Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) In Education
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My topic for the group will be Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in education. I personally believe that everyone can benefit from the learnings of mindfulness; However, my focus will be on the education setting for this group. Although mindfulness has been an ideal followed by many for a long time, the idea of integrating it to an education environment is recent (focusing within the last 20 years has been what I’ve found). The target audience can be adults (to pass onto their children as educators), children, college students of any age, and/or educators/teachers/instructors (doesn’t matter the age and/or demographic they teach). The key focus will be using the practice to reduce overall stress in an environment of high …show more content…
The study was “refined over the course of 11 years of clinical practice”. The focus is to aid a family in all stages of pregnancy (including childbirth) and the early stages of parenting. The reported results are reduced levels of psychological and physiological symptoms. “Maternal stress is linked with adverse birth outcomes.” There were also decreased levels of postpartum depression. The early years of parenting are important for the child and for the parents; the child is very responsive to parental stress levels. The MBCP was lead multiple times a month and in many ways. A few examples of this are a formal mindful meditation session, a retreat for a weekend, and formal classes for both parents to attend. The purpose of this study in the post-natal stage is to “live with awareness, kindness, connectedness, and …show more content…
The focus of this research is an introduction to teaching mindfulness courses in a higher education setting. It tackles the diversity and the history of mindfulness in higher education. The history starts in the 1890 and goes to the present. There are specific examples from major universities, such as Brown University. It gives lesson plans and course expectations. There is also a portion that challenges the fallacies that may come up while teaching mindfulness in a higher education setting. Finally, it brings neuroscience into the research.
The value is this resource is great because you get some real-life stories from real professors teaching mindfulness in a college setting. There are multiple examples from across the world. There are multiple book resources used as reference materials, as well. The source seems unbiased and fact based. Bush is also the co-founder of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, so she has studied mindfulness a great deal. She touches on the biological response for mindful
My topic for the group will be Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in education. I personally believe that everyone can benefit from the learnings of mindfulness; However, my focus will be on the education setting for this group. Although mindfulness has been an ideal followed by many for a long time, the idea of integrating it to an education environment is recent (focusing within the last 20 years has been what I’ve found). The target audience can be adults (to pass onto their children as educators), children, college students of any age, and/or educators/teachers/instructors (doesn’t matter the age and/or demographic they teach). The key focus will be using the practice to reduce overall stress in an environment of high …show more content…
The study was “refined over the course of 11 years of clinical practice”. The focus is to aid a family in all stages of pregnancy (including childbirth) and the early stages of parenting. The reported results are reduced levels of psychological and physiological symptoms. “Maternal stress is linked with adverse birth outcomes.” There were also decreased levels of postpartum depression. The early years of parenting are important for the child and for the parents; the child is very responsive to parental stress levels. The MBCP was lead multiple times a month and in many ways. A few examples of this are a formal mindful meditation session, a retreat for a weekend, and formal classes for both parents to attend. The purpose of this study in the post-natal stage is to “live with awareness, kindness, connectedness, and …show more content…
The focus of this research is an introduction to teaching mindfulness courses in a higher education setting. It tackles the diversity and the history of mindfulness in higher education. The history starts in the 1890 and goes to the present. There are specific examples from major universities, such as Brown University. It gives lesson plans and course expectations. There is also a portion that challenges the fallacies that may come up while teaching mindfulness in a higher education setting. Finally, it brings neuroscience into the research.
The value is this resource is great because you get some real-life stories from real professors teaching mindfulness in a college setting. There are multiple examples from across the world. There are multiple book resources used as reference materials, as well. The source seems unbiased and fact based. Bush is also the co-founder of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, so she has studied mindfulness a great deal. She touches on the biological response for mindful