| Description |
1 online resource (169 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Meet the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Allow Me to Dispel Five Misconceptions about Meditation -- Whom Is This Book For? -- What Kind of Book Is This? -- What Kind of Book Is This Not? -- How This Book is Arranged -- Part I: Understanding Meditation and Its Benefits -- Chapter 1: What Is Meditation and Mindfulness? -- What's the Difference Between Meditation and Mindfulness? -- The Informal and Formal Sides of Mindfulness -- A Closer Look at Meditation |
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There Are Many Paths Up the Mountain -- The Fallacy of the New Age Label -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Why Should We Care about the Well-Being of Teachers? -- A New Beginning -- The Significance of Teachers -- Teaching and the Ego -- How Can Meditation Help? -- A Matter of Urgency -- Teacher Burnout and Attrition -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Effects of Meditation on the Body and Mind -- Effects of Meditation on Physical Health and Well-Being -- Effects of Meditation on the Brain and Mind -- Long-Term Effects of Meditation on Health and Aging -- Long-Term Effects of Meditation on the Brain and Mind |
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Long-Term Meditation and Higher Levels of Being/Awareness -- Creativity Linked to Meditation -- Synchronicity Linked to Meditation -- Bottom Line -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The Effects of Meditation on Teachers -- "Leave Me Alone and Just Let Me Teach" -- The Link Between Meditation and Self-Actualization in Teachers -- What Other Research Has Discovered about Meditation and Teachers -- Meditation and Student Teaching -- Bottom Line -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Critiques and Caveats about Meditation and Mindfulness -- Simple Yet Complex -- Critiques and Caveats of Meditation |
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Sorry, There's No Rubric for Assessing Your Meditation Experience -- Notes -- Part II: Stories from My Career and How Meditation Played a Vital Role -- Chapter 6: The Transformation of an Introvert: How Meditation Calmed My Anxiety and Helped Me to Blossom -- Elementary Introvert -- Faking It until I Made It in Middle School and High School -- Centering Myself in College -- The Power of Stories -- What Is the Purpose of Literature? -- A Word about the Stories -- How the Vignettes Connect to the Research -- A Brief Explanation of My Meditation Technique -- Note |
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Chapter 7: The Early Years of Teaching -- A Rough Start -- Epic Fail -- How Meditation Helped -- Chapter 8: From Fear to Love: More Stories from the Early Years -- The Grandmother Approach -- One of My Greatest Teachers -- How Meditation Helped -- Note -- Chapter 9: Surviving a Toxic Workplace: How Meditation Shielded Me from the Negative Effects of Co-Worker Tensions -- The Snake Pit -- A Promotion -- How Meditation Helped and Didn't Help -- Chapter 10: Synchronicity -- The Bumpy Road that Turned into a Clear Path -- A Synchronistic Connection -- How Meditation Helped -- Notes |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Chapter 11: Training for the Worst |
| Subject |
Mind and body.
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Stress management.
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Meditation.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781003833529 |
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1003833527 |
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