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December 10, 2014 The Value of Social and Emotional Learning OCA Report on Sandy Hook Change is in the air. Leaves are falling and the air tingles with the promise of winter’s renewal and at the same time, challenges.
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Mindfulness training is about your life. It isn't about the time you meditate on a cushion or chair. It is about learning to be awake for each moment of your life. So bringing your training into the moments in the day is a necessary requirement.
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Find a comfortable nook to settle in to folks, because this article via Forbes.com is a big one. Scientific evidence is mounting daily for what many have lon (How #Yoga might save the U.S.
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Evidence that yoga practice may save the US trillions on health care. The benefits range from the individual to greater society.
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Teachers who practice 'mindfulness' are better able to reduce their own levels of stress and prevent burnout, according to a new study conducted by the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (CIHM) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Waisman...
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Mindfulness prevents teacher burnout and reduces stress. 
Ivon Prefontaine, PhD's curator insight,
May 28, 2014 1:44 PM
During the last few years in the classroom, I engaged in a meditative practice. It helped immensely in being present and questioning the way I handled situations and relationships. It is not about the other person, but about the person engaged in the practice.
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Via The BioSync Team 
Dave Phillipson's curator insight,
December 19, 2012 2:14 PM
For mor on Mind/Body wellness, go to www.BioSync.com and follow their blog. Great insights on a continual basis! 
Eileen Marable's curator insight,
December 29, 2012 9:32 PM
Looking forward to reading this - I am needing to harness the power of the mind for healing the many medical issues I've had. I'll report back soon!
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A French genetic scientist may seem like an unusual person to hold the title - but Matthieu Ricard is the world's happiest man, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin. And he says you can get the feeling too, with meditation.
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Happiness linked to meditation.
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By Stephen Cope, MSW: In this piece, Stephen Cope, director of Kripalu's Institute for Extraordinary Living, investigates how and why practices like yoga and meditation create a sense of well-being and ease.
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A new study has found that participating in an eight-week meditation training program can have measurable effects on how the brain functions even when someone is not actively meditating.
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It’s that time for reflection – on the year that is about to pass, and what’s to come in the year ahead.
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2013 will require leaders who are open and are able to change.
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5 Tips for Freedom: What Dolly Parton and Pema Chodron Have in Common Huffington Post (blog) I'm doing a mindful-awareness yoga session in the living room while taking notes for work and sending emails, with breakfast simmering on the stove that...
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“@LarryRise: The Science Behind Good Vibes: How Mindfulness Actually Works http://t.co/VGeCZgD0”; #lessons
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Think about how our students would benefit from learning mindfulness.
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You aren’t serving the world when you’re sitting and meditating in the dark.
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Like this- it's what happens after meditation that matters. Your calm, creativity, focus- the effects of meditation- is what serves the world.
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Great stuff, via Yoga International: |
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Want loyal dedicated and passionate employees Be a loyal dedicated and passionate boss. Here are some tools to develop well-being in your workplace...
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Compassionate leadership - love love this concept!
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Psychologist uses yoga to combat obesity and PTSD A quick perusal of the Internet under scientific studies on yoga includes articles from such notable institutions as the Mayo Clinic and Harvard University.
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A peek at Mindful's October feature about a groundbreaking mindfulness program being taught to Oregon police officers. (Have a sneak peek at our Oct. issue: read about a groundbreaking mindfulness program for police officers in Oregon.
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Talk about forward thinking! Oregon police officers being taught mindfulness.
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The Drucker School of Management and Wharton Business School both offer courses in mindfulness meditation. Virginia Tech is sponsoring "contemplative practices for a technological society," a conference for engineers who integrate contemplative disciplines into their work. Google offers courses in meditation and yoga
Aetna, Merck, General Mills--the list goes on--all are exploring how meditation can help their leaders and employees agilely thrive in today's fast-paced business environment. And the benefits are widely publicized: sustained attention span, improved multi-tasking abilities, strengthened immune system, increased emotional intelligence, improved listening skills...And there is science behind such claims. Via Pamir Kiciman, The BioSync Team
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When top business schools highlight the importance of mindfulness with courses for future leaders, we now have precedence for including it in educational leadership training. 
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You're welcome. Sorry about the delay in replying.
Ivon Prefontaine, PhD's curator insight,
February 15, 2013 7:01 PM
I like the ideas that mindfulness is combined with Peter Drucker's work and that large companies are looking at meditation as something that will benefit employees. 
Lauran Star's curator insight,
March 19, 2013 11:43 AM
What really happens when we meditate? How can such a simple act of sitting still actually cultivate agile, talented leaders? Read this article to learn more.
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RT @Rachid_Sefrioui: Mindfulness Helps You Become a Better Leader http://t.co/eluMUIgC #publicspeaker
Ivon Prefontaine, PhD's curator insight,
January 12, 2013 2:37 PM
We do not appear to have changed behaviours. Leadership, or what passes for it, is about winning rather than about what furthers human needs and the world we live in.
Ivon Prefontaine, PhD's curator insight,
January 22, 2013 6:52 PM
Mindfulness and servant leadership overlap. They are all about compassion and care for your self and others.
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Dr Chopra on meditation; “What you have to understand, very simply is that everything that happens in your brain corilates with what happens in your body, so your perceptions, your thoughts, your feelings, your emotions, ...
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Bill George is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004. He is the former CEO of Medtronic and a Best-Selling Author.
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Teach your kids mindfulness without boring them to bits. Use these great mindfulness exercises for kids to get you started.
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Good tips for teachers to teach mindfulness.
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When my first daughter was born -- nearly 15 years ago -- I remember a level of anxiety that I carried with me wherever I was and whatever I was doing.
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Digging Deeper: Finding Your Creativity Through Meditation (RT @99u: Why I have never missed a meditation in forty years. http://t.co/i5k41Rfm) |
We do not appear to have changed behaviours. Leadership, or what passes for it, is about winning rather than about what furthers human needs and the world we live in.
Mindfulness and servant leadership overlap. They are all about compassion and care for your self and others.