 The Lineage of Kabat-Zinn
		5 The Myth of Buddhist Origin
Appendices
	Appendix 1: Intake Process
	Appendix 2: Scripts for Moving into Specific Postures
	Appendix 3: Scripts for Formal Mindfulness Practices
	Appendix 4: Scripts for Informal Mindfulness Practices
	Appendix 5: Metaphors, Visual Illusions, and Stories
	Appendix 6: Poems
	Appendix 7: Exercises
Index