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ou 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 it’s in healthcare, education, counseling, or social services. However, many people lack the resources needed to teach mindfulness well.
In this guide, you’ll 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 mindfulness—no matter what kind of setting you’re in—this book is for you.
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What shines through in this book is Brandsma's personal experience and care for others. This is not a dry and heady book: Brandsma sounds very kind and encouraging with just enough examples to feel better prepared after reading his words. Brandsma refers to this as 'heartfulness' as being the key element in teaching mindfulness and it shows in his work.
His chapter on 'What the Teacher Brings to the Training' should be required reading for all meditation instructors, new or experienced. The balance between being competent in techniques yet open and willing is a tricky thing to work with and it causes worry in many a new teacher. He compares being a mindfulness teacher to mastering music. One needs basic skill in order to use the instrument but it takes practice and allowing the music to come out that creates the art.
Highly recommended!