Top 9 best meditation education
Finding the best meditation education suitable for your needs isnt easy. With hundreds of choices can distract you. Knowing whats bad and whats good can be something of a minefield. In this article, weve done the hard work for you.
Best meditation education
1. Sitting Together: A Family-Centered Curriculum on Mindfulness, Meditation & Buddhist Teachings
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An all-in-one set to implement a family meditation course, regardless of your tradition or level of experience.This three-volume set provides a complete curriculum for adults and children to learn about mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhist teachings together, either in the home, in partnership with other families, or with a local center.
The Adult Study Guide(280 pages) offers thirty-six lesson plans including meditation practices, homework, readings, and reflection questions for group study.
The Childrens Lesson Plans(296 pages), used in conjunction with theAdult Study Guide, provides step-by-step instructions for teachers on meditation exercises, stories, crafts, songs, and games.
The Activity Book(136 pages) is a perfect companion to enhance the childrens education with over 50 coloring pages, puzzles, and other fun activities.
This comprehensive curriculum for adults and children ages 312 has five units on meditation, kindness, ethics, character, and service. It is perfect for any family, Dharma center, yoga studio, or religious, educational, or community organization that wants to incorporate a mindfulness program for children and their families.
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2. Teaching Transformative Life Skills to Students: A Comprehensive Dynamic Mindfulness Curriculum
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A classroom-ready program of evidence-based lessons in (1) stress resilience, (2) self-awareness, (3) emotion regulation, and (4) healthy relationships.
Transform school and classroom climate, increase teacher sustainability, and build invaluable life skills in students with four ready-to-implement units incorporating mindful movement, yoga postures, breathing techniques, and more. The evidence-based and trauma-informed Transformative Life Skills (TLS) curriculum offers educators 48 scripted, 15-minute lessons designed to require minimal preparation and fit neatly within the busy school days of a single academic semester. Recommended by CASEL, it benefits all five core competencies of Social and Emotional Learning. 280 illustrations3. Teaching Kids Meditation (The Awakened Child Series)
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Meditation is much more than clearning the mind, it can allow clearing of irritability, help with behavioural issues, create calm within children that suffer with anxiety. Meditation can also be used as a healing modality - clearing stagnant energy within the body that is creating illness. This meditation guide is a colourful and easy ' how to' for parents and guardians wishing to help children and also build a deep bond with their child. This guide can also be used for beginner adults and kids alike !4. New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional
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365 Gospel-Centered Devotions for the Whole Year
"If youre prone to wander, this book is for you. Matt and Lauren Chandler, Lead Pastor, The Village Church, Dallas, Texas; President, Acts 29 Church Planting Network; and his wife Lauren, writer; speaker; singer
"Paul's writing encourages those who have grown weary of the struggle, living under the weight of the world." TobyMac, hip hop recording artist; music producer; songwriter
Mornings can be tough. Sometimes, a hearty breakfast and strong cup of coffee just arent enough. Offering more than a rush of caffeine, best-selling author Paul David Tripp wants to energize you with the most potent encouragement imaginable: the gospel.
Forget behavior modification or feel-good aphorisms. Tripp knows that what we really need is an encounter with the living God. Then well be prepared to trust in Gods goodness, rely on his grace, and live for his glory each and every day.
5. Connect The Dots: Strategies and Meditations on Self-education
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Paul Junwas unstimulated by traditional education and was desperately searching for ways to adapt. He began tapping into the resources that are available today while disciplining himself to take control over his education. Over time, he developed new habits that enabled him to turn self-education into a daily practice, all the while putting him on a career path as a writer.Connect The Dotsis a concise manual to help you get started on the path of self-education. The opportunity to learn anything to improve how you lead your life and do your work is more accessible than ever. This book isn't about blaming the education system or pointing out its flaws; it's about developing habits, fostering an intense desire to learn, and realizing that learning how to think, to connect the dots, helps us live greatly.
6. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of todays most pressing issues.Fascinating . . . a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the twenty-first century.Bill Gates,The New York Times Book Review
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES ANDPAMELA PAUL, KQED
How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children?
Yuval Noah Hararis 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into todays most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive.
In twenty-one accessible chapters that are both provocative and profound, Harari builds on the ideas explored in his previous books, untangling political, technological, social, and existential issues and offering advice on how to prepare for a very different future from the world we now live in: How can we retain freedom of choice when Big Data is watching us? What will the future workforce look like, and how should we ready ourselves for it? How should we deal with the threat of terrorism? Why is liberal democracy in crisis?
Hararis unique ability to make sense of where we have come from and where we are going has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. Here he invites us to consider values, meaning, and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty. When we are deluged with irrelevant information, clarity is power. Presenting complex contemporary challenges clearly and accessibly, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is essential reading.
If there were such a thing asa required instruction manual for politicians and thought leaders, Israeli historian Yuval Noah Hararis21 Lessons for the 21st Centurywould deserve serious consideration. In this collection ofprovocativeessays, Harari . . .tackles a daunting array of issues, endeavoring to answer a persistent question: What is happening in the world today, and what is the deep meaning of these events?BookPage(top pick)
7. The Mindfulness Teaching Guide: Essential Skills and Competencies for Teaching Mindfulness-Based Interventions
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You must embody mindfulness in order to teach it. The Mindfulness Teaching Guide offers a thorough and practical guide for mindfulness teachers and professionals, offering a systematic approach to developing the teaching methods, skills, and competencies needed to become a proficient mindfulness teacher.
Mindfulness has captured public attention like never before. From the classroom to the boardroom, everyone is trying to make present moment awareness a part of daily life. Likewise, more and more professionals are adopting mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) in their work, whether its in healthcare, education, counseling, or social services. However, many people lack the resources needed to teach mindfulness well.
In this guide, youll learn the three essential skills of being an effective mindfulness teacher: how to guide mindfulness practice, how to explore mindful inquiry, and how to give didactic presentations. Along with teaching underlying theory, this book also offers practical options, suggestions, examples, and even reminder lists so you can swiftly put what you learn to use. The approach in this book is descriptive instead of prescriptive, offering options instead of instructions to help you develop your own style of teaching.
If you want to improve the way you teach mindfulnessno matter what kind of setting youre inthis book is for you.
8. Trusting God Day by Day: 365 Daily Devotions
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In her dynamic new devotional, TRUSTING GOD DAY BY DAY, international speaker and New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer provides you with powerful "starting points" for every day of the year. Each day's devotion is filled with practical advice and help from Joyce along with life-changing promises from God's Word that you can quickly and easily apply in your own life.The world wants you to place your trust in your circumstances, your success, your talents and the opinions of others. But God's called you to rise above the world, and put your full trust in Him - to believe and apply what He's promised in His Word more than anything else.
Living this way won't just happen - you have to be intentional. But where do you begin? We all need help to make good choices, battle worry, overcome anxiety and keep a positive attitude. Using this devotional, readers will learn to grab hold of life this way, day by day, with trust in God.
9. I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness
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Perfect for the classroom or for bedtime, Susan Verdes gentle, concrete narration and Peter H. Reynoldss expressive watercolor illustrations bring the tenets of mindfulness to a kid-friendly level. Featuring an authors note about the importance of mindfulness and a guided meditation for children, I Am Peace will help readers of all ages feel grounded and restored.
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