Using Mindfulness to Improve Learning ; 40 Meditation Exercises for School and Home

Cover
Endorsements
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Part one
	Introductory word for teachers
	How to use this book and what is inside
	What happened first?
	How I got to do this
	Why I wrote this book
	Young people and their self- and spiritual development
	Happiness in schools
	Why should they do ‘nothing’?
	Who is responsible? The role of beauty and positive narrative in young people’s development
	A short word about emotions
	Why is calling it emotional health better than mental health?
	What do students want in the 21st century?
	Behaviour in the classroom and wellbeing of students
	‘Good girl,’ ‘bad boy’ myths and other traps in education
	What about teachers?
	Can a stressed-out teacher spread happiness?
	About mindfulness
		What mindfulness is and what it isn’t – demystifying modern misconceptions
	About grounding – the magic ingredient for mindful life and experience of reality
		What is grounding?
	Why teachers need to have those tools
	A few words for parents
		Gratitude exercise
		Mindfulness, meditation and grounding at home and school
	What do students say?
	Why should we teach mindfulness meditation and grounding in school?
	How can teachers use this book for any subject and any occasion?
	Learning and mindfulness meditation and grounding
	Wellbeing pastoral care and grounding meditation
	Community, team building and grounding meditation
	Self-development and grounding meditation
	Reflection time and grounding meditation
	Academic content and grounding meditation
	Art and grounding meditation
	Music and grounding meditation
	Drama and grounding for mindfulness technique – the perfect match
	Spiritual and moral education and grounding meditation for reflection, empathy and deep understanding
	Relevance of Religious and Moral (Spiritual) Education lessons in pupils’ minds and grounding meditation
	Philosophy and ethics and grounding meditation
	Sport and grounding meditation technique
	Personal, social, health education and grounding meditation
	Science and grounding meditation
	Maths and grounding meditation
	Design and technology, fashion, robotics and engineering (STEM) and grounding meditation
	Computing (STEM) and grounding meditation
	Ecology, climate change, environmental issues and grounding meditation
	Behaviour management and useful grounding meditation tools
	Special education needs and mindfulness meditation and grounding – does it help?
Part two
	Mindfulness meditation in the classroom and logistics of implementation: group sizes, space, times to use it, length of exercises, space, environmental sounds, background music, safety and age of students
		Instructions for teachers
		When do I do this?
		Age groups
		How long does it take?
		How slow or fast do I read this?
		Group sizes and space choice
		Space quality
		Environmental sounds
		Background music
		Safety
		Does this always work?
		What is the ‘Grounding Check Exercise’?
		Big questions
		Spiritual development or self-development?
		Thinking outside of the box
		What does ** in the title mean?
	Instructions and meditations
		What is in the practical part and how to use it
	Practical exercises
	Grounding for a classroom
		Main meditation chapter
		Basic Grounding for Mindfulness Technique (GfMT)
		Setting
	Grounding for Mindfulness Technique (GfMT)
	Meditations for positive self-programming**
		‘Myself and my inner space – what is in my head?’ grounding meditation
		Links
		‘Where is my power? Make my power tool’ grounding meditation**
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		‘What am I grateful for?’ grounding meditation
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		‘What do I look forward to?’ reflective grounding meditation **mindfulness exercise – my reflections **
		‘I am creative’ grounding meditation
		‘I am organised’ grounding meditation
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		‘I am good at leading – leader within’ grounding meditation
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		‘I correct myself’ grounding meditation**
		‘I help others and accept help from others’ grounding meditation, cooperation exercise
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		‘My tree’ grounding meditation
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		‘My power symbol’ grounding meditation
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		‘I swallow my free, true self’ grounding meditation
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		‘Arty’ grounding meditation
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		‘I can achieve’ motivation and strength grounding meditation
		‘I am strong’ sporty grounding exercise
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		‘I work well with others,’ team building grounding exercise
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		‘We are champions’ grounding meditation
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		‘I cooperate, I teach and learn from others’ grounding meditation
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		‘I can chose the right response and have the power to affect my life’ grounding meditation
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		‘I expand the circle of people I talk to’ grounding meditation
		‘Gratitude and my life’ grounding meditation**
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		‘All the amazing opportunities in my life’ grounding meditation**
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		‘Body, mind and environment, I am part of Nature’ grounding meditation
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		‘Love’ grounding meditation** for enrichment of inner beauty in education**
		‘I calm myself’ grounding meditation**
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		‘I accept help’ grounding meditation
		‘I accept change’ fluidity grounding meditation
		‘I am a miracle, therefore I can create anything and achieve anything’ grounding meditation
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		‘Many sides of me’ grounding meditation
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		‘Body, mind and environment, I am part of my universe’ grounding meditation
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		‘Many ways of giving’ grounding meditation
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		‘Animal world and I’ grounding meditation
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		‘How do I feel about the creative universe I am part of?’ grounding meditation
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		‘I am strong, I develop new strengths from my limitations’ grounding meditation
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		‘My personal power – what decisions do I make which influence others?’ grounding meditation
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		‘I only ever compete with my best self’ grounding meditation
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		‘I have a great support structure’ grounding meditation
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		‘Clear my thoughts’ grounding meditation**
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		The ‘Grounding Check Exercise’ 5-minute exercise for school and home
Literature and training contact
	Three electronic meditations for teachers (only)
	Teacher feedback
	CPD training, research and invitation for collaboration
		CPD Training in Grounding for Mindfulness Technique (GfMT)
		CPD for others working with young people
		Research in schools - Bring it to your school
		Get involved – Wellbeing in Schools Project
	In their own words
		Quotes form young people after doing Grounding for Mindfulness Technique (GfMT)
	Music
	Bibliography