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The Path of The Mindful Teacher: How to choose calm over chaos and serenity over stress, one step at a time
The Path of The Mindful Teacher: How to choose calm over chaos and serenity over stress, one step at a time
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In The Path of the Mindful Teacher, Danielle A. Nuhfer introduces educators to a process that will help them positively manage stress, find work-life balance, lessen symptoms of burnout, and increase classroom job satisfaction. Teachers walking this path will be able to determine their own needs and the needs of their students, so they can successfully and sustainably do one of the most important jobs in the world: teaching the future of our planet.
Drawing on Danielle’s experience as a teacher, mindfulness practitioner, and teacher wellness coach, The Path of the Mindful Teacher will:
• Explain the basics of mindfulness and how it can inform teaching practice.
• Illustrate a simple step-by-step path that will help teachers choose calm over chaos and serenity over stress.
• Provide ways to integrate mindfulness practice into the classroom and beyond.
• Offer mindfulness activities that can be adapted to an individual teacher’s needs.
• Present tools to balance the ever-changing landscape of teaching.

Language
English
ISBN
9781914351334
Copyright
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Contents
Dedication
Introduction: What is the Path of the Mindful Teacher?
Our stress is contagious
What do you mean I have a choice?
The First Noble Truth of Teaching
The Second Noble Truth of Teaching
The Third Noble Truth of Teaching
The Fourth Noble Truth of Teaching
A note on the Serenity Prayer
What is the Path of the Mindful Teacher?
Part I. The teacher’s mind
Part II. The teacher’s classroom
Part III. The teacher’s life
Part IV. The teacher’s vision
Questions to ponder on the path
Step into action
Supplemental resources
Part I. The teacher’s mind
Chapter 1. Leave the teacher’s mind, find the beginner’s mind
Chapter objectives
Acknowledge where you are
It’s time to get honest
Ready for change
Questions to ponder on the path
Step into action
Featured five-minute practice: Breath/Sound Awareness
Supplemental resources
Chapter 2. Remember it’s self-care, not selfish
Chapter objectives
Mindfulness basics
Practice option #1: everyday activities
Practice option #2: personal mindfulness practice
Practice option #3: school and classroom moments
Practice option #4: deliberate self-care
Putting the practices together
This still feels selfish…
Questions to ponder on the path
Step into action
Featured five-minute practice: Body Scan
Supplemental resources
Part II.The teacher’s classroom
Chapter 3. Respond rather than react
Chapter objectives
Learning to respond
What are sensations, thoughts, feelings, and emotions?
What does it mean to respond rather than react?
A note about ‘negative’ vs ‘positive’ experiences
Tying it all together
Questions to ponder on the path
Step into action
Featured five-minute practice: Working with Thoughts
Supplemental resources
Chapter 4. Identify scripts and blind spots
Chapter objectives
What are scripts?
What are blind spots?
Can scripts and blind spots be helpful?
How can I flip my scripts?
Can mindfulness practice help us flip our scripts?
Tips for identifying/working with scripts
Scripts about yourself
Will this step be worth it?
Questions to ponder on the path
Step into action
Featured five-minute practice: RAINN
Supplemental resources
Chapter 5. Create a safe ‘container’
Chapter objectives
What is a safe classroom container?
How to build a safe classroom container
Establishing rules and procedures
CALM classroom framework
Building relationships in your classroom
How can mindfulness help in building a container?
Questions to ponder on the path
Step into action
Featured five-minute practice: Listen For What Matters, aka Eavesdropping Practice
Supplemental resources
Part III.The teacher’s life
Chapter 6. Learn your strengths
Chapter objectives
What does this have to do with the Path of the Mindful Teacher?
A note on the dark side of our strengths
Strengths tests to get you started
Reverse-engineer your strengths
Questions to ponder on the path
Step into action
Featured five-minute practice: Obstacles as Opportunities
Supplemental resources
Chapter 7. Find mindful moments in busy days
Chapter objectives
Why find mindful moments?
Debunking the myth of ‘no time’
Make a commitment to yourself
The myth of multitasking
Time-saving techniques
Creating meaningful mindful moments
A note on habit formation
Creating a SMART goal
Questions to ponder on the path
Step into action
Featured five-minute practice: Rocking Chair Test
Supplemental resources
Chapter 8. Discover the power of positivity
Chapter objectives
Positivity is not Pollyannaish
Life just happens
Positive emotions build resilience
How to practice positivity
Final words on the power of positivity
Questions to ponder on the path
Step into action
Featured five-minute practice: Heartfulness Practice
Supplemental resources
Part IV.The teacher’s vision
Chapter 9. Reflect with self-compassion
Chapter objectives
Why doesn’t the critical voice just go away?
What is self-compassion?
Take a self-compassion break
What is reflective practice?
What is reflective self-compassion in the classroom?
The importance of building a community
Questions to ponder on the path
Step into action
Featured five-minute practice: Mindful Self-Compassion
Supplemental resources
Chapter 10. Continue along the path
Chapter objectives
So what’s next?
Some parting words
Questions to ponder on the path
Step into action
Featured five-minute practice: Mountain Meditation
Supplemental resources
Further reading
Mindfulness in education
Strengths
Mindfulness
Building habits
Positivity/happiness
Acknowledgments
About the author
Extended description for image on p. 13

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