Mindfulness for Educators

Catalog description

This interactive course introduces the field of mindfulness, its concepts, and practices. This course examines techniques that will benefit the development of a personal mindfulness practice to promote physical, mental, and emotional well-being that future educators can implement in educational settings. The class will begin with developing a beginner practice to reduce stress and anxiety, lessening the feeling of being overwhelmed, and specific techniques to work through difficult thoughts and emotions. The course will also include readings, discussion, and research on the power of focused attention, developing compassion, and acceptance for self and others.