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LEARN THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MEDITATION IN THE CLASSROOM Meditation can be a potent practice for creating focus and facilitating learning in the classroom, for kindergarteners, grad students, and everyone in between. Longtime schoolteacher William Meyer has taught a variety of meditation techniques to students, fellow teachers, and parents with remarkable results. In Three Breaths and Begin, Meyer details how teachers can incorporate mindfulness into their curricula every day. He covers every aspect of teaching meditation, from creating a dedicated space in the classroom to meditating on field trips, in sports settings, and even in the midst of tragedy. Offering numerous ready-to-use scripted meditations, this insightful, practical, and loving guide will benefit anyone interested in the well-being of students - and, most of all, the students themselves.
About the Author
William Meyer is the author of two middle grade adventure novels published by Sleeping Bear Press. He also has written Big Breath, a guided meditation children's book, and Three Breaths, a manual for meditation in the classroom, published by New World Library. He holds degrees from Dartmouth, Harvard, and has a PhD from NYU in Education. www.billpmeyer.com
