ABSTRACT

This unique book offers compelling stories to help you encounter life with mindfulness and find new vigor on your teaching path. Author Richard Brady, founder of the Mindfulness in Education Network, shares his experiences in a variety of areas, including motivation, agency and freedom, creativity, nurturing presence and community, and more. Following each story, you’ll find reflections and contemplations that invite connection with your own experiences and ultimately with action. The book can be used by educators of all levels and subject areas, for personal use and for in-service and pre-service education.

part I|34 pages

Catching Fire

chapter |3 pages

Student-Led Learning

chapter |6 pages

Acceptance and Self-Acceptance

chapter |4 pages

What They’re Interested In

chapter |3 pages

Food

chapter |3 pages

Parents

chapter |4 pages

Lighting Fires

chapter |6 pages

Vigor

part II|35 pages

Living Without Boundaries

chapter |5 pages

New Kinds of Teaching

chapter |5 pages

Risk and Safety

chapter |7 pages

Freedom

chapter |5 pages

Learning Together

chapter |3 pages

Alone No Longer

chapter |5 pages

Together We Are One

part III|36 pages

Seeing with the Heart

chapter |6 pages

Beholding

chapter |4 pages

Presence

chapter |2 pages

Stopping

chapter |4 pages

Discovering Myself

chapter |8 pages

Deep Community

chapter |6 pages

Creating Space

part IV|28 pages

Walking My Path

chapter |6 pages

The Conditions Are Perfect

chapter |4 pages

Well-Being and Happiness

chapter |5 pages

Causes and Conditions

chapter |4 pages

Ripening

chapter |3 pages

Time to Say Goodbye

chapter |1 pages

Postscript