Product Details

• Age Range: 5 – 12 years
• Grade Level: Kindergarten – 5
• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Instant Help; 1 edition (March 1, 2016)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1626254648
• ISBN-13: 978-1626254640
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 0.3 x 8.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces

Review Given the landscape of today™s teen™s mental and physical healthdifficulties, the earlier you can plant the seeds of mindfulness the strongerthe roots become and the sprouts more prodigious. After working with thousandsof teens in education and therapy, I believe that if they had been offeredthese skills earlier, they would have fared better and had stronger roots fromwhich to approach and manage the landscape of today™s adolescent. Master ofMindfulness gets it! It gets that these skills know no age boundaries, classboundaries, or race boundaries. Mindfulness helps children to fare well inthis growing, fast-paced, and technologically stimulated lifescape that wecall the 21st century. Bravo Grossman, Alvarez, Musumeci, and most prominentlythe 5th grade children!, ”Gina M. Biegel, MA, LMFT, researcher, author of TheStress Reduction Workbook for Teens, founder of the Mindfulness-Based StressReduction Program for Teens (MBSR-T) and Stressed Teens programMaster ofMindfulness brings such joy to the reader”students, teachers, parents”byshowing us the power of mindfulness to help young people cope with their ownthoughts, their peers, their world”more resiliently, more authentically, morecreatively. These mindfulness-based tools mature students™ capacities toskillfully navigate their increasingly complex world as adults. A true gift.,??Linda Graham, MFT, psychotherapist and author of Bouncing BackSafety is anembodied place that lives inside our physical self. Learning to experiencesafety is the first step in healing the behavioral and emotional effects oftrauma and profoundly overwhelming life experiences. If we want to teach kidshow to take charge of their lives, how to make wise choices, how to beempowered to realize their dreams, we first need to teach them how to feelsafe. The transformative practice that the teachers and students describe inMaster of Mindfulness is the cornerstone of building an internal safe place.Give a copy of this book to every kid you know!” ”Marjorie Chaset,LMFTImagine being able to feel clear and calm, even when things get tough.That™s what this wonderful book can teach you right now”how to become a Masterof Mindfulness! Kids, teens, and even adults can all strengthen their minds bylearning how to focus attention in an open way on what is happening right now.Get ready and enjoy!, ”Daniel J. Siegel, MD, author of Brainstorm, andclinical professor at the University of California, Los Angeles School ofMedicineSlowly but surely, a quiet revolution is taking place across thecounty. More and more folks are turning to the practice of mindfulness to copewith the stresses of modern life. Time and time again we™ve seen mindfulnessdeployed with great success in boardrooms, hospitals, and classrooms. But, asthis book illustrates, mindfulness isn™t just for the adults”students too, nomatter the age, can benefit greatly from it. This proven practice can help ourkids face a world of challenges with clarity and focus. The more our studentsknow the ins and outs of how their own minds work, the better prepared they™llbe to lead a fulfilling and productive life. I am extremely heartened to seeMr. Musumeci™s fifth-grade class taking on this project., ”Tim Ryan, USrepresentative, Ohio, and author of A Mindful NationAs a leader in a largeurban district, I have seen firsthand the positive impact of students havingmindfulness experiences throughout the day. I have witnessed students, afterlearning the tools of mindfulness, stop themselves in a moment of stress, andpractice breathing and visualizing with great success. This book, Master ofMindfulness, written by students for students, helps children understand howto use the tools of mindfulness on a daily basis. I highly recommend investingin this practice each and every day with our students so that they can beresilient and successful in life., ”Sara Stone, Network 1 deputysuperintendent, Oakland Unified School DistrictThe latest research ineducation and youth development talks a lot about the importance of characterbuilding, grit, social-emotional learning, non-cognitive skills, etc., toprepare young people for success in school, work, and life. This researchnames important skills such as awareness of one™s feelings, empathy, and theability to control one™s behavior. But how do you promote these skills? In ourwork supporting the quality of expanded learning programs, there is no betterpractice than teaching young people the skills of mindfulness. We believe thatthis is an important book to build awareness about the power of mindfulnessprograms for schools and youth program leaders., ”Sam Piha, LCSW, founder andcodirector of Temescal Associates and the Learning in Afterschool & SummerProjectMaster of Mindfulness is a child-centric and beginner™s introductionto the practice of mindfulness. Written by fifth graders with a little helpfrom their mindful adult friends, Master of Mindfulness links a child’s needto be mindful with practical applications for how a mindfulness practice mightbe used in the daily life of a child. How can mindfulness help in dealing withthe powerful emotions that can sometimes overwhelm children? How canmindfulness help a young athlete or musician? How can mindfulness help a childdeal with a sibling during a disagreement? And more. Full of funnyillustrations and photos of children, this book would be helpful to any adultor teacher hoping to introduce mindfulness to children in a language that theyunderstand and can use., ”Scott Duyan, head of school, Presidio Hill School,San Francisco, CAThis wonderful book is full of mindful wisdom taught fromstudents who have used these profound practices themselves and are nowteaching others. These simple and profound lessons will help youth to findbalance, happiness, and lifelong mindfulness tools., ”Daniel Rechtschaffen,author of The Way of Mindful Education and The Mindful Education WorkbookAdelightful and masterful way to meet kids where they are when it comes tomindfulness. This is a book that truly honors ˜inner wisdom™ in a profound wayby trusting that those who practice mindfulness (whether they are kids oradults) know the topic best. Using the defining theme of being our own˜mindfulness superhero,™ Grossman, Alvarez, and the fifth graders in Mr.Musumeci™s class have created an engaging and enlightening resource foreveryone. I™m going to start calling on my own shark fin regularly from nowon!, ”Steven D. Hickman, PsyD, clinical psychologist; executive director ofthe University of California, San Diego Center for Mindfulness; and associateclinical professor at UCSD departments of psychiatry and family medicine andpublic health Read more About the Author Laurie Grossman, one of the foundersof the mindfulness in education movement, has been an activist since 1975. Shebelieves that mindfulness in schools is the tool most likely to help achievesocial justice. Over the last two decades, she started two innovativeprograms: one that created partnerships between private and public schools,and one that brought mindfulness into schools. In 2007, as part of Park DaySchool™s Community Outreach Program, she and two colleagues launched a pilotprogram of mindfulness in an Oakland, CA, elementary school that was coveredin The New York Times and on NBC. Grossman is cofounder of Mindful Schools,now one of the largest mindfulness-in-education programs in the world. Shecurrently works with Inner Explorer, an organization focused on bringing dailymindfulness practices into schools to improve educational outcomes and thewell-being of children and teachers. She is passionate about Inner Explorerbecause the organization has made mindfulness scalable, providing easy andimmediate access to every K“12 classroom, anywhere, anytime. Mr. Musumeci hasspent two decades teaching, caring, and advocating for children in New York,NY, and Oakland, CA. As teacher at Reach Academy in East Oakland since 2009,he has been a proponent of mindfulness, and was delighted when one of hisstudents suggested the class create a mindfulness superhero. His class wascomprised of twenty-six wonderful, lively, and smart fifth graders who lovemindfulness. Reach Academy is a transitional K“5 school where the vastmajority of students are on free and reduced lunch, and 99 percent of thestudents are children of color. Mr. Musumeci™s 5th Grade Class is excited topublish a book of their own about mindfulness for other kids because they havebenefitted so much from the practice. Designer Angelina Alvarez holds adegree in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. She believes thatevery child should have the opportunity to grow up with a foundation ofmindfulness practice. Alvarez works with Mindful Life Project in Richmond, CA,a nonprofit organization that teaches mindfulness, yoga, therapeutic art, andhip-hop/performing arts to elementary school students in underservedcommunities. Foreword writer Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, is internationally known forhis work as a scientist, writer, and meditation teacher engaged in bringingmindfulness into the mainstream of medicine and society. He is professor ofmedicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, andauthor of numerous books, including Full Catastrophe Living, Arriving at YourOwn Door, and Coming to Our Senses. Read more