Transformative Mindfulness in Education

Learn how to support your wellness while you're engaging in social justice change work in schools and classrooms. Mindfulness practices support our well-being and our capacity to navigate the challenges that are common when trying to support change. Throughout the book, you will find mindfulness practices to build self-awareness and guidance to identify injustices within your setting. You'll also gain strategies for building collaborative teams and groups through generative conflict, developing community agreements, and learning how to repair so that change can be sustained. Bonus: Audio recordings of some of the guided practices are available on the book's product page on Routledge.com to support your experience.

Rhiannon Kim, Ed.D., CGS-RBA, M.S. CCC-SLP, E-RYT 200, RYT 500, has worked within the public education system in various roles for 18 years. She has taught graduate-level courses to future educators and current educators as an adjunct lecturer and has facilitated professional development centered on mindfulness, implicit bias, trauma and trauma-informed practices, and anti-oppressive practices with educators, future educators, and mental health service providers for over 11 years. She has taught meditation and yoga for nearly 15 years, and her methods are rooted in anti-oppressive and healing-centered practices.

Introduction 1. Mindfulness: Learning to Be in the Moment 2. Applied and Relational Mindfulness Practices 3. Beginning to Explore Our Emotional Landscape 4. Exploring Social Identities 5. Identifying Our Values 6. Are We Well? 7. Reflecting on Power in the System 8. Identifying Bias in Our Schools 9. The Impact of Biased Perceptions of Emotions 10. Addressing Control in Schools 11. Creating a Culture to Engage in Collaborative Changework 12. Engaging in Generative Conflict 13. Relational Repair Work 14. We Are the Changemakers Appendix: Notes on Introducing Mindfulness to Others