Mindfulness for Students
Embracing Now, Looking to the Future
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Publisher Description
Life can be tough. With so many decisions to make at such a critical time, it’s easy to feel weighed down. What’s more, there is the pressure to gain good grades, to find a good job, to be a good person. Your mind may feel clogged up with no way to filter your circulating thoughts and pressures. From a young age we are taught the significance of a solid education and a fruitful career, yet with such an emphasis on academic and monetary success we often fail to prioritise a healthy mind and body. It is essential to know how to deal with life’s many challenges; Mindfulness for Students will help you.
Through insightful ideas and personal anecdotes, this book will introduce you to the many benefits and applications of mindfulness - from mindful breathing, eating, exercising, sleeping, studying and communicating. There will be opportunities within each chapter to have a go at mindful meditations ranging from three to twenty minutes. There is no right or wrong approach, just what works for you. Mindfulness is a way of being, and this book will help you lay the foundations for a mindful future. Choose to be mindful and live your life in the moment, living fully and wholeheartedly, aware of self and others.
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English secondary school teacher and debate coach Kaufman shares essential stress-reducing tips in her short, instructive debut guide for incorporating mindfulness practices into high school and college classes. Starting with descriptions of hormones and body changes that begin with puberty, Kaufman presents stress as a necessary but avoidable part of growing up. She offers a variety of ways to deal with stress, including breathing exercises, eating a healthy diet, and meditation practice. Throughout, she reminds readers of the deep connection between one's physical and mental well-being ("if you are able to calm your body, you are able to calm your mind") and encourages a regular digital detox in order to concentrate on mindful listening (paying close attention to one's own thoughts). While targeted to students, her simple meditation exercises will be valuable to stressed-out readers of any age. In her conclusion, she advises trying to bring mindfulness practices into daily interactions: "By bringing consciousness to the manner in which we listen, we are able to stay open to the viewpoint of those who are speaking and to recognize personal judgements as they enter our minds." General readers in need of stress relief and teachers interested in the benefits of meditation will find helpful guidance here.
